Sunset Park Prep

Sunset Park Prep, a middle school in Brooklyn serving grades 6-8, aims to provide a rigorous, standards-based program in a small, safe, and nurturing environment for highly motivated students. The school emphasizes collaborative work, hands-on practice, and a wide array of extracurricular activities, including field trips and overnight experiences. Parents consistently report overwhelmingly positive experiences, praising the engaging and caring teachers and administration, and ease of communication. The school receives an "Excellent" rating for relationships with families and a "Good" rating for safety and school climate. Academically, the school's ELA and Math proficiency rates (38% and 41% respectively) are below the citywide median, though its accelerated coursework percentage (37%) is above the citywide median. Students have opportunities to take Regents High School courses in subjects like Algebra 1 and Spanish. Concerns from student surveys include perceptions of bullying (67% of students believe it happens most or all of the time, higher than the citywide average) and issues with school cleanliness. The school is housed in a stately, century-old brick building and shares facilities, including a large schoolyard, with MS 136.