Brooklyn schools

I believe Mark Twain is the crown jewel middle school in Bk. Not zoned, but still has racial quotas.

http://www.brooklyneagle.com/categories/category.php?category_id=27&id=22834

Thank you so much, nyc10023!

mark twain is great, its a school for gifted and talented.......just dont cross the street or let your child go outside under any circumstances.......might get hit with a stray bullet from the projects across the way.......

bay academy has been beating mark twain in past 2 yrs. and the kids can just grab their trunks and head over to manhattan or brighton beach on nice days. i played tennis next door to mark twain for almost 30 yrs and the neighborhood has improved significantly. i still would not send my kids there.

in that neck of the woods you have a few good choices. Cunningham (sp?) is very good and PS 206 (PK-8) is also highly regarded.

if you want to live in park slope, brooklyn heights, carroll gardens, etc. private school is the only real option. junior highs have to cover a larger territory and you always end up with a significant amount of projects or good neighborhoods with dumb kids (Crown Heights, Prospect Heights, Red Hook) in any of those zones.