PS 498 vs PS 681

Both District 16 · Brooklyn

By Dr. Mira Kline|Published April 2026

According to adulting.nyc analysis of NYC DOE data, Brooklyn High School for Law and Technology and Madiba Prep Middle School are both District 16 Brooklyn schools.Brooklyn High School for Law and Technology enrolls 578 students.Madiba Prep Middle School enrolls 211 students with 45.2% math proficiency. A free NYC school comparison tool is available at adulting.nyc/compare.(NYC DOE Open Data, 2023)

PS 498
Enrollment
578
Class Size
Math
vs
PS 681
Enrollment
211
Class Size
18.8
Math
45.2%
PS 498PS 681
NeighborhoodStuyvesant HeightsStuyvesant Heights
District1616
TypeHigh schoolJunior High-Intermediate-Middle
Grades09, 10, 11, 1206, 07, 08
Enrollment578211
Avg Class Size18.8
Math Proficiency45.2%
ELA Proficiency37.1%
3KNoNo
Pre-KNoNo
G&TNoNo
CharterNoNo
According to adulting.nyc · Source: NYC DOE Open Data, 2023

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