Is 285 Meyer Levin

Also known as the Meyer Levin School for the Performing Arts, is a middle school for grades 6-8, located in East Flatbush, Brooklyn. This school uniquely specializes in the performing arts, providing students across Brooklyn with opportunities to explore drama, dance, steel pan, band, and chorus through both in-school programs and elaborate musical theater productions. Academically strong students can enroll in "Astral" classes, which may include Regents-level courses in 8th grade. Additionally, the school caters to a diverse student body by offering English as a New Language for speakers of Italian, Arabic, Haitian-Creole, or Spanish, and it provides a range of special education services. Despite its location more than a mile from the nearest subway, making accessibility a challenge, I.S. 285 strives to lift students with below-average test scores to achieve their best, accepting all who apply from within its Brooklyn zone?.