ACAD FOR COLLEGE PREP AND CAREER EXP

ACAD FOR COLLEGE PREP AND CAREER EXP is a 9-12 campus of small scale in BROOKLYN, New York, run under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #17, teacheing 441 students in grades 6 through 12. That puts it 34% leaner than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 668 students.

ACAD FOR COLLEGE PREP AND CAREER EXP is one of 49 schools operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #17, a district that works with 16,990 students overall.

Looking at the student body, ACAD FOR COLLEGE PREP AND CAREER EXP logs that the largest single group is Black, at 66% of enrollment. Other groups include 28% Hispanic, 3% White. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.

On the resource side, ACAD FOR COLLEGE PREP AND CAREER EXP shows 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 96% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Kings County runs at roughly 79%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, ACAD FOR COLLEGE PREP AND CAREER EXP tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 39.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 53.9%.

In the area at large, Kings County reports that median household income runs about $80,263, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. ACAD FOR COLLEGE PREP AND CAREER EXP is one of 583 public schools in Kings County (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students).

The closest other public school is SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY & RESEARCH EARLY COLLEGE, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts ACAD FOR COLLEGE PREP AND CAREER EXP at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 51.2%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 5%: 421 students in 2018 compared to 441 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 13% to 28% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 20.1:1 in 2018 to 11.6:1 today.

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