Enrollment
441
High
DISTRICT 424 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #17·NCES 360009505916
ACAD FOR COLLEGE PREP AND CAREER EXP
911 FLATBUSH AVE, BROOKLYN, NY 11226 · (718) 564-2566 · Kings County
GRADES 06–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL441 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 54% of New York public high schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New York public high schools
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
423 students
DISTRICT 87% · STATE 58%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 42 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 41 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 56 | 13% |
| Grade 9 | 79 | 18% |
| Grade 10 | 99 | 22% |
| Grade 11 | 63 | 14% |
| Grade 12 | 61 | 14% |
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 72% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
53.6%
NY avg 58.3% . -0.4pp since 2023
Math
53.3%
NY avg 57.4% . -2.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.6% | 53.3% |
| 2023-24 | 54.0% | 55.9% |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
53.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.7%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New York's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like ACAD FOR COLLEGE PREP AND CAREER EXP
ACAD FOR COLLEGE PREP AND CAREER EXP's state test result (53.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACAD FOR COLLEGE PREP AND CAREER EXP this school | 441 | 95.9% | 53.9% |
| THURGOOD MARSHALL ACADEMY FOR LEARNING & SOCIAL CHANGE NEW YORK | 408 | 90.7% | 45.2% |
| ACAD-SCHOLARSHIP & ENTREPRENEURSHIP BRONX | 437 | 89.7% | 41.3% |
| ACADEMY FOR YOUNG WRITERS BROOKLYN | 398 | 89.2% | 34.9% |
| SPRING CREEK COMMUNITY SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 350 | 90.0% | 30.2% |
| EAST NEW YORK FAMILY ACADEMY BROOKLYN | 610 | 91.6% | 40.0% |
Matched among New York high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where ACAD FOR COLLEGE PREP AND CAREER EXP ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.9% | #668 of 1,135 | #37 of 137 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.3% | #534 of 1,109 ▲ 28 | #23 of 132 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.6% | #902 of 1,135 ▲ 19 | #82 of 137 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 441 | #632 of 1,216 | #55 of 146 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.6:1 | #641 of 1,058 | #66 of 115 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.1% | #541 of 1,070 | #74 of 115 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.9% | #59 of 1,167 | #10 of 144 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.8% | #217 of 339 | #42 of 53 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
441
+113 (+34%) vs 2020
-22% since 2010-11, when it was 568
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
was 14.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 441 | 37.9 | 11.6:1 | 96% (423) |
| 2023-24 | 426 | 35.1 | 12.1:1 | 94% (402) |
| 2022-23 | 394 | 32.2 | 12.2:1 | 92% (362) |
| 2020-21 | 328 | 23 | 14.3:1 | 88% (288) |
| 2017-18 | 421 | 21 | 20.1:1 | 80% (338) |
| 2015-16 | 442 | 27 | 16.4:1 | 80% (352) |
| 2010-11 | 568 | 33 | 17.2:1 | 64% (362) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ACAD FOR COLLEGE PREP AND CAREER EXP.
About ACAD FOR COLLEGE PREP AND CAREER EXP
ACAD FOR COLLEGE PREP AND CAREER EXP, located in BROOKLYN, New York, is a small high school. The school has 441 students in 2024-25 across grades 6 through 12. By comparison, high schools in New York enroll about 668 students on average.
ACAD FOR COLLEGE PREP AND CAREER EXP is one of the 49 schools that make up NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #17 (16,990 students in total).
The student body at ACAD FOR COLLEGE PREP AND CAREER EXP is 66% Black. The school is also 28% Hispanic and 3% White. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 28%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 48, compared with 70 nationally.
On staff are 37.9 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 11.6:1. The ratio is within a point of the 11.0:1 average for high schools in New York. About 96% of students at ACAD FOR COLLEGE PREP AND CAREER EXP are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Kings County averages 79%, lower than here.
ACAD FOR COLLEGE PREP AND CAREER EXP earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 54% of New York public high schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, ACAD FOR COLLEGE PREP AND CAREER EXP is 14.2 points above its prediction. Actual: 53.9%. Predicted: 39.7%.
Looking at the county, Kings County, the median household earns about $80,263 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 42%, and about 15% of people live in poverty. Counting ACAD FOR COLLEGE PREP AND CAREER EXP, Kings County has 583 public schools.
Less than a tenth of a mile separates ACAD FOR COLLEGE PREP AND CAREER EXP from the closest public school, HIGH SCHOOL FOR YOUTH AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AT ERASMUS. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, ACAD FOR COLLEGE PREP AND CAREER EXP places 4th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
The school's locale code, City: Large, means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
By 2024-25, enrollment had risen to 441, from 328 in 2020-21. The school's ratio dropped from 14.3:1 to 11.6:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Kings County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,631,580
Census ACS
Median income
$80,263
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
583
291,697 students
Quick facts
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Other schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #17
- CLARA BARTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,325 students
- MEDGAR EVERS COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOLHigh · 1,267 students
- PS 189 BILINGUAL CENTER (THE)Elementary · 887 students
- PS 249 CATON (THE)Elementary · 663 students
- PS 316 ELIJAH STROUDElementary · 644 students
- NORMA ADAMS CLEMONS ACADEMYElementary · 588 students
Other schools in BROOKLYN
- BROOKLYN TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 5,848 students
- FORT HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 4,044 students
- JAMES MADISON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,983 students
- MIDWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,657 students
- EDWARD R MURROW HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,503 students
- FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,403 students
Nearby schools
- HIGH SCHOOL FOR YOUTH AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AT ERASMUS0.0 mi · 513
- SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY & RESEARCH EARLY COLLEGE0.0 mi · 586
- ACADEMY OF HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM0.0 mi · 402
- HIGH SCHOOL FOR SERVICE AND LEARNING AT ERASMUS0.0 mi · 249
- SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-FLATBUSH0.1 mi · 598
- NORMA ADAMS CLEMONS ACADEMY0.1 mi · 588
Frequently asked questions
About ACAD FOR COLLEGE PREP AND CAREER EXPHow large is ACAD FOR COLLEGE PREP AND CAREER EXP?
ACAD FOR COLLEGE PREP AND CAREER EXP enrolls approximately 441 students in grades 06-12.
What age range does ACAD FOR COLLEGE PREP AND CAREER EXP serve?
ACAD FOR COLLEGE PREP AND CAREER EXP serves students from grade 06 through grade 12.
How many teachers does ACAD FOR COLLEGE PREP AND CAREER EXP have?
ACAD FOR COLLEGE PREP AND CAREER EXP employs 38 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.6:1.
How diverse is ACAD FOR COLLEGE PREP AND CAREER EXP?
ACAD FOR COLLEGE PREP AND CAREER EXP reports a student body of 3% White, 28% Hispanic, 66% Black, 1% Asian.
Is ACAD FOR COLLEGE PREP AND CAREER EXP public or private?
ACAD FOR COLLEGE PREP AND CAREER EXP is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #17.
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