Enrollment
432
High
DISTRICT 260 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #18·NCES 360009606054
ACADEMY FOR CONSERVATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT
6565 FLATLANDS AVE, BROOKLYN, NY 11236 · (718) 968-4101 · Kings County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL432 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 6% of New York public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
13.2:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.9:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
341 students
DISTRICT 86% · 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 9 | 125 | 29% |
| Grade 10 | 121 | 28% |
| Grade 11 | 105 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 78 | 18% |
| Ungraded | 3 | 1% |
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · 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
49.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -5.0pp since 2023
Math
24.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.0% | 24.0% |
| 2023-24 | 54.0% | 25.0% |
% 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
33.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 ACADEMY FOR CONSERVATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT
ACADEMY FOR CONSERVATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT's state test result (33.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACADEMY FOR CONSERVATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT this school | 432 | 78.9% | 33.8% |
| INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONS AT CAMBRIA HEIGHTS CAMBRIA HEIGHTS | 464 | 82.1% | 66.5% |
| BEDFORD ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 338 | 79.0% | 87.2% |
| CAMBRIA HEIGHTS ACADEMY HOLLIS | 359 | 79.9% | 39.7% |
| MATH/SCIENCE RESEARCH/TECH MAGNET CAMBRIA HEIGHTS | 506 | 82.4% | 53.5% |
| BENJAMIN FRANKLIN HS-FIN INFO TECH CAMBRIA HEIGHTS | 373 | 84.7% | 66.0% |
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 ACADEMY FOR CONSERVATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.8% | #1,026 of 1,135 | #103 of 137 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.0% | #966 of 1,109 ▼ 23 | #99 of 132 ▼ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #964 of 1,135 ▼ 40 | #94 of 137 ▼ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 432 | #645 of 1,216 | #57 of 146 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #849 of 1,058 | #81 of 115 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.4% | #480 of 1,070 | #65 of 115 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.9% | #461 of 1,167 | #124 of 144 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +53.2% | #16 of 339 | #8 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
432
+85 (+24%) vs 2020
+130% since 2010-11, when it was 188
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 432 | 32.8 | 13.2:1 | 79% (341) |
| 2023-24 | 438 | 30.2 | 14.5:1 | 80% (350) |
| 2022-23 | 383 | 26.8 | 14.3:1 | 81% (311) |
| 2020-21 | 347 | 26 | 13.3:1 | 83% (287) |
| 2017-18 | 282 | 22 | 12.8:1 | 83% (235) |
| 2015-16 | 289 | 22 | 13.1:1 | 82% (238) |
| 2010-11 | 188 | 18 | 10.4:1 | 61% (114) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ACADEMY FOR CONSERVATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT.
About ACADEMY FOR CONSERVATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT
ACADEMY FOR CONSERVATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT is a public high school run by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #18 in BROOKLYN, New York. It teaches 432 students in grades 9 through 12. That is 35% below the average of about 668 students for high schools in New York.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #18 is the district for ACADEMY FOR CONSERVATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT. It has 34 schools and 11,062 students.
More than half of enrollment at ACADEMY FOR CONSERVATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT is Black: 68%. Next come 15% Hispanic, 8% Asian, and 5% White. The county population is about 28% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, ACADEMY FOR CONSERVATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT scores 50%.
There are about 13.2 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at ACADEMY FOR CONSERVATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT, which has 32.8. High schools in New York have an average ratio of 11.0:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 79%. Public schools in Kings County average a similar 79%.
ACADEMY FOR CONSERVATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 6% of New York public high schools.
ACADEMY FOR CONSERVATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT sits between the top and bottom 10% of New York schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 33.8% and a predicted 46.0%.
The school's county is Kings County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $80,263, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 42%, and about 15% of people live in poverty. Kings County's 583 public schools enroll about 291,697 students and include ACADEMY FOR CONSERVATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT.
BROOKLYN THEATRE ARTS HIGH SCHOOL is less than a tenth of a mile from ACADEMY FOR CONSERVATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, ACADEMY FOR CONSERVATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT is 7th on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, City: Large, means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment increased from 347 to 432, a 24% rise.
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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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Frequently asked questions
About ACADEMY FOR CONSERVATION AND THE ENVIRONMENTHow many students attend ACADEMY FOR CONSERVATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT?
ACADEMY FOR CONSERVATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT enrolls approximately 432 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does ACADEMY FOR CONSERVATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT serve?
ACADEMY FOR CONSERVATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at ACADEMY FOR CONSERVATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT?
The student-to-teacher ratio at ACADEMY FOR CONSERVATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT is approximately 13.2:1 (33 FTE teachers).
How diverse is ACADEMY FOR CONSERVATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT?
ACADEMY FOR CONSERVATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT reports a student body of 5% White, 15% Hispanic, 68% Black, 8% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is ACADEMY FOR CONSERVATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT in?
ACADEMY FOR CONSERVATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #18.
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