ACADEMY FOR CONSERVATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT

ACADEMY FOR CONSERVATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT is one of the modestly sized four-year high schools in BROOKLYN, New York, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #18, with 432 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 668 students per school, that is 35% below typical.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #18 runs 34 schools in total, collectively educating 11,062 students. ACADEMY FOR CONSERVATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, ACADEMY FOR CONSERVATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT logs that the largest single group is Black, at 68% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 15% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 5% White. By comparison, Kings County as a whole is about 28% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, ACADEMY FOR CONSERVATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT lists 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.2:1. The state averages around 11.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 79% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), ACADEMY FOR CONSERVATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 46.0%; this one delivers 33.8%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Kings County shows the typical household earns roughly $80,263 per year, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. ACADEMY FOR CONSERVATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT is one of 583 public schools in Kings County (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students).

Nearest neighbor: VICTORY COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, ACADEMY FOR CONSERVATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 47.5%.

ACADEMY FOR CONSERVATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT operates from an inner-city location.

Looking at the recent track record. ACADEMY FOR CONSERVATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT's enrollment has expanded 53% since 2018, when it stood at 282 (now 432). Over the same period, the Black share declined from 75% to 68%.

Inside the community feed, members of the ACADEMY FOR CONSERVATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.