ACADEMY FOR EXCELLENCE IN LEADERSHIP

ACADEMY FOR EXCELLENCE IN LEADERSHIP operates as a close-knit high school in BROOKLYN, New York, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #32. Current enrollment sits at 277 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 59% smaller than the state mean of about 668.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #32 comprises 27 schools with combined enrollment of 8,794 students; ACADEMY FOR EXCELLENCE IN LEADERSHIP is among them.

Looking at the student body, ACADEMY FOR EXCELLENCE IN LEADERSHIP reports that 75% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder reads as 15% Black, 8% multiracial. By comparison, Kings County as a whole is about 19% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, ACADEMY FOR EXCELLENCE IN LEADERSHIP shows 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.0:1 average. Roughly 97% of students at ACADEMY FOR EXCELLENCE IN LEADERSHIP qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Kings County runs at roughly 79%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, ACADEMY FOR EXCELLENCE IN LEADERSHIP tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 39.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 28.5%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Kings County) logs that median household earnings sit near $80,263, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. ACADEMY FOR EXCELLENCE IN LEADERSHIP is one of 583 public schools in Kings County (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students).

Nearest neighbor: ACADEMY OF URBAN PLANNING AND ENGINEERING (THE), around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts ACADEMY FOR EXCELLENCE IN LEADERSHIP at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 47.0%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 272 students in 2018 compared to 277 in 2025.

On allk12, members of the ACADEMY FOR EXCELLENCE IN LEADERSHIP community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.