Enrollment
159
High
DISTRICT 424 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #17·NCES 360009506200
ACADEMY FOR HEALTH CAREERS
150 ALBANY AVE, BROOKLYN, NY 11213 · (718) 773-0128 · Kings County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE ICAREER AND TECHNICAL SCHOOL159 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 3% of New York public high schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
7.7:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
138 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 9 | 36 | 23% |
| Grade 10 | 30 | 19% |
| Grade 11 | 38 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 55 | 35% |
Student demographics
55%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
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
27.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -22.0pp since 2023
Math
13.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -19.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 13 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 22 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 19 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 27.0% | 13.0% |
| 2023-24 | 49.0% | 32.0% |
% 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
26.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.1%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 HEALTH CAREERS
ACADEMY FOR HEALTH CAREERS's state test result (26.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACADEMY FOR HEALTH CAREERS this school | 159 | 86.8% | 26.8% |
| URBAN ACTION ACADEMY BROOKLYN | 178 | 87.1% | 37.0% |
| CAPITAL PREPARATORY (CP) HARLEM CHARTER SCHOOL NEW YORK | 185 | 86.5% | 42.5% |
| UNITED CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE HUMANITIES IV ROCKAWAY PARK | 189 | 91.5% | 44.7% |
| RESEARCH AND SERVICE HIGH SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 184 | 90.8% | 21.8% |
| HARLEM RENAISSANCE HIGH SCHOOL NEW YORK | 165 | 89.1% | 28.7% |
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 HEALTH CAREERS ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.8% | #1,098 of 1,135 | #125 of 137 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.0% | #1,075 of 1,109 ▼ 215 | #124 of 132 ▼ 53 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.0% | #1,129 of 1,135 ▼ 134 | #134 of 137 ▼ 27 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 159 | #1,125 of 1,216 | #130 of 146 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.8% | #316 of 1,167 | #74 of 144 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -55.3% | #13 of 743 | #4 of 70 |
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
159
-123 (-44%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
7.7:1
was 12.3:1
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 | 159 | 20.6 | 7.7:1 | 87% (138) |
| 2023-24 | 198 | 22.1 | 9.0:1 | 86% (171) |
| 2022-23 | 231 | 19.3 | 11.9:1 | 85% (196) |
| 2020-21 | 282 | 23 | 12.3:1 | 85% (241) |
| 2017-18 | 356 | 26.8 | 13.3:1 | 84% (299) |
| 2015-16 | 367 | 27 | 13.6:1 | 78% (286) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ACADEMY FOR HEALTH CAREERS.
About ACADEMY FOR HEALTH CAREERS
ACADEMY FOR HEALTH CAREERS is a public small high school in BROOKLYN, New York. A total of 159 students attend the school, which covers grades 9 through 12. Against the 668-student average for high schools in New York, enrollment here is 76% lower.
The district for ACADEMY FOR HEALTH CAREERS is NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #17, with 49 schools and 16,990 students.
At 62%, Black students outnumber all other groups at ACADEMY FOR HEALTH CAREERS combined. Other students are 25% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 4% White. By comparison, Kings County residents are about 28% Black. The chance that two students picked at random at ACADEMY FOR HEALTH CAREERS belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 55%.
The school reports 20.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 7.7 students per teacher. The 11.0:1 average for high schools in New York is higher than this school's figure. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 87%.
The allk12 Grade for ACADEMY FOR HEALTH CAREERS is F. Compared with New York public high schools, the school scored higher than 3% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
After adjusting for student poverty, ACADEMY FOR HEALTH CAREERS lands between the top and bottom 10% of New York schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 26.8%; the prediction is 43.1%.
Federal survey data for Kings County show that median household income is about $80,263, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 42% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 15%. A total of 583 public schools operate in Kings County, serving about 291,697 students.
Nearby, PATHWAYS IN TECHNOLOGY EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL (P-TECH) is less than a tenth of a mile away. ACADEMY FOR HEALTH CAREERS is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts ACADEMY FOR HEALTH CAREERS at 7th of 9.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Large.
In 2020-21 the school reported 282 students, and in 2024-25 it reported 159. Grade changes, mergers, or boundary shifts can explain gaps this large. The ratio was 12.3:1 in 2020-21 and 7.7:1 in 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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- FORT HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 4,044 students
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- MIDWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,657 students
- EDWARD R MURROW HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,503 students
- FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,403 students
Nearby schools
- PATHWAYS IN TECHNOLOGY EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL (P-TECH)0.0 mi · 534
- PS 289 GEORGE V BROWER0.2 mi · 280
- LAUNCH EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING CHARTER SCHOOL0.2 mi · 268
- PS 243 WEEKSVILLE SCHOOL (THE)0.2 mi · 199
- SCHOOL OF INTEGRATED LEARNING (THE)0.3 mi · 214
- KIPP ALWAYS MENTALLY PREPARED CHARTER SCHOOL0.3 mi · 891
Frequently asked questions
About ACADEMY FOR HEALTH CAREERSHow large is ACADEMY FOR HEALTH CAREERS?
ACADEMY FOR HEALTH CAREERS enrolls approximately 159 students in grades 09-12.
Is ACADEMY FOR HEALTH CAREERS an elementary, middle, or high school?
ACADEMY FOR HEALTH CAREERS is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at ACADEMY FOR HEALTH CAREERS?
Approximately 7.7:1 students per teacher at ACADEMY FOR HEALTH CAREERS.
How diverse is ACADEMY FOR HEALTH CAREERS?
ACADEMY FOR HEALTH CAREERS reports a student body of 4% White, 25% Hispanic, 62% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is ACADEMY FOR HEALTH CAREERS in?
ACADEMY FOR HEALTH CAREERS is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #17.
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