ACADEMY OF URBAN PLANNING AND ENGINEERING (THE)

ACADEMY OF URBAN PLANNING AND ENGINEERING (THE), a tight-knit high school in BROOKLYN, New York, one of the schools within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #32, caters to 409 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 668 students per school, that is 39% below typical.

Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #32, which oversees 27 schools and 8,794 students, ACADEMY OF URBAN PLANNING AND ENGINEERING (THE) is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, ACADEMY OF URBAN PLANNING AND ENGINEERING (THE) reports that 72% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 19% Black, 4% White, 3% Asian. By comparison, Kings County as a whole is about 19% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.4:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 97% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Kings County (around 79%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, ACADEMY OF URBAN PLANNING AND ENGINEERING (THE) sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 39.4%; this one delivers 45.5%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Kings County put median household income runs about $80,263, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Kings County runs 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students), of which ACADEMY OF URBAN PLANNING AND ENGINEERING (THE) is one.

BROOKLYN SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE (THE) is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ACADEMY OF URBAN PLANNING AND ENGINEERING (THE) ranks 5th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 44.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 102%: 202 students in 2018 compared to 409 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 78% to 72% across the same window.

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