Enrollment
131
High
DISTRICT 424 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #17·NCES 360009505994
ASPIRATIONS DIPLOMA PLUS HIGH SCHOOL
1150 E NEW YORK AVE, BROOKLYN, NY 11212 · (718) 773-7765 · Kings County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL131 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 24% of New York public high schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
9.4:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
112 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 | 33 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 46 | 35% |
| Grade 11 | 32 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 20 | 15% |
Student demographics
31%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
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
60.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +6.0pp since 2023
Math
31.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -9.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 9 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.0% | 31.0% |
| 2023-24 | 54.0% | 40.0% |
% 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
41.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 ASPIRATIONS DIPLOMA PLUS HIGH SCHOOL
ASPIRATIONS DIPLOMA PLUS HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (41.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASPIRATIONS DIPLOMA PLUS HIGH SCHOOL this school | 131 | 85.5% | 41.5% |
| BROOKLYN BRIDGE ACADEMY BROOKLYN | 143 | 83.9% | 70.8% |
| EAST BROOKLYN COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 164 | 85.4% | 37.2% |
| OLYMPUS ACADEMY BROOKLYN | 181 | 89.5% | 62.7% |
| NELSON MANDELA HIGH SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 138 | 93.5% | 26.7% |
| BROOKLYN ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 108 | 92.6% | 32.5% |
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 ASPIRATIONS DIPLOMA PLUS HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.5% | #904 of 1,135 | #76 of 137 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #869 of 1,109 ▼ 117 | #81 of 132 ▼ 29 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #787 of 1,135 ▲ 135 | #63 of 137 ▲ 22 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 131 | #1,156 of 1,216 | #142 of 146 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.5% | #340 of 1,167 | #82 of 144 |
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
131
-33 (-20%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
9.4:1
was 7.5:1
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 | 131 | 14 | 9.4:1 | 85% (112) |
| 2023-24 | 150 | 16.8 | 9.0:1 | 87% (130) |
| 2022-23 | 143 | 18 | 7.9:1 | 80% (115) |
| 2020-21 | 164 | 22 | 7.5:1 | 82% (135) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ASPIRATIONS DIPLOMA PLUS HIGH SCHOOL.
About ASPIRATIONS DIPLOMA PLUS HIGH SCHOOL
Among the schools in BROOKLYN, New York, is ASPIRATIONS DIPLOMA PLUS HIGH SCHOOL, a small high school. The grade span is 9 through 12, and enrollment is 131 students. An average school in this group (high schools in New York) has about 668 students.
The district, NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #17, operates 49 schools serving 16,990 students.
Black students make up 82% of enrollment at ASPIRATIONS DIPLOMA PLUS HIGH SCHOOL. Other students are 15% Hispanic and 2% White. That is higher than the 28% Black share among all Kings County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 31% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
ASPIRATIONS DIPLOMA PLUS HIGH SCHOOL operates with 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 9.4:1. On average, high schools in New York have 11.0:1, compared with 9.4:1 here. ASPIRATIONS DIPLOMA PLUS HIGH SCHOOL reports 85% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
ASPIRATIONS DIPLOMA PLUS HIGH SCHOOL is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 24% of New York public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On BeatsExpectations, ASPIRATIONS DIPLOMA PLUS HIGH SCHOOL is 2.0 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of New York schools.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Kings County show that the median household income is $80,263, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 15%. Besides ASPIRATIONS DIPLOMA PLUS HIGH SCHOOL, Kings County has 582 other public schools.
The closest public school to ASPIRATIONS DIPLOMA PLUS HIGH SCHOOL is BROWNSVILLE ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL, less than a tenth of a mile away. ASPIRATIONS DIPLOMA PLUS HIGH SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 46.7%, higher than ASPIRATIONS DIPLOMA PLUS HIGH SCHOOL's 41.5%.
ASPIRATIONS DIPLOMA PLUS HIGH SCHOOL falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
ASPIRATIONS DIPLOMA PLUS HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment declined from 164 in 2020-21 to 131 in 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio rose to 9.4:1, from 7.5:1.
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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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- BROWNSVILLE ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 86
- PS 189 BILINGUAL CENTER (THE)0.1 mi · 887
- PS 398 WALTER WEAVER0.3 mi · 212
- PS 770 NEW AMERICAN ACADEMY0.3 mi · 266
- IS 3920.3 mi · 284
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Frequently asked questions
About ASPIRATIONS DIPLOMA PLUS HIGH SCHOOLHow many students attend ASPIRATIONS DIPLOMA PLUS HIGH SCHOOL?
ASPIRATIONS DIPLOMA PLUS HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 131 students in grades 09-12.
Is ASPIRATIONS DIPLOMA PLUS HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
ASPIRATIONS DIPLOMA PLUS HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does ASPIRATIONS DIPLOMA PLUS HIGH SCHOOL have?
ASPIRATIONS DIPLOMA PLUS HIGH SCHOOL employs 14 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at ASPIRATIONS DIPLOMA PLUS HIGH SCHOOL?
At ASPIRATIONS DIPLOMA PLUS HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 2% White, 15% Hispanic, 82% Black, 1% Asian.
Is ASPIRATIONS DIPLOMA PLUS HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
ASPIRATIONS DIPLOMA PLUS HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #17.
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