BENJAMIN BANNEKER ACADEMY

BENJAMIN BANNEKER ACADEMY is a middle-of-the-pack senior high in BROOKLYN, New York, one of the schools within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #13. The school educates 854 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 28% above the state mean of about 668.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #13 runs 42 schools in total, collectively educating 19,151 students. BENJAMIN BANNEKER ACADEMY is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, BENJAMIN BANNEKER ACADEMY reports that the largest single group is Black, at 77% of enrollment; the rest comes out to 16% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.1:1. 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, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, BENJAMIN BANNEKER ACADEMY ranks in the top 10% of New York public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 45.8%; BENJAMIN BANNEKER ACADEMY posts 74.3%, +28.5 points above that line.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Kings County indicate the typical household earns roughly $80,263 per year, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. BENJAMIN BANNEKER ACADEMY is one of 583 public schools in Kings County (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students).

Nearest neighbor: FORT GREEN PREPARATORY ACADEMY, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts BENJAMIN BANNEKER ACADEMY at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 46.5%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Trend over the last 7 years. BENJAMIN BANNEKER ACADEMY's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 844 (now 854). The Black share of enrollment fell from 81% to 77% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 19.6:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 in 2025.

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