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Enrollment
743
High
DISTRICT 474 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #15·NCES 360009204890
BOERUM HILL SCHOOL FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES (THE)
284 BALTIC ST, BROOKLYN, NY 11201 · (718) 330-9390 · Kings County
GRADES 06–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL743 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 51% of New York public high schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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
11.3:1
66 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.2:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
373 students
DISTRICT 61% · STATE 58%
Community
1
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 6 | 116 | 16% |
| Grade 7 | 126 | 17% |
| Grade 8 | 153 | 21% |
| Grade 9 | 94 | 13% |
| Grade 10 | 87 | 12% |
| Grade 11 | 95 | 13% |
| Grade 12 | 72 | 10% |
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · 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
61.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -4.8pp since 2023
Math
53.1%
NY avg 57.4% . -9.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 10 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.0% | 53.1% |
| 2023-24 | 65.8% | 62.7% |
% 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
61.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 BOERUM HILL SCHOOL FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES (THE)
BOERUM HILL SCHOOL FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES (THE)'s state test result (61.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOERUM HILL SCHOOL FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES (THE) this school | 743 | 50.2% | 61.0% |
| BEACON HIGH SCHOOL BEACON | 831 | 45.0% | 64.8% |
| EASTRIDGE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ROCHESTER | 888 | 58.4% | 57.8% |
| ARCADIA HIGH SCHOOL ROCHESTER | 972 | 49.3% | 54.2% |
| PROFESSIONAL PERFORMING ARTS HIGH SCHOOL NEW YORK | 522 | 43.3% | 78.8% |
| GATES CHILI HIGH SCHOOL ROCHESTER | 1,134 | 53.9% | 66.3% |
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 BOERUM HILL SCHOOL FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES (THE) ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #523 of 1,135 | #21 of 137 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.1% | #536 of 1,109 ▼ 63 | #24 of 132 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #773 of 1,135 ▼ 60 | #59 of 137 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 743 | #337 of 1,216 | #20 of 146 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.3:1 | #580 of 1,058 | #58 of 115 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.6% | #46 of 1,070 | #8 of 115 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.2% | #689 of 1,167 | #144 of 144 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +17.4% | #81 of 339 | #22 of 53 |
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
743
-37 (-5%) vs 2020
+54% since 2010-11, when it was 481
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
was 12.6:1
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 | 743 | 65.6 | 11.3:1 | 50% (373) |
| 2023-24 | 796 | 69.4 | 11.5:1 | 47% (378) |
| 2022-23 | 782 | 72.4 | 10.8:1 | 48% (377) |
| 2020-21 | 780 | 62 | 12.6:1 | 51% (394) |
| 2017-18 | 633 | 44 | 14.4:1 | 58% (364) |
| 2015-16 | 480 | 32 | 15.0:1 | 69% (330) |
| 2010-11 | 481 | 31 | 15.5:1 | 73% (349) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BOERUM HILL SCHOOL FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES (THE).
About BOERUM HILL SCHOOL FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES (THE)
BOERUM HILL SCHOOL FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES (THE) serves students in BROOKLYN, New York, as a mid-sized high school. The school runs grades 6 through 12 and enrolls 743 students.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #15 enrolls 25,925 students in 51 schools, including BOERUM HILL SCHOOL FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES (THE).
Of every 100 students at BOERUM HILL SCHOOL FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES (THE), about 36 are White, the largest group. Other students are 28% Hispanic, 24% Black, 7% multiracial, and 4% Asian. Census estimates put Kings County at about 38% White, close to the school's figure. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 73%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at BOERUM HILL SCHOOL FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES (THE) is 11.3:1, based on 65.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for high schools in New York is about 11.0:1. BOERUM HILL SCHOOL FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES (THE) counts 50% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The 79% average for public schools in Kings County is 29 points higher.
BOERUM HILL SCHOOL FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES (THE) earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 51% of New York public high schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 61.0%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 56.5%.
American Community Survey estimates for Kings County show that the median household earns about $80,263 a year, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 15% of residents are in poverty. Kings County has 583 public schools with about 291,697 students, including BOERUM HILL SCHOOL FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES (THE).
A public school less than a tenth of a mile away, SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-COBBLE HILL, is the closest to BOERUM HILL SCHOOL FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES (THE). Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among 7 nearby schools that report test results, BOERUM HILL SCHOOL FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES (THE) ranks 6th on proficiency.
The NCES locale for BOERUM HILL SCHOOL FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES (THE) is City: Large, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 5%, from 780 to 743. By 2024-25, the school had 11.3 students per teacher, compared with 12.6 in 2020-21.
The discussion board for BOERUM HILL SCHOOL FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES (THE) is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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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Nearby schools
- SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-COBBLE HILL0.0 mi · 260
- DIGITAL ARTS AND CINEMA TECHNOLOGY HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 297
- COBBLE HILL SCHOOL OF AMERICAN STUDIES0.1 mi · 316
- NEW DAWN CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 223
- PS 29 JOHN M HARRIGAN0.2 mi · 708
- PS 369 COY L COX SCHOOL0.3 mi · 483
Frequently asked questions
About BOERUM HILL SCHOOL FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES (THE)How large is BOERUM HILL SCHOOL FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES (THE)?
BOERUM HILL SCHOOL FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES (THE) enrolls approximately 743 students in grades 06-12.
What age range does BOERUM HILL SCHOOL FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES (THE) serve?
BOERUM HILL SCHOOL FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES (THE) serves students from grade 06 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at BOERUM HILL SCHOOL FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES (THE)?
The student-to-teacher ratio at BOERUM HILL SCHOOL FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES (THE) is approximately 11.3:1 (66 FTE teachers).
How diverse is BOERUM HILL SCHOOL FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES (THE)?
BOERUM HILL SCHOOL FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES (THE) reports a student body of 36% White, 28% Hispanic, 24% Black, 4% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees BOERUM HILL SCHOOL FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES (THE)?
BOERUM HILL SCHOOL FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES (THE) is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #15 in Kings County.
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