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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
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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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.
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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
743
+110 (+17%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
was 14.4:1
% White
36%
was 30%
% Hispanic
28%
was 26%
% Black
24%
was 35%
% Asian
4%
was 4%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About BOERUM HILL SCHOOL FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES (THE)
Located at 284 BALTIC ST, in BROOKLYN, New York, BOERUM HILL SCHOOL FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES (THE) is a medium-sized secondary school that works with 743 students (grades 6 through 12), overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #15.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #15 comprises 51 schools with combined enrollment of 25,925 students; BOERUM HILL SCHOOL FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES (THE) is among them.
On demographics, BOERUM HILL SCHOOL FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES (THE) logs that the largest single group is White at 36%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 28% Hispanic, 24% Black, 7% multiracial, 4% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
Looking at school resources, BOERUM HILL SCHOOL FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES (THE) records 66 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 50% of students at BOERUM HILL SCHOOL FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES (THE) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is lower than Kings County's rate of about 79%.
After controlling for student poverty, BOERUM HILL SCHOOL FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES (THE) performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 56.5%, the actual is 61.0%, a residual of +4.5 points.
Around the school, ACS estimates for Kings County put median household earnings sit near $80,263, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. Across Kings County's 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students), BOERUM HILL SCHOOL FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES (THE) is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-COBBLE HILL, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BOERUM HILL SCHOOL FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES (THE) ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 68.8%.
The school occupies a high-density site.
Trend over the last 7 years. BOERUM HILL SCHOOL FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES (THE)'s enrollment has edged up 17% since 2018, when it stood at 633 (now 743). Black enrollment moved from 35% to 24% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 11.3:1 today.
Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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
Related schools
Other schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #15
- SUNSET PARK HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,348 students
- PS 321 WILLIAM PENNElementary · 1,305 students
- MS 51 WILLIAM ALEXANDERMiddle · 1,038 students
- PS 230 DORIS L COHENElementary · 925 students
- PS 130 PARKSIDE (THE)Elementary · 891 students
- BROOKLYN HIGH SCHOOL OF THE ARTSHigh · 890 students
Other schools in BROOKLYN
- BROOKLYN TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 5,848 students
- FORT HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 4,044 students
- JAMES MADISON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,983 students
- MIDWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,657 students
- EDWARD R MURROW HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,503 students
- FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,403 students
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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