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Enrollment
353
High
DISTRICT 273 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #16·NCES 360009401921
BOYS AND GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL
1700 FULTON ST, BROOKLYN, NY 11213 · (718) 467-1700 · Kings County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL353 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 4% of New York public high schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
9.5:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.1:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
326 students
DISTRICT 88% · 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 9 | 75 | 21% |
| Grade 10 | 83 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 80 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 106 | 30% |
| Ungraded | 9 | 3% |
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
44.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +0.0pp since 2023
Math
17.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.0% | 17.0% |
| 2023-24 | 44.0% | 13.0% |
% 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
28.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 BOYS AND GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL
BOYS AND GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (28.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOYS AND GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL this school | 353 | 92.4% | 28.8% |
| THURGOOD MARSHALL ACADEMY FOR LEARNING & SOCIAL CHANGE NEW YORK | 408 | 90.7% | 45.2% |
| SPRING CREEK COMMUNITY SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 350 | 90.0% | 30.2% |
| FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY VII HIGH SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 292 | 93.5% | 39.2% |
| HARLEM VILLAGE ACADEMY NORTH CHARTER SCHOOL NEW YORK | 394 | 87.6% | 76.0% |
| MIDDLE EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL BUFFALO | 302 | 88.7% | 39.3% |
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 BOYS AND GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.8% | #1,084 of 1,135 | #120 of 137 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.0% | #1,039 of 1,109 ▲ 29 | #114 of 132 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #1,023 of 1,135 ▲ 29 | #106 of 137 ▲ 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 353 | #823 of 1,216 | #82 of 146 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.5:1 | #225 of 1,058 | #22 of 115 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.1% | #683 of 1,070 | #93 of 115 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.4% | #152 of 1,167 | #34 of 144 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.3% | #308 of 743 | #45 of 70 |
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
353
-97 (-22%) vs 2020
-82% since 2010-11, when it was 1,954
Student : Teacher
9.5:1
was 9.8:1
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 | 353 | 37 | 9.5:1 | 92% (326) |
| 2023-24 | 375 | 44 | 8.5:1 | 95% (356) |
| 2022-23 | 403 | 47.9 | 8.4:1 | 88% (355) |
| 2020-21 | 450 | 46 | 9.8:1 | 87% (392) |
| 2017-18 | 412 | 30 | 13.7:1 | 80% (328) |
| 2015-16 | 380 | 29 | 13.1:1 | 78% (295) |
| 2010-11 | 1,954 | 85 | 23.0:1 | 63% (1,231) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BOYS AND GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL.
About BOYS AND GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL
Families in BROOKLYN, New York, are served by BOYS AND GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL, a small high school. School enrollment was 353 students in 2024-25, in grades 9 through 12. For comparison, high schools in New York average about 668 students.
Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #16, BOYS AND GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL is one of 23 schools. The district enrolls 5,175 students.
A majority of students at BOYS AND GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL, 75%, are Black. Next come 21% Hispanic. The county population is about 28% Black. The chance that two students picked at random at BOYS AND GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 40%.
Its 37 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 9.5:1. The average ratio among high schools in New York is 11.0:1, higher than at this school. The school's lunch program data list 92% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The 79% average for public schools in Kings County is 13 points lower.
BOYS AND GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL is graded F by allk12, scoring above 4% of New York public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, BOYS AND GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL would score about 41.0%. It scores 28.8%, 12.2 points below that figure.
In the county around the school, Kings County, median household income is about $80,263, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. BOYS AND GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL is among the 583 public schools in Kings County.
The nearest public school is NELSON MANDELA HIGH SCHOOL, at less than a tenth of a mile. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. BOYS AND GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL places 6th of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
BOYS AND GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels City: Large.
The number of students dropped from 450 to 353 over 4 years.
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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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- MIDWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,657 students
- EDWARD R MURROW HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,503 students
- FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,403 students
Nearby schools
- NELSON MANDELA HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 138
- RESEARCH AND SERVICE HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 184
- PS 21 CRISPUS ATTUCKS0.3 mi · 430
- PS 243 WEEKSVILLE SCHOOL (THE)0.3 mi · 199
- LAUNCH EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING CHARTER SCHOOL0.3 mi · 268
- PS 262 EL HAJJ MALIK EL SHABAZZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.3 mi · 155
Frequently asked questions
About BOYS AND GIRLS HIGH SCHOOLHow large is BOYS AND GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL?
BOYS AND GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 353 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does BOYS AND GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL serve?
BOYS AND GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL serves grades 09-12.
How many teachers does BOYS AND GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL have?
BOYS AND GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL employs 37 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.5:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at BOYS AND GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL?
At BOYS AND GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 2% White, 21% Hispanic, 75% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is BOYS AND GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL in?
BOYS AND GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #16.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.