BRIDGES: A SCHOOL FOR EXPLORATION AND EQUITY

BRIDGES: A SCHOOL FOR EXPLORATION AND EQUITY, a close-knit middle-grades school in BROOKLYN, New York, run under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #13, works with 298 students, covering grades 6 through 8. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 531 students each, so BRIDGES: A SCHOOL FOR EXPLORATION AND EQUITY sits 44% smaller than that benchmark.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #13 runs 42 schools in total, collectively educating 19,151 students. BRIDGES: A SCHOOL FOR EXPLORATION AND EQUITY is one of those campuses.

Demographically, BRIDGES: A SCHOOL FOR EXPLORATION AND EQUITY records that the most-represented group is Black (39%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 25% White, 18% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 6% Asian. By comparison, Kings County as a whole is about 28% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, BRIDGES: A SCHOOL FOR EXPLORATION AND EQUITY lists 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 47% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Kings County runs at roughly 79%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, BRIDGES: A SCHOOL FOR EXPLORATION AND EQUITY 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 57.7%; BRIDGES: A SCHOOL FOR EXPLORATION AND EQUITY posts 78.6%, +20.9 points above that line.

In the broader community, census data for Kings County shows the typical household earns roughly $80,263 per year, 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), BRIDGES: A SCHOOL FOR EXPLORATION AND EQUITY is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is DESIGN WORKS, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts BRIDGES: A SCHOOL FOR EXPLORATION AND EQUITY at 1st of 6; the average score across the group is 60.5%.

BRIDGES: A SCHOOL FOR EXPLORATION AND EQUITY operates from a metropolitan location.

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