Enrollment
108
High
DISTRICT 678 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #13·NCES 360009105563
BROOKLYN ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL
832 MARCY AVE, BROOKLYN, NY 11216 · (718) 638-4237 · Kings County
GRADES 10–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL108 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 12% of New York public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
8.5:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.7:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
100 students
DISTRICT 72% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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 10 | 40 | 37% |
| Grade 11 | 41 | 38% |
| Grade 12 | 27 | 25% |
Student demographics
33%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 76% · 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
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
32.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -18.0pp since 2023
Math
50.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +36.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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 18 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 36 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 32.0% | 50.0% |
| 2023-24 | 50.0% | 14.0% |
% 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
32.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.9%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% 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 BROOKLYN ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL
BROOKLYN ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (32.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROOKLYN ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL this school | 108 | 92.6% | 32.5% |
| NELSON MANDELA HIGH SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 138 | 93.5% | 26.7% |
| DR SUSAN S MCKINNEY SECONDARY SCHOOL OF THE ARTS BROOKLYN | 132 | 92.4% | 27.5% |
| ASPIRATIONS DIPLOMA PLUS HIGH SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 131 | 85.5% | 41.5% |
| METROPOLITAN DIPLOMA PLUS HIGH SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 153 | 96.7% | 46.2% |
| BROOKLYN BRIDGE ACADEMY BROOKLYN | 143 | 83.9% | 70.8% |
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 BROOKLYN ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.5% | #1,050 of 1,135 | #109 of 137 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #596 of 1,109 ▲ 458 | #30 of 132 ▲ 83 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #1,115 of 1,135 ▼ 129 | #126 of 137 ▼ 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 108 | #1,169 of 1,216 | #143 of 146 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.6% | #147 of 1,167 | #32 of 144 |
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
108
-22 (-17%) vs 2020
-45% since 2010-11, when it was 195
Student : Teacher
8.5:1
was 8.7:1
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 | 108 | 12.8 | 8.5:1 | 93% (100) |
| 2023-24 | 104 | 14.2 | 7.3:1 | 88% (92) |
| 2022-23 | 82 | 13.5 | 6.1:1 | 87% (71) |
| 2020-21 | 130 | 15 | 8.7:1 | 84% (109) |
| 2017-18 | 140 | 12 | 11.7:1 | 84% (117) |
| 2015-16 | 149 | 11 | 13.6:1 | 83% (124) |
| 2010-11 | 195 | 11 | 17.7:1 | 76% (148) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BROOKLYN ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL.
About BROOKLYN ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL
The public high school BROOKLYN ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL is located in BROOKLYN, New York. Its enrollment is 108 students, spread over grades 10 through 12. Across high schools in New York, the average enrollment is about 668.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #13 oversees BROOKLYN ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL and 41 other schools, with 19,151 students in total.
Federal enrollment data show BROOKLYN ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL is 80% Black. Other groups include 18% Hispanic. The county population is about 28% Black. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 33%.
The school had 12.8 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 8.5:1. The school's 8.5:1 compares with an average of 11.0:1 for high schools in New York. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 93%. That rate is above the 79% average among public schools in Kings County.
Among New York public high schools, BROOKLYN ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL outscored 12%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, BROOKLYN ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL is 8.4 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 32.5% actual, 40.9% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in New York.
In the surrounding county, Kings County, the median household earns about $80,263 a year, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 15% of people live in poverty. Kings County has 583 public schools with about 291,697 students, including BROOKLYN ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL.
ACADEMY OF ARTS AND LETTERS sits about 0.1 miles from BROOKLYN ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The school's 32.5% average proficiency ranks 5th among 8 nearby schools.
The NCES locale for BROOKLYN ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL is City: Large, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, BROOKLYN ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL enrolled 130 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 108.
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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 #13
- BROOKLYN TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 5,848 students
- PS 11 PURVIS J BEHANElementary · 923 students
- BENJAMIN BANNEKER ACADEMYHigh · 854 students
- PS 9 SARAH SMITH GARNET SCHOOL (THE)Elementary · 782 students
- ACADEMY OF ARTS AND LETTERSElementary · 757 students
- PS 20 CLINTON HILLElementary · 689 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
- ACADEMY OF ARTS AND LETTERS0.1 mi · 757
- UNCOMMON BED-STUY WEST CHARTER SCHOOL NYC0.2 mi · 1,165
- PS 1400.2 mi · 327
- UNITY PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL OF BROOKLYN0.3 mi · 513
- PS 44 MARCUS GARVEY0.3 mi · 120
- BEDFORD ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL0.4 mi · 338
Frequently asked questions
About BROOKLYN ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at BROOKLYN ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL?
BROOKLYN ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 108 students in grades 10-12.
Is BROOKLYN ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
BROOKLYN ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 10-12.
How many teachers does BROOKLYN ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL have?
BROOKLYN ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL employs 13 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 8.5:1.
What is the student diversity at BROOKLYN ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at BROOKLYN ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 1% White, 18% Hispanic, 80% Black, 1% Asian.
Who oversees BROOKLYN ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL?
BROOKLYN ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #13 in Kings County.
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