BROOKLYN ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL

Located at 832 MARCY AVE, in BROOKLYN, New York, BROOKLYN ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL is a minimally staffed 9-12 campus that caters to 108 students (grades 10 through 12), operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #13. Compared to the state average of about 668 students per school, that is 84% below typical.

Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #13, which oversees 42 schools and 19,151 students, BROOKLYN ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, BROOKLYN ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL shows that Black students make up the majority at 80%; the rest is composed of 18% Hispanic. By comparison, Kings County as a whole is about 28% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, BROOKLYN ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL has 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 8.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.0:1 average. Roughly 93% of students at BROOKLYN ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Kings County's rate of about 79%.

After controlling for student poverty, BROOKLYN ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 40.9%, the actual is 32.5%, a residual of -8.4 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Kings County) reports that median household income runs about $80,263, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. BROOKLYN ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL is one of 583 public schools in Kings County (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students).

ACADEMY OF ARTS AND LETTERS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around BROOKLYN ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BROOKLYN ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 46.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Looking at the recent track record. BROOKLYN ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has edged down 23% since 2018, when it stood at 140 (now 108). The Black share of enrollment expanded from 74% to 80% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 11.7:1 in 2018 to 8.5:1 in 2025.

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