Enrollment
245
High
DISTRICT 424 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #17·NCES 360009505523
BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND THE ENVIRONMENT
883 CLASSON AVE, BROOKLYN, NY 11225 · (718) 230-6363 · Kings County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL245 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 38% of New York public high schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
13.9:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
201 students
DISTRICT 87% · 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 9 | 49 | 20% |
| Grade 10 | 65 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 52 | 21% |
| Grade 12 | 79 | 32% |
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
56.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -19.0pp since 2023
Math
44.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +0.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 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 19 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.0% | 44.0% |
| 2023-24 | 75.0% | 44.0% |
% 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
48.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 OF SCIENCE AND THE ENVIRONMENT
BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND THE ENVIRONMENT's state test result (48.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND THE ENVIRONMENT this school | 245 | 82.0% | 48.8% |
| BROOKLYN COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL FOR EXCELLENCE AND EQUITY BROOKLYN | 253 | 80.6% | 46.0% |
| UNITED CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED MATH AND SCIENCE III BROOKLYN | 283 | 84.5% | 51.5% |
| QUEENS PREPARATORY ACADEMY SPRINGFIELD GARDENS | 320 | 83.1% | 39.0% |
| GOTHAM PROFESSIONAL ARTS ACADEMY BROOKLYN | 219 | 84.5% | 59.0% |
| IT TAKES A VILLAGE ACADEMY BROOKLYN | 262 | 81.3% | 40.2% |
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 OF SCIENCE AND THE ENVIRONMENT ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.8% | #755 of 1,135 | #52 of 137 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #681 of 1,109 ▲ 28 | #45 of 132 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #852 of 1,135 ▼ 298 | #74 of 137 ▼ 37 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 245 | #1,015 of 1,216 | #106 of 146 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #919 of 1,058 | #91 of 115 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.3% | #622 of 1,070 | #83 of 115 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.0% | #415 of 1,167 | #107 of 144 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -33.4% | #75 of 743 | #17 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
245
-63 (-20%) vs 2020
-45% since 2010-11, when it was 447
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 245 | 17.7 | 13.9:1 | 82% (201) |
| 2023-24 | 235 | 19.6 | 12.0:1 | 83% (196) |
| 2022-23 | 265 | 23.5 | 11.3:1 | 82% (216) |
| 2020-21 | 308 | 23 | 13.4:1 | 75% (232) |
| 2017-18 | 368 | 22 | 16.7:1 | 82% (303) |
| 2015-16 | 427 | 29 | 14.7:1 | 80% (341) |
| 2010-11 | 447 | 30 | 14.9:1 | 88% (392) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND THE ENVIRONMENT.
About BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND THE ENVIRONMENT
BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND THE ENVIRONMENT is a small high school in BROOKLYN, New York, administered by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #17. The latest federal count shows 245 students in grades 9 through 12. The average for high schools in New York is about 668 students, so this school is 63% smaller than average.
BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND THE ENVIRONMENT is in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #17, a district with 16,990 students across 49 schools.
Black students make up a majority at BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND THE ENVIRONMENT, at 73%. Next come 16% Hispanic, 4% Asian, 3% White, and 3% multiracial. That compares with about 28% Black among all Kings County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 43% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teachers at the school number 17.7 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 13.9:1. On average, high schools in New York have 11.0:1, compared with 13.9:1 here. The school's lunch program data list 82% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That tracks the 79% average for public schools in Kings County.
allk12 grades BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND THE ENVIRONMENT a C+. The grade compares the school only with New York public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND THE ENVIRONMENT falls in the middle 80% of New York schools: 48.8% actual against 44.8% predicted.
Across Kings County, the median household income is $80,263, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 42% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 15%. Kings County is home to 583 public schools and about 291,697 public school students.
INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AT PROSPECT HEIGHTS is located less than a tenth of a mile from BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND THE ENVIRONMENT. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 48.8% is below the 49.0% average for nearby schools.
Locale data from NCES put BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND THE ENVIRONMENT inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more (City: Large).
Over 4 years, BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND THE ENVIRONMENT's enrollment dropped 20%, to 245.
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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
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Frequently asked questions
About BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND THE ENVIRONMENTHow large is BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND THE ENVIRONMENT?
BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND THE ENVIRONMENT enrolls approximately 245 students in grades 09-12.
Is BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND THE ENVIRONMENT an elementary, middle, or high school?
BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND THE ENVIRONMENT is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND THE ENVIRONMENT have?
BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND THE ENVIRONMENT employs 18 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.9:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND THE ENVIRONMENT?
At BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND THE ENVIRONMENT, the student body is approximately 3% White, 16% Hispanic, 73% Black, 4% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND THE ENVIRONMENT public or private?
BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND THE ENVIRONMENT is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #17.
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