BROOKLYN BRIDGE ACADEMY

As a minimally staffed 9-12 campus in BROOKLYN, New York, BROOKLYN BRIDGE ACADEMY enrolls 143 students from grades 9 through 12, part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #18. That puts it 79% below the typical public school in New York, which averages around 668 students.

BROOKLYN BRIDGE ACADEMY is one of 34 schools operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #18, a district that instructs 11,062 students overall.

On demographics, BROOKLYN BRIDGE ACADEMY shows that 77% of the student body identifies as Black. Beyond that, the school logs 13% Hispanic, 4% White, 3% Asian. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 11.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 84% of students at BROOKLYN BRIDGE ACADEMY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, BROOKLYN BRIDGE ACADEMY is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 44.1%; this one delivers 70.8%, a residual of +26.7 points.

In the broader community, census data for Kings County shows median household earnings sit near $80,263, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Kings County runs 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students), of which BROOKLYN BRIDGE ACADEMY is one.

ACADEMY FOR CONSERVATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BROOKLYN BRIDGE ACADEMY ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 42.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BROOKLYN BRIDGE ACADEMY has declined 12%, going from 163 students in 2018 to 143 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 11.6:1 in 2018 to 8.4:1 in 2025.

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