BROOKLYN COMMUNITY ARTS AND MEDIA HIGH SCHOOL (BCAM)

Set in BROOKLYN, New York, BROOKLYN COMMUNITY ARTS AND MEDIA HIGH SCHOOL (BCAM) is a compact senior high, run under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #13. It teaches 360 students across grades 9 through 12. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 668 students each, so BROOKLYN COMMUNITY ARTS AND MEDIA HIGH SCHOOL (BCAM) sits 46% below that benchmark.

Across the 42 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #13 (19,151 students total), BROOKLYN COMMUNITY ARTS AND MEDIA HIGH SCHOOL (BCAM) accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, BROOKLYN COMMUNITY ARTS AND MEDIA HIGH SCHOOL (BCAM) reports that Black students make up the majority at 63%. Beyond that, the school shows 33% Hispanic. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, BROOKLYN COMMUNITY ARTS AND MEDIA HIGH SCHOOL (BCAM) has 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 8.2:1. The state averages around 11.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 87% of students at BROOKLYN COMMUNITY ARTS AND MEDIA HIGH SCHOOL (BCAM) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, BROOKLYN COMMUNITY ARTS AND MEDIA HIGH SCHOOL (BCAM) tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 43.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 40.2%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Kings County) records that median household income runs about $80,263, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. BROOKLYN COMMUNITY ARTS AND MEDIA HIGH SCHOOL (BCAM) is one of 583 public schools in Kings County (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students).

The closest other public school is BROOKLYN HIGH SCHOOL FOR LEADERSHIP AND COMMUNITY SERVICE, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around BROOKLYN COMMUNITY ARTS AND MEDIA HIGH SCHOOL (BCAM). Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BROOKLYN COMMUNITY ARTS AND MEDIA HIGH SCHOOL (BCAM) ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 43.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Over the past 7-year window. BROOKLYN COMMUNITY ARTS AND MEDIA HIGH SCHOOL (BCAM)'s enrollment has fell 16% since 2018, when it stood at 429 (now 360). Over the same period, the Black share declined from 72% to 63%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 8.2:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.