BROOKLYN DEMOCRACY ACADEMY

Set in BROOKLYN, New York, BROOKLYN DEMOCRACY ACADEMY is a minimally staffed 9-12 campus, operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #23. It teaches 166 students across grades 9 through 12. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 668 students each, so BROOKLYN DEMOCRACY ACADEMY sits 75% below that benchmark.

BROOKLYN DEMOCRACY ACADEMY is one of 28 schools operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #23, a district that works with 7,257 students overall.

On demographics, BROOKLYN DEMOCRACY ACADEMY records that Black students make up the majority at 64%. Beyond that, the school logs 30% Hispanic, 3% Native American. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.5:1. The state averages around 11.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 95% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Kings County (around 79%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, BROOKLYN DEMOCRACY ACADEMY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 40.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 23.0%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Kings County indicate 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. BROOKLYN DEMOCRACY ACADEMY is one of 583 public schools in Kings County (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students).

UNCOMMON BROWNSVILLE SOUTH CHARTER SCHOOL NYC is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BROOKLYN DEMOCRACY ACADEMY ranks 8th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 42.9%.

BROOKLYN DEMOCRACY ACADEMY operates from an inner-city location.

Over the past 7-year window. BROOKLYN DEMOCRACY ACADEMY's enrollment has decreased 22% since 2018, when it stood at 213 (now 166). Over the same period, the Black share fell from 80% to 64%. Class-load math has fell: from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 8.5:1 in 2025.

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