BROOKLYN ENVIRONMENTAL EXPLORATION SCHOOL (BEES)

As an one-room-style intermediate school in BROOKLYN, New York, BROOKLYN ENVIRONMENTAL EXPLORATION SCHOOL (BEES) educates 147 students from grades 6 through 8, run under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #23. That puts it 72% below the typical public school in New York, which averages around 531 students.

BROOKLYN ENVIRONMENTAL EXPLORATION SCHOOL (BEES) is one of 28 schools operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #23, a district that serves 7,257 students overall.

On the student-mix side, BROOKLYN ENVIRONMENTAL EXPLORATION SCHOOL (BEES) lists that the largest single group is Black, at 67% of enrollment. Other groups include 27% Hispanic, 2% Asian, 2% Native American. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 7.2:1. The state averages around 10.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 98% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Kings County's rate of about 79%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, BROOKLYN ENVIRONMENTAL EXPLORATION SCHOOL (BEES) sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 39.0%; this one delivers 32.6%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Kings County) records that the typical household earns roughly $80,263 per year, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Kings County's 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students), BROOKLYN ENVIRONMENTAL EXPLORATION SCHOOL (BEES) is one campus in the mix.

BROOKLYN LANDMARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around BROOKLYN ENVIRONMENTAL EXPLORATION SCHOOL (BEES). Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts BROOKLYN ENVIRONMENTAL EXPLORATION SCHOOL (BEES) at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 51.9%.

BROOKLYN ENVIRONMENTAL EXPLORATION SCHOOL (BEES) operates from a metropolitan location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 60%: 92 students in 2018 compared to 147 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 20% to 27% across the same window.

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