BROOKLYN HIGH SCHOOL FOR LAW AND TECHNOLOGY

Located at 1396 BROADWAY, in BROOKLYN, New York, BROOKLYN HIGH SCHOOL FOR LAW AND TECHNOLOGY is a low-enrollment four-year high school that works with 469 students (grades 9 through 12), overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #16. Enrollment runs roughly 30% leaner than the state mean of about 668.

BROOKLYN HIGH SCHOOL FOR LAW AND TECHNOLOGY is one of 23 schools operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #16, a district that caters to 5,175 students overall.

On demographics, BROOKLYN HIGH SCHOOL FOR LAW AND TECHNOLOGY logs that Black students make up the majority at 60%. Beyond that, the school records 30% Hispanic, 4% Asian, 2% White. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.4:1. The state averages around 11.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 90% of students at BROOKLYN HIGH SCHOOL FOR LAW AND TECHNOLOGY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Kings County's rate of about 79%.

After controlling for student poverty, BROOKLYN HIGH SCHOOL FOR LAW AND TECHNOLOGY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 41.8%, the actual is 43.3%, a residual of +1.6 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Kings County put median household earnings sit near $80,263, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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 HIGH SCHOOL FOR LAW AND TECHNOLOGY is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: PS 309 GEORGE E WIBECAN PREPARATORY ACADEMY (THE), around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around BROOKLYN HIGH SCHOOL FOR LAW AND TECHNOLOGY. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts BROOKLYN HIGH SCHOOL FOR LAW AND TECHNOLOGY at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 45.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Trend over the last 7 years. BROOKLYN HIGH SCHOOL FOR LAW AND TECHNOLOGY's enrollment has decreased 22% since 2018, when it stood at 599 (now 469). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 17.0:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 today.

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