BROOKLYN INSTITUTE FOR LIBERAL ARTS

Set in BROOKLYN, New York, BROOKLYN INSTITUTE FOR LIBERAL ARTS is a tight-knit secondary school, part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #17. It instructs 479 students across grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 28% smaller than the state mean of about 668.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #17 comprises 49 schools with combined enrollment of 16,990 students; BROOKLYN INSTITUTE FOR LIBERAL ARTS is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, BROOKLYN INSTITUTE FOR LIBERAL ARTS logs that nearly all students (81%) are Black. Beyond that, the school lists 14% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 28% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 87% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), BROOKLYN INSTITUTE FOR LIBERAL ARTS sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 42.8%; this one delivers 43.5%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Kings County) records that median household income runs about $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 INSTITUTE FOR LIBERAL ARTS is one of 583 public schools in Kings County (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students).

HIGH SCHOOL FOR PUBLIC SERVICE-HEROES OF TOMORROW 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. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts BROOKLYN INSTITUTE FOR LIBERAL ARTS at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 46.7%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 28%: 375 students in 2018 compared to 479 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment shrank from 87% to 81% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 10.4:1 in 2025.

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