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Enrollment
479
High
DISTRICT 424 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #17·NCES 360009506300
BROOKLYN INSTITUTE FOR LIBERAL ARTS
600 KINGSTON AVE, BROOKLYN, NY 11203 · (718) 221-1097 · Kings County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL479 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 27% of New York public high schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New York public high schools
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
419 students
DISTRICT 87% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 111 | 23% |
| Grade 10 | 122 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 106 | 22% |
| Grade 12 | 139 | 29% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
33%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 72% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
60.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -8.0pp since 2023
Math
36.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -16.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 8 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 16 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.0% | 36.0% |
| 2023-24 | 68.0% | 52.0% |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
43.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New York's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like BROOKLYN INSTITUTE FOR LIBERAL ARTS
BROOKLYN INSTITUTE FOR LIBERAL ARTS's state test result (43.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROOKLYN INSTITUTE FOR LIBERAL ARTS this school | 479 | 87.5% | 43.5% |
| PATHWAYS IN TECHNOLOGY EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL (P-TECH) BROOKLYN | 534 | 81.5% | 45.2% |
| EXCELSIOR PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL SPRINGFIELD GARDENS | 480 | 82.7% | 66.8% |
| HIGH SCHOOL FOR INNOVATION IN ADVERTISING AND MEDIA BROOKLYN | 386 | 82.1% | 33.8% |
| EAGLE ACADEMY FOR YOUNG MEN II BROOKLYN | 662 | 83.1% | 70.3% |
| BROOKLYN COLLEGIATE: A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 512 | 88.7% | 46.5% |
Matched among New York high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where BROOKLYN INSTITUTE FOR LIBERAL ARTS ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.5% | #871 of 1,135 | #71 of 137 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #790 of 1,109 ▼ 185 | #65 of 132 ▼ 33 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #788 of 1,135 ▼ 110 | #64 of 137 ▼ 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 479 | #575 of 1,216 | #46 of 146 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.4:1 | #392 of 1,058 | #40 of 115 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.1% | #759 of 1,070 | #106 of 115 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.5% | #290 of 1,167 | #66 of 144 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +27.7% | #54 of 339 | #15 of 53 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
479
-43 (-8%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
was 14.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 479 | 46.1 | 10.4:1 | 87% (419) |
| 2023-24 | 445 | 35.5 | 12.5:1 | 84% (374) |
| 2022-23 | 479 | 42.1 | 11.4:1 | 84% (401) |
| 2020-21 | 522 | 35 | 14.9:1 | 86% (448) |
| 2017-18 | 375 | 26 | 14.4:1 | 90% (337) |
| 2015-16 | 353 | 23 | 15.3:1 | 86% (304) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BROOKLYN INSTITUTE FOR LIBERAL ARTS.
About BROOKLYN INSTITUTE FOR LIBERAL ARTS
As a small high school, BROOKLYN INSTITUTE FOR LIBERAL ARTS serves students in BROOKLYN, New York. Classes run from 9 through 12, and the school has 479 students. The average for high schools in New York is about 668 students, so this school is 28% smaller than average.
BROOKLYN INSTITUTE FOR LIBERAL ARTS reports to NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #17, which has 49 schools and 16,990 students.
Black students make up 81% of enrollment at BROOKLYN INSTITUTE FOR LIBERAL ARTS. Next come 14% Hispanic. That compares with about 28% Black among all Kings County residents. The school's diversity index is 33%, meaning two students picked at random have a 33% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.4:1 at BROOKLYN INSTITUTE FOR LIBERAL ARTS, with 46.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. That matches the 11.0:1 average for high schools in New York fairly closely. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 87% of enrollment.
The allk12 Grade for BROOKLYN INSTITUTE FOR LIBERAL ARTS is C. Compared with New York public high schools, the school scored higher than 27% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
BROOKLYN INSTITUTE FOR LIBERAL ARTS scores 43.5% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 42.8%.
Across Kings County, the median household income is $80,263, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 42% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 15%. Kings County is home to 583 public schools and about 291,697 public school students.
Nearby, HIGH SCHOOL FOR PUBLIC SERVICE-HEROES OF TOMORROW is less than a tenth of a mile away. BROOKLYN INSTITUTE FOR LIBERAL ARTS is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. BROOKLYN INSTITUTE FOR LIBERAL ARTS comes in 6th of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as City: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Over 4 years, BROOKLYN INSTITUTE FOR LIBERAL ARTS's enrollment dropped 8%, to 479. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 14.9:1 to 10.4:1.
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Kings County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,631,580
Census ACS
Median income
$80,263
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
583
291,697 students
Quick facts
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Other schools in BROOKLYN
- BROOKLYN TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 5,848 students
- FORT HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 4,044 students
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- MIDWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,657 students
- EDWARD R MURROW HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,503 students
- FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,403 students
Nearby schools
- HIGH SCHOOL FOR PUBLIC SERVICE-HEROES OF TOMORROW0.0 mi · 365
- SCHOOL FOR HUMAN RIGHTS (THE)0.0 mi · 139
- PS 397 FOSTER-LAURIE0.2 mi · 180
- PS 91 ALBANY AVENUE SCHOOL (THE)0.2 mi · 148
- PS 235 JANICE MARIE KNIGHT SCHOOL0.3 mi · 666
- ACHIEVEMENT FIRST CROWN HEIGHTS CHARTER SCHOOL0.4 mi · 1,320
Frequently asked questions
About BROOKLYN INSTITUTE FOR LIBERAL ARTSHow many students attend BROOKLYN INSTITUTE FOR LIBERAL ARTS?
BROOKLYN INSTITUTE FOR LIBERAL ARTS enrolls approximately 479 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does BROOKLYN INSTITUTE FOR LIBERAL ARTS serve?
BROOKLYN INSTITUTE FOR LIBERAL ARTS serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at BROOKLYN INSTITUTE FOR LIBERAL ARTS?
The student-to-teacher ratio at BROOKLYN INSTITUTE FOR LIBERAL ARTS is approximately 10.4:1 (46 FTE teachers).
How diverse is BROOKLYN INSTITUTE FOR LIBERAL ARTS?
BROOKLYN INSTITUTE FOR LIBERAL ARTS reports a student body of 2% White, 14% Hispanic, 81% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is BROOKLYN INSTITUTE FOR LIBERAL ARTS in?
BROOKLYN INSTITUTE FOR LIBERAL ARTS is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #17.
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