Enrollment
290
High
DISTRICT 678 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #13·NCES 360009101371
BROOKLYN INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
49 FLATBUSH AVE EXT, BROOKLYN, NY 11201 · (718) 643-9315 · Kings County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL290 STUDENTS
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Not graded
This school has no state test results for 2023-24 or 2024-25 to grade, which is common for schools that end before third grade. How grades work
Student : Teacher
9.6:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.7:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
258 students
DISTRICT 72% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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 | 59 | 20% |
| Grade 10 | 82 | 28% |
| Grade 11 | 74 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 75 | 26% |
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 76% · 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
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
30.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -14.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level. The New York average is about 58 of 100. Reading and writing scores are down about 14 points since 2023.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts |
|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 30.0% |
| 2023-24 | 44.0% |
% 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
37.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
BROOKLYN INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (37.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROOKLYN INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL this school | 290 | 89.0% | 37.0% |
| UNITY CENTER FOR URBAN TECHNOLOGIES NEW YORK | 259 | 86.9% | 74.7% |
| ORCHARD COLLEGIATE ACADEMY NEW YORK | 255 | 88.6% | 53.8% |
| HIGH SCHOOL OF APPLIED COMMUNICATIONS LONG ISLAND CITY | 380 | 87.9% | 45.7% |
| GOTHAM TECH HIGH SCHOOL LONG ISLAND CITY | 266 | 81.2% | 48.8% |
| BRONX RIVER HIGH SCHOOL BRONX | 419 | 84.5% | 52.0% |
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 INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #995 of 1,135 | #94 of 137 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.0% | #1,120 of 1,135 ▼ 67 | #127 of 137 ▼ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 290 | #935 of 1,216 | #93 of 146 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.6:1 | #228 of 1,058 | #23 of 115 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.8% | #407 of 1,070 | #59 of 115 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.0% | #249 of 1,167 | #57 of 144 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.1% | #209 of 743 | #39 of 70 |
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
290
-47 (-14%) vs 2020
-25% since 2010-11, when it was 388
Student : Teacher
9.6:1
was 13.5:1
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 | 290 | 30.3 | 9.6:1 | 89% (258) |
| 2023-24 | 314 | 27.5 | 11.4:1 | 89% (280) |
| 2022-23 | 282 | 27.3 | 10.3:1 | 75% (212) |
| 2020-21 | 337 | 25 | 13.5:1 | 94% (318) |
| 2017-18 | 354 | 23.5 | 15.1:1 | 81% (286) |
| 2015-16 | 358 | 21 | 17.1:1 | 49% (174) |
| 2010-11 | 388 | 22 | 17.6:1 | 96% (373) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BROOKLYN INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL.
About BROOKLYN INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
BROOKLYN INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL is a small high school in BROOKLYN, New York. A federal count lists 290 students at the school, in grades 9 through 12. An average school in this group (high schools in New York) has about 668 students.
BROOKLYN INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL sits within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #13, which has 42 schools and 19,151 students.
A majority of students at BROOKLYN INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL, 65%, are Hispanic. The rest of enrollment is 14% Black, 13% Asian, and 7% White. Among all residents of Kings County, the Hispanic share is about 19%. The chance that two students picked at random at BROOKLYN INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 54%.
With 30.3 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at BROOKLYN INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL was 9.6:1. Among high schools in New York, the typical ratio is 11.0:1. BROOKLYN INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 89%. Among public schools in Kings County, the average eligibility rate is 79%.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For BROOKLYN INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL, the prediction is 42.3% and the result is 37.0%.
Kings County census figures show that median household income is about $80,263, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 15%. A total of 583 public schools operate in Kings County, serving about 291,697 students.
The school nearest to BROOKLYN INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL is SCIENCE SKILLS CENTER HIGH SCHOOL, at a distance of less than a tenth of a mile. Within five miles of BROOKLYN INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, BROOKLYN INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL places 7th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The number of students dropped from 337 to 290 over 4 years. By 2024-25, the school had 9.6 students per teacher, compared with 13.5 in 2020-21.
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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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- BROOKLYN TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 5,848 students
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- BENJAMIN BANNEKER ACADEMYHigh · 854 students
- PS 9 SARAH SMITH GARNET SCHOOL (THE)Elementary · 782 students
- ACADEMY OF ARTS AND LETTERSElementary · 757 students
- PS 20 CLINTON HILLElementary · 689 students
Other schools in BROOKLYN
- BROOKLYN TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 5,848 students
- FORT HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 4,044 students
- JAMES MADISON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,983 students
- MIDWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,657 students
- EDWARD R MURROW HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,503 students
- FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,403 students
Nearby schools
- SCIENCE SKILLS CENTER HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 453
- URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR MUSIC AND ART0.0 mi · 142
- CITY POLYTECHNIC HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 454
- GEORGE WESTINGHOUSE CAREER AND TECHNICAL ED HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 557
- PS 287 BAILEY K ASHFORD0.2 mi · 112
- BROOKLYN LABORATORY CHARTER SCHOOL0.3 mi · 628
Frequently asked questions
About BROOKLYN INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOLHow many students attend BROOKLYN INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL?
BROOKLYN INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 290 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does BROOKLYN INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL serve?
BROOKLYN INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL serves grades 09-12.
How many teachers does BROOKLYN INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL have?
BROOKLYN INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.6:1.
How diverse is BROOKLYN INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL?
BROOKLYN INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL reports a student body of 7% White, 65% Hispanic, 14% Black, 13% Asian.
Who oversees BROOKLYN INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL?
BROOKLYN INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #13 in Kings County.
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