BROOKLYN PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL

BROOKLYN PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL operates as a mid-sized secondary school in BROOKLYN, New York, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #14. Current enrollment sits at 591 students spanning grades 9 through 12.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #14 comprises 38 schools with combined enrollment of 15,288 students; BROOKLYN PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL is among them.

On the student-mix side, BROOKLYN PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL shows that 54% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 41% Black, 2% White. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 19%.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.1:1. The state averages around 11.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 88% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Kings County runs at roughly 79%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), BROOKLYN PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 42.8%; this one delivers 42.3%.

In the broader community, census data for Kings County shows 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. Across Kings County's 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students), BROOKLYN PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: WILLIAMSBURG HIGH SCHOOL FOR ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around BROOKLYN PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts BROOKLYN PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 60.8%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 15%: 513 students in 2018 compared to 591 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 49% to 54% across the same window.

On the community side, members of the BROOKLYN PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.