Enrollment
202
High
DISTRICT 424 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #17·NCES 360009505514
BROOKLYN SCHOOL FOR MUSIC & THEATER
883 CLASSON AVE, BROOKLYN, NY 11225 · (718) 230-6250 · Kings County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL202 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 6% of New York public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
8.4:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
164 students
DISTRICT 87% · 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 | 52 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 58 | 29% |
| Grade 11 | 45 | 22% |
| Grade 12 | 46 | 23% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
41%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
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
50.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -2.0pp since 2023
Math
10.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -13.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 13 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.0% | 10.0% |
| 2023-24 | 52.0% | 23.0% |
% 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
32.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.1%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 SCHOOL FOR MUSIC & THEATER
BROOKLYN SCHOOL FOR MUSIC & THEATER's state test result (32.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROOKLYN SCHOOL FOR MUSIC & THEATER this school | 202 | 81.2% | 32.2% |
| BROOKLYN EMERGING LEADERS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 219 | 80.8% | 28.2% |
| KURT HAHN EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 181 | 84.0% | 40.5% |
| GOTHAM PROFESSIONAL ARTS ACADEMY BROOKLYN | 219 | 84.5% | 59.0% |
| BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND THE ENVIRONMENT BROOKLYN | 245 | 82.0% | 48.8% |
| EAST BROOKLYN COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 164 | 85.4% | 37.2% |
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 SCHOOL FOR MUSIC & THEATER ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.2% | #1,056 of 1,135 | #112 of 137 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.0% | #1,093 of 1,109 ▼ 121 | #127 of 132 ▼ 35 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #954 of 1,135 ▲ 2 | #90 of 137 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 202 | #1,068 of 1,216 | #115 of 146 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.4:1 | #82 of 1,058 | #12 of 115 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.5% | #656 of 1,070 | #89 of 115 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.2% | #433 of 1,167 | #112 of 144 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -33.1% | #76 of 743 | #18 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
202
-85 (-30%) vs 2020
-49% since 2010-11, when it was 396
Student : Teacher
8.4:1
was 12.5:1
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 | 202 | 24.1 | 8.4:1 | 81% (164) |
| 2023-24 | 210 | 22.4 | 9.4:1 | 85% (178) |
| 2022-23 | 223 | 20.3 | 11.0:1 | 91% (202) |
| 2020-21 | 287 | 23 | 12.5:1 | 84% (240) |
| 2017-18 | 302 | 18 | 16.8:1 | 84% (254) |
| 2015-16 | 350 | 23 | 15.2:1 | 77% (271) |
| 2010-11 | 396 | 24 | 16.5:1 | 89% (351) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BROOKLYN SCHOOL FOR MUSIC & THEATER.
About BROOKLYN SCHOOL FOR MUSIC & THEATER
BROOKLYN SCHOOL FOR MUSIC & THEATER is a very small high school found in BROOKLYN, New York. Students in grades 9 through 12 make up the school's enrollment of 202 students. High schools in New York average about 668 students, which makes this school 70% below average.
BROOKLYN SCHOOL FOR MUSIC & THEATER is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #17, where 49 schools serve 16,990 students.
Federal enrollment data show BROOKLYN SCHOOL FOR MUSIC & THEATER is 74% Black. The next largest groups are 20% Hispanic, 3% White, and 3% Native American. The school's Black share is 46 points above the 28% share among Kings County residents. A diversity index of 41% means there is a 41% chance two randomly chosen students at BROOKLYN SCHOOL FOR MUSIC & THEATER are from different groups.
Teacher count: 24.1 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 8.4:1. The average for high schools in New York, 11.0:1, is higher. Roughly 81% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Kings County average a similar 79%.
On the allk12 Grade, BROOKLYN SCHOOL FOR MUSIC & THEATER lands at D, ahead of 6% of New York public high schools.
BROOKLYN SCHOOL FOR MUSIC & THEATER scores 32.2% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 45.1%.
The school is in Kings County, where the median household earns about $80,263 a year, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 15% of residents are in poverty. Across Kings County, 583 public schools serve about 291,697 students.
Less than a tenth of a mile separates BROOKLYN SCHOOL FOR MUSIC & THEATER from the closest public school, BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND THE ENVIRONMENT. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. BROOKLYN SCHOOL FOR MUSIC & THEATER is 9th of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Large.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 202, compared with 287 in 2020-21. Students per teacher dropped from 12.5 in 2020-21 to 8.4 in 2024-25.
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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
- 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
- BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND THE ENVIRONMENT0.0 mi · 245
- HIGH SCHOOL FOR GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP (THE)0.0 mi · 213
- INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AT PROSPECT HEIGHTS0.0 mi · 303
- CLARA BARTON HIGH SCHOOL0.1 mi · 1,325
- PS 241 EMMA L JOHNSTON0.1 mi · 369
- PS 316 ELIJAH STROUD0.3 mi · 644
Frequently asked questions
About BROOKLYN SCHOOL FOR MUSIC & THEATERHow many students attend BROOKLYN SCHOOL FOR MUSIC & THEATER?
BROOKLYN SCHOOL FOR MUSIC & THEATER enrolls approximately 202 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does BROOKLYN SCHOOL FOR MUSIC & THEATER serve?
BROOKLYN SCHOOL FOR MUSIC & THEATER serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at BROOKLYN SCHOOL FOR MUSIC & THEATER?
The student-to-teacher ratio at BROOKLYN SCHOOL FOR MUSIC & THEATER is approximately 8.4:1 (24 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at BROOKLYN SCHOOL FOR MUSIC & THEATER?
At BROOKLYN SCHOOL FOR MUSIC & THEATER, the student body is approximately 3% White, 20% Hispanic, 74% Black, 1% Asian.
Who oversees BROOKLYN SCHOOL FOR MUSIC & THEATER?
BROOKLYN SCHOOL FOR MUSIC & THEATER is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #17 in Kings County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.