BROOKLYN SCHOOL OF INQUIRY

BROOKLYN SCHOOL OF INQUIRY is a medium-sized elementary campus in BROOKLYN, New York, one of the schools within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #20. The school educates 501 students in grades K through 8.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #20 runs 48 schools in total, collectively educating 44,136 students. BROOKLYN SCHOOL OF INQUIRY is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, BROOKLYN SCHOOL OF INQUIRY records that 44% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 39% Asian, 6% Black, 6% multiracial, 5% Hispanic.

On the resource side, BROOKLYN SCHOOL OF INQUIRY logs 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting BROOKLYN SCHOOL OF INQUIRY higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 38% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Kings County (around 79%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

With demographic context factored in, BROOKLYN SCHOOL OF INQUIRY ranks in the top 10% of New York public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 61.2%; BROOKLYN SCHOOL OF INQUIRY posts 92.4%, +31.2 points above that line.

Across the wider county, census data for Kings County shows median household earnings sit near $80,263, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Kings County runs 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students), of which BROOKLYN SCHOOL OF INQUIRY is one.

ACADEMY OF TALENTED SCHOLARS (THE) is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around BROOKLYN SCHOOL OF INQUIRY. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts BROOKLYN SCHOOL OF INQUIRY at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 62.3%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BROOKLYN SCHOOL OF INQUIRY has contracted 11%, going from 566 students in 2018 to 501 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 67% to 44%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 22.6:1 in 2018 to 18.5:1 today.

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