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Enrollment
892
High
DISTRICT 1,024 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #21·NCES 360015203107
BROOKLYN STUDIO SECONDARY SCHOOL
8310 21ST AVE, BROOKLYN, NY 11214 · (718) 266-5032 · Kings County
GRADES 06–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL892 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 39% of New York public high schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
10.8:1
83 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
749 students
DISTRICT 84% · 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 6 | 136 | 15% |
| Grade 7 | 124 | 14% |
| Grade 8 | 116 | 13% |
| Grade 9 | 164 | 18% |
| Grade 10 | 106 | 12% |
| Grade 11 | 117 | 13% |
| Grade 12 | 129 | 14% |
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · 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
60.9%
NY avg 58.3% . +3.6pp since 2023
Math
49.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +2.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.9% | 49.0% |
| 2023-24 | 57.3% | 46.8% |
% 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
48.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.1%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 STUDIO SECONDARY SCHOOL
BROOKLYN STUDIO SECONDARY SCHOOL's state test result (48.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROOKLYN STUDIO SECONDARY SCHOOL this school | 892 | 84.0% | 48.9% |
| ACADEMY OF FINANCE AND ENTERPRISE LONG ISLAND CITY | 874 | 87.4% | 75.0% |
| HIGH SCHOOL OF TELECOMMUNICATION ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY BROOKLYN | 1,222 | 81.0% | 51.2% |
| MASPETH HIGH SCHOOL ELMHURST | 1,001 | 80.2% | 58.8% |
| RACHEL CARSON HIGH SCHOOL FOR COASTAL STUDIES BROOKLYN | 619 | 84.3% | 57.0% |
| YOUNG WOMENS LEADERSHIP SCHOOL - ASTORIA LONG ISLAND CITY | 579 | 76.0% | 63.9% |
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 STUDIO SECONDARY SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.9% | #753 of 1,135 | #51 of 137 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #612 of 1,109 ▲ 67 | #35 of 132 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.9% | #775 of 1,135 ▲ 92 | #60 of 137 ▲ 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 892 | #277 of 1,216 | #15 of 146 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.8:1 | #478 of 1,058 | #51 of 115 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.0% | #152 of 1,070 | #26 of 115 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.0% | #370 of 1,167 | #93 of 144 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.0% | #633 of 743 | #64 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
892
-62 (-6%) vs 2020
0% since 2010-11, when it was 895
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 892 | 82.7 | 10.8:1 | 84% (749) |
| 2023-24 | 879 | 79 | 11.1:1 | 81% (713) |
| 2022-23 | 876 | 76.9 | 11.4:1 | 78% (680) |
| 2020-21 | 954 | 69 | 13.8:1 | 75% (717) |
| 2017-18 | 929 | 59 | 15.7:1 | 76% (709) |
| 2015-16 | 922 | 54 | 17.1:1 | 76% (698) |
| 2010-11 | 895 | 49 | 18.3:1 | 57% (513) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BROOKLYN STUDIO SECONDARY SCHOOL.
About BROOKLYN STUDIO SECONDARY SCHOOL
Among the schools in BROOKLYN, New York, is BROOKLYN STUDIO SECONDARY SCHOOL, a medium-sized high school. The school's enrollment of 892 students covers grades 6 through 12. Statewide, high schools in New York average about 668 students each.
The NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #21 system has 40 schools and 33,610 students.
White students form the largest group at BROOKLYN STUDIO SECONDARY SCHOOL, 40% of enrollment. Next come 39% Hispanic, 16% Asian, and 3% Black. The White share in Kings County as a whole is similar, at about 38%. By the diversity index, BROOKLYN STUDIO SECONDARY SCHOOL comes in at 66%.
BROOKLYN STUDIO SECONDARY SCHOOL operates with 82.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 10.8:1. High schools in New York average about 11.0:1, a similar figure. About 84% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits.
The allk12 Grade for BROOKLYN STUDIO SECONDARY SCHOOL is C+. Compared with New York public high schools, the school scored higher than 39% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Compared with New York schools that have similar shares of low-income students, BROOKLYN STUDIO SECONDARY SCHOOL's results are 4.8 points above predicted: 48.9% against 44.1%.
Among Kings County residents, median household income is about $80,263, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 15% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 583 public schools in Kings County, with a combined enrollment of about 291,697.
The nearest public school is PS 128 BENSONHURST, at less than a tenth of a mile. BROOKLYN STUDIO SECONDARY SCHOOL has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, BROOKLYN STUDIO SECONDARY SCHOOL ranks 8th on proficiency.
BROOKLYN STUDIO SECONDARY SCHOOL is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels City: Large.
BROOKLYN STUDIO SECONDARY SCHOOL saw enrollment fall 6% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. Its ratio of students to teachers was 13.8:1 in 2020-21, and 10.8:1 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
Related schools
Other schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #21
- EDWARD R MURROW HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,503 students
- ABRAHAM LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,210 students
- JOHN DEWEY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,209 students
- IS 228 DAVID A BOODYMiddle · 1,555 students
- IS 98 BAY ACADEMYMiddle · 1,435 students
- MARK TWAIN IS 239 FOR THE GIFTED AND TALENTEDMiddle · 1,295 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
- PS 128 BENSONHURST0.0 mi · 435
- PS 200 BENSON SCHOOL0.4 mi · 1,209
- PS 186 DR IRVING A GLADSTONE0.4 mi · 973
- BROOKLYN SCHOOL OF INQUIRY0.4 mi · 501
- ACADEMY OF TALENTED SCHOLARS (THE)0.4 mi · 383
- PS 101 VERRAZANO (THE)0.5 mi · 1,113
Frequently asked questions
About BROOKLYN STUDIO SECONDARY SCHOOLHow many students attend BROOKLYN STUDIO SECONDARY SCHOOL?
BROOKLYN STUDIO SECONDARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 892 students in grades 06-12.
What age range does BROOKLYN STUDIO SECONDARY SCHOOL serve?
BROOKLYN STUDIO SECONDARY SCHOOL serves students from grade 06 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at BROOKLYN STUDIO SECONDARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at BROOKLYN STUDIO SECONDARY SCHOOL is approximately 10.8:1 (83 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at BROOKLYN STUDIO SECONDARY SCHOOL?
At BROOKLYN STUDIO SECONDARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 40% White, 39% Hispanic, 3% Black, 16% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is BROOKLYN STUDIO SECONDARY SCHOOL in?
BROOKLYN STUDIO SECONDARY SCHOOL is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #21.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.