BROWNSVILLE ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL

As a tiny senior high in BROOKLYN, New York, BROWNSVILLE ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL caters to 86 students from grades 9 through 12, part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #17. Enrollment runs roughly 87% leaner than the state mean of about 668.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #17 runs 49 schools in total, collectively educating 16,990 students. BROWNSVILLE ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, BROWNSVILLE ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL logs that Black students make up the majority at 63%; the rest breaks down as 34% Hispanic, 3% Native American. By comparison, Kings County as a whole is about 28% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, BROWNSVILLE ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL has 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 5.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.0:1 average. About 94% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. 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), BROWNSVILLE ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 40.4%, the actual is 26.7%, a residual of -13.7 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Kings County put median household earnings sit near $80,263, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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), BROWNSVILLE ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

ASPIRATIONS DIPLOMA PLUS HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts BROWNSVILLE ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 48.9%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Trend over the last 7 years. BROWNSVILLE ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has fell 15% since 2018, when it stood at 101 (now 86). Hispanic enrollment moved from 14% to 34% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 12.6:1 in 2018 to 5.5:1 today.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.