BUSHWICK COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL

BUSHWICK COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL is one of the micro-enrollment four-year high schools in BROOKLYN, New York, operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #32, with 98 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 85% leaner than the state mean of about 668.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #32 runs 27 schools in total, collectively educating 8,794 students. BUSHWICK COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, BUSHWICK COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (81%). Beyond that, the school shows 17% Black. By comparison, Kings County as a whole is about 19% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 7.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.0:1, putting BUSHWICK COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 83% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, BUSHWICK COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 44.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 48.2%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Kings County put the typical household earns roughly $80,263 per year, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. Across Kings County's 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students), BUSHWICK COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: JHS 291 ROLAND HAYES, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BUSHWICK COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 49.0%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BUSHWICK COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL has decreased 51%, going from 202 students in 2018 to 98 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 31% to 17% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 20.2:1 in 2018 to 7.2:1 today.

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