Enrollment
98
High
DISTRICT 323 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #32·NCES 360009705725
BUSHWICK COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL
231 PALMETTO ST, BROOKLYN, NY 11221 · (718) 443-3083 · Kings County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL98 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 38% 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
7.2:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.9:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
81 students
DISTRICT 91% · 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 | 8 | 8% |
| Grade 10 | 28 | 29% |
| Grade 11 | 37 | 38% |
| Grade 12 | 25 | 26% |
Student demographics
32%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 35% · 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
51.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -8.0pp since 2023
Math
31.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -22.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 22 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.0% | 31.0% |
| 2023-24 | 59.0% | 53.0% |
% 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
48.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% 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 BUSHWICK COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL
BUSHWICK COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (48.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUSHWICK COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL this school | 98 | 82.7% | 48.2% |
| INNOVATION DIPLOMA PLUS NEW YORK | 110 | 91.8% | 34.5% |
| HARVEY MILK HIGH SCHOOL NEW YORK | 78 | 79.5% | 70.0% |
| SATELLITE ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL NEW YORK | 112 | 89.3% | 53.5% |
| HIGH SCHOOL FOR LANGUAGE AND DIPLOMACY (THE) NEW YORK | 132 | 81.8% | 43.2% |
| EL PUENTE ACADEMY FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE BROOKLYN | 179 | 89.9% | 86.0% |
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 BUSHWICK COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 98 | #1,175 of 1,216 | #145 of 146 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -51.5% | #19 of 743 | #5 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
98
-47 (-32%) vs 2020
-77% since 2010-11, when it was 420
Student : Teacher
7.2:1
was 11.2:1
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 | 98 | 13.6 | 7.2:1 | 83% (81) |
| 2023-24 | 105 | 10.3 | 10.2:1 | 93% (98) |
| 2022-23 | 86 | 10.5 | 8.2:1 | 81% (70) |
| 2020-21 | 145 | 13 | 11.2:1 | 82% (119) |
| 2017-18 | 202 | 10 | 20.2:1 | 87% (175) |
| 2015-16 | 201 | 14 | 14.4:1 | 65% (130) |
| 2010-11 | 420 | 21 | 20.0:1 | 78% (327) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BUSHWICK COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL.
About BUSHWICK COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL
Among the schools in BROOKLYN, New York, is BUSHWICK COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL, a very small high school. The school serves grades 9 through 12. Enrollment is 98 students. By comparison, high schools in New York enroll about 668 students on average.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #32 has a total of 27 schools and 8,794 students, BUSHWICK COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL among them.
A large majority of enrollment at BUSHWICK COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL is Hispanic, at 81%. Other reported shares: 17% Black. Kings County's residents are about 19% Hispanic, 62 points below the school's share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, BUSHWICK COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL scores 32%.
BUSHWICK COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL has 13.6 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 7.2:1. By comparison, the average for high schools in New York is 11.0:1. At BUSHWICK COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL, 83% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
BUSHWICK COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 38% of New York public high schools.
On BeatsExpectations, BUSHWICK COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL is 3.6 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of New York schools.
Looking at the county, Kings County, the median household earns about $80,263 a year, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's public schools total 583, with about 291,697 students.
JHS 291 ROLAND HAYES is the nearest public school to BUSHWICK COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL, less than a tenth of a mile away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 49.0% proficiency; BUSHWICK COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL posts 48.2%.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Large.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 98, from 145 in 2020-21. The school's ratio dropped from 11.2:1 to 7.2:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
The discussion board for BUSHWICK COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 #32
- JHS 383 PHILIPPA SCHUYLERMiddle · 651 students
- PS 376Elementary · 466 students
- PS 123 SUYDAMElementary · 446 students
- PS/IS 45 HORACE E GREENEElementary · 440 students
- PS 145 ANDREW JACKSONElementary · 428 students
- ALL CITY LEADERSHIP SECONDARY SCHOOLHigh · 416 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
- JHS 291 ROLAND HAYES0.0 mi · 294
- MATH ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 515
- ACHIEVEMENT FIRST NORTH BROOKLYN PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL0.1 mi · 843
- PS 377 ALEJANDRINA B DE GAUTIER0.1 mi · 209
- PS 106 EDWARD EVERETT HALE0.2 mi · 327
- PS 116 ELIZABETH L FARRELL0.2 mi · 296
Frequently asked questions
About BUSHWICK COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOLHow large is BUSHWICK COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL?
BUSHWICK COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 98 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does BUSHWICK COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL serve?
BUSHWICK COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at BUSHWICK COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL?
Approximately 7.2:1 students per teacher at BUSHWICK COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at BUSHWICK COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at BUSHWICK COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 1% White, 81% Hispanic, 17% Black.
Who oversees BUSHWICK COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL?
BUSHWICK COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #32 in Kings County.
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