BUSHWICK LEADERS HIGH SCHOOL FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE

BUSHWICK LEADERS HIGH SCHOOL FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE operates as a compact 9-12 campus in BROOKLYN, New York, one of the schools within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #32. Current enrollment sits at 358 students spanning grades 9 through 12. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 668 students each, so BUSHWICK LEADERS HIGH SCHOOL FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE sits 46% below that benchmark.

Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #32, which oversees 27 schools and 8,794 students, BUSHWICK LEADERS HIGH SCHOOL FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, BUSHWICK LEADERS HIGH SCHOOL FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE reports that 79% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder breaks down as 13% Black, 3% White. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 19%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 11.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 92% 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 above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, BUSHWICK LEADERS HIGH SCHOOL FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 41.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 23.2%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Kings County shows median household earnings sit near $80,263, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. In all, Kings County runs 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students), of which BUSHWICK LEADERS HIGH SCHOOL FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE is one.

Nearest neighbor: PS 274 KOSCIUSKO, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts BUSHWICK LEADERS HIGH SCHOOL FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 36.0%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BUSHWICK LEADERS HIGH SCHOOL FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE has grew 28%, going from 280 students in 2018 to 358 in 2025.

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