1
Parents: what's one thing you'd want the CLARA BARTON HIGH SCHOOL administration to hear?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
1,325
High
DISTRICT 424 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #17·NCES 360009501937
CLARA BARTON HIGH SCHOOL
901 CLASSON AVE, BROOKLYN, NY 11225 · (718) 636-4900 · Kings County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE ICAREER AND TECHNICAL SCHOOL1,325 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
101 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
1,098 students
DISTRICT 87% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
72.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +13.0pp since 2023
Math
33.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -11.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 11 points.
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
45.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,325
+117 (+10%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 16.5:1
% White
2%
was 1%
% Hispanic
10%
was 7%
% Black
81%
was 87%
% Asian
1%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About CLARA BARTON HIGH SCHOOL
CLARA BARTON HIGH SCHOOL operates as a roomy secondary school in BROOKLYN, New York, part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #17. Current enrollment sits at 1,325 students spanning grades 9 through 12. That puts it 98% larger than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 668 students.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #17 comprises 49 schools with combined enrollment of 16,990 students; CLARA BARTON HIGH SCHOOL is among them.
Looking at the student body, CLARA BARTON HIGH SCHOOL logs that 81% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Other groups include 10% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 2% White. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.
In terms of school funding signals, CLARA BARTON HIGH SCHOOL records 101 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.0:1 average. Roughly 83% of students at CLARA BARTON HIGH SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
After controlling for student poverty, CLARA BARTON HIGH SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 44.5%; this one delivers 45.7%.
Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Kings County indicate median household earnings sit near $80,263, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. CLARA BARTON HIGH SCHOOL is one of 583 public schools in Kings County (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students).
The closest other public school is PS 241 EMMA L JOHNSTON, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, CLARA BARTON HIGH SCHOOL comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 49.4%.
CLARA BARTON HIGH SCHOOL operates from a high-density location.
Trend over the last 7 years. CLARA BARTON HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has edged up 10% since 2018, when it stood at 1,208 (now 1,325). Over the same period, the Black share shrank from 87% to 81%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 13.1:1 today.
Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 #17
- MEDGAR EVERS COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOLHigh · 1,267 students
- PS 189 BILINGUAL CENTER (THE)Elementary · 887 students
- PS 249 CATON (THE)Elementary · 663 students
- PS 316 ELIJAH STROUDElementary · 644 students
- NORMA ADAMS CLEMONS ACADEMYElementary · 588 students
- SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY & RESEARCH EARLY COLLEGEHigh · 586 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 241 EMMA L JOHNSTON0.1 mi · 369
- INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AT PROSPECT HEIGHTS0.1 mi · 303
- BROOKLYN SCHOOL FOR MUSIC & THEATER0.1 mi · 202
- BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND THE ENVIRONMENT0.1 mi · 245
- HIGH SCHOOL FOR GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP (THE)0.1 mi · 213
- EBBETS FIELD MIDDLE SCHOOL0.3 mi · 153
Frequently asked questions
About CLARA BARTON HIGH SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at CLARA BARTON HIGH SCHOOL?
CLARA BARTON HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,325 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does CLARA BARTON HIGH SCHOOL serve?
CLARA BARTON HIGH SCHOOL serves grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at CLARA BARTON HIGH SCHOOL?
Approximately 13.1:1 students per teacher at CLARA BARTON HIGH SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at CLARA BARTON HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at CLARA BARTON HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 2% White, 10% Hispanic, 81% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is CLARA BARTON HIGH SCHOOL in?
CLARA BARTON HIGH SCHOOL is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #17.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.