Enrollment
296
High
DISTRICT 260 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #18·NCES 360009606042
CULTURAL ACADEMY FOR THE ARTS AND SCIENCES
5800 TILDEN AVE, BROOKLYN, NY 11203 · (718) 968-6630 · Kings County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL296 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 31% 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.
- C+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
8.1:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.9:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
240 students
DISTRICT 86% · 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 | 72 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 103 | 35% |
| Grade 11 | 48 | 16% |
| Grade 12 | 73 | 25% |
Student demographics
30%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · 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
68.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -4.0pp since 2023
Math
38.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +17.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 17 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.0% | 38.0% |
| 2023-24 | 72.0% | 21.0% |
% 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
46.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.8pp
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 →
Schools most like CULTURAL ACADEMY FOR THE ARTS AND SCIENCES
CULTURAL ACADEMY FOR THE ARTS AND SCIENCES's state test result (46.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CULTURAL ACADEMY FOR THE ARTS AND SCIENCES this school | 296 | 81.1% | 46.0% |
| IT TAKES A VILLAGE ACADEMY BROOKLYN | 262 | 81.3% | 40.2% |
| HIGH SCHOOL FOR PUBLIC SERVICE-HEROES OF TOMORROW BROOKLYN | 365 | 79.5% | 36.5% |
| HIGH SCHOOL FOR INNOVATION IN ADVERTISING AND MEDIA BROOKLYN | 386 | 82.1% | 33.8% |
| BROOKLYN EMERGING LEADERS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 219 | 80.8% | 28.2% |
| BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND THE ENVIRONMENT BROOKLYN | 245 | 82.0% | 48.8% |
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 CULTURAL ACADEMY FOR THE ARTS AND SCIENCES ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #806 of 1,135 | #61 of 137 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #764 of 1,109 ▲ 226 | #60 of 132 ▲ 36 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #613 of 1,135 ▼ 1 | #40 of 137 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 296 | #926 of 1,216 | #91 of 146 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.1:1 | #67 of 1,058 | #9 of 115 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 30.4% | #788 of 1,070 | #110 of 115 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.1% | #437 of 1,167 | #114 of 144 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.8% | #507 of 743 | #57 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
296
+85 (+40%) vs 2020
+30% since 2010-11, when it was 227
Student : Teacher
8.1:1
was 7.8:1
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 | 296 | 36.5 | 8.1:1 | 81% (240) |
| 2023-24 | 274 | 34.3 | 8.0:1 | 82% (226) |
| 2022-23 | 232 | 25.7 | 9.0:1 | 79% (184) |
| 2020-21 | 211 | 27 | 7.8:1 | 84% (178) |
| 2017-18 | 321 | 25 | 12.8:1 | 76% (243) |
| 2015-16 | 350 | 25 | 14.0:1 | 69% (240) |
| 2010-11 | 227 | 17 | 13.3:1 | 87% (197) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CULTURAL ACADEMY FOR THE ARTS AND SCIENCES.
About CULTURAL ACADEMY FOR THE ARTS AND SCIENCES
CULTURAL ACADEMY FOR THE ARTS AND SCIENCES is a small high school found in BROOKLYN, New York. Federal data show 296 students enrolled in grades 9 through 12 in 2024-25. Across high schools in New York, the average enrollment is about 668.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #18 has a total of 34 schools and 11,062 students, CULTURAL ACADEMY FOR THE ARTS AND SCIENCES among them.
The share of students at CULTURAL ACADEMY FOR THE ARTS AND SCIENCES who are Black is 82%. The remaining students are 13% Hispanic. Among people living in Kings County, the Black share is about 28%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 30, compared with 70 nationally.
Staffing at CULTURAL ACADEMY FOR THE ARTS AND SCIENCES comes to 36.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 8.1:1. By comparison, the average for high schools in New York is 11.0:1. CULTURAL ACADEMY FOR THE ARTS AND SCIENCES counts 81% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The figure for public schools in Kings County is close, at 79%.
Among New York public high schools, CULTURAL ACADEMY FOR THE ARTS AND SCIENCES outscored 31%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
CULTURAL ACADEMY FOR THE ARTS AND SCIENCES's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 46.0% is within a point of the 45.2% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
For Kings County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $80,263, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 42%, and about 15% of people live in poverty. There are 583 public schools in the county, enrolling about 291,697, CULTURAL ACADEMY FOR THE ARTS AND SCIENCES among them.
A public school less than a tenth of a mile away, IT TAKES A VILLAGE ACADEMY, is the closest to CULTURAL ACADEMY FOR THE ARTS AND SCIENCES. CULTURAL ACADEMY FOR THE ARTS AND SCIENCES has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. CULTURAL ACADEMY FOR THE ARTS AND SCIENCES comes in 6th of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for CULTURAL ACADEMY FOR THE ARTS AND SCIENCES is City: Large, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal enrollment counts increased from 211 (2020-21) to 296 (2024-25).
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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
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Nearby schools
- IT TAKES A VILLAGE ACADEMY0.0 mi · 262
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- IVY HILL PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL0.3 mi · 259
Frequently asked questions
About CULTURAL ACADEMY FOR THE ARTS AND SCIENCESHow many students attend CULTURAL ACADEMY FOR THE ARTS AND SCIENCES?
CULTURAL ACADEMY FOR THE ARTS AND SCIENCES enrolls approximately 296 students in grades 09-12.
Is CULTURAL ACADEMY FOR THE ARTS AND SCIENCES an elementary, middle, or high school?
CULTURAL ACADEMY FOR THE ARTS AND SCIENCES is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does CULTURAL ACADEMY FOR THE ARTS AND SCIENCES have?
CULTURAL ACADEMY FOR THE ARTS AND SCIENCES employs 36 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 8.1:1.
What is the student diversity at CULTURAL ACADEMY FOR THE ARTS AND SCIENCES?
Student demographics at CULTURAL ACADEMY FOR THE ARTS AND SCIENCES are roughly 0% White, 13% Hispanic, 82% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees CULTURAL ACADEMY FOR THE ARTS AND SCIENCES?
CULTURAL ACADEMY FOR THE ARTS AND SCIENCES is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #18 in Kings County.
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