Enrollment
132
High
DISTRICT 678 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #13·NCES 360009102781
DR SUSAN S MCKINNEY SECONDARY SCHOOL OF THE ARTS
101 PARK AVE, BROOKLYN, NY 11205 · (718) 834-6760 · Kings County
GRADES 07–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL132 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 5% of New York public high schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
5.6:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.7:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
122 students
DISTRICT 72% · 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 7 | 1 | 1% |
| Grade 9 | 37 | 28% |
| Grade 10 | 22 | 17% |
| Grade 11 | 37 | 28% |
| Grade 12 | 35 | 27% |
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 76% · 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
57.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +5.6pp since 2023
Math
8.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -3.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 8 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.0% | 8.0% |
| 2023-24 | 51.4% | 11.4% |
% 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
27.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 DR SUSAN S MCKINNEY SECONDARY SCHOOL OF THE ARTS
DR SUSAN S MCKINNEY SECONDARY SCHOOL OF THE ARTS's state test result (27.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR SUSAN S MCKINNEY SECONDARY SCHOOL OF THE ARTS this school | 132 | 92.4% | 27.5% |
| METROPOLITAN DIPLOMA PLUS HIGH SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 153 | 96.7% | 46.2% |
| BROOKLYN DEMOCRACY ACADEMY BROOKLYN | 166 | 94.6% | 23.0% |
| RESEARCH AND SERVICE HIGH SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 184 | 90.8% | 21.8% |
| BROOKLYN ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 108 | 92.6% | 32.5% |
| UNITED CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE HUMANITIES IV ROCKAWAY PARK | 189 | 91.5% | 44.7% |
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 DR SUSAN S MCKINNEY SECONDARY SCHOOL OF THE ARTS ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.5% | #1,096 of 1,135 | #123 of 137 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 8.0% | #1,102 of 1,109 ▼ 20 | #130 of 132 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #830 of 1,135 ▲ 136 | #67 of 137 ▲ 30 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 132 | #1,155 of 1,216 | #141 of 146 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.4% | #150 of 1,167 | #33 of 144 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -64.3% | #2 of 743 | #1 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
132
-187 (-59%) vs 2020
-73% since 2010-11, when it was 493
Student : Teacher
5.6:1
was 11.0:1
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 | 132 | 23.6 | 5.6:1 | 92% (122) |
| 2023-24 | 189 | 32.7 | 5.8:1 | 89% (169) |
| 2022-23 | 247 | 32.3 | 7.7:1 | 88% (217) |
| 2020-21 | 319 | 29 | 11.0:1 | 87% (279) |
| 2017-18 | 370 | 33 | 11.2:1 | 92% (340) |
| 2015-16 | 432 | 32 | 13.5:1 | 76% (330) |
| 2010-11 | 493 | 34 | 14.5:1 | 81% (397) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for DR SUSAN S MCKINNEY SECONDARY SCHOOL OF THE ARTS.
About DR SUSAN S MCKINNEY SECONDARY SCHOOL OF THE ARTS
DR SUSAN S MCKINNEY SECONDARY SCHOOL OF THE ARTS is a small high school in BROOKLYN, New York. It serves 132 students in grades 7 through 12. The average among high schools in New York is roughly 668 students; this school is 80% smaller than that.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #13 enrolls 19,151 students, and its 42 schools include DR SUSAN S MCKINNEY SECONDARY SCHOOL OF THE ARTS.
Roughly 70% of students at DR SUSAN S MCKINNEY SECONDARY SCHOOL OF THE ARTS are Black. Other reported shares: 26% Hispanic. Kings County's residents are about 28% Black, 43 points below the school's share. The school's diversity index is 44%, meaning two students picked at random have a 44% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Dividing enrollment by its 23.6 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 5.6:1. That is 5.4 students per teacher below the 11.0:1 average for high schools in New York. DR SUSAN S MCKINNEY SECONDARY SCHOOL OF THE ARTS reports 92% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is higher than the 79% average for public schools in Kings County.
The allk12 Grade for DR SUSAN S MCKINNEY SECONDARY SCHOOL OF THE ARTS is D. Compared with New York public high schools, the school scored higher than 5% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, DR SUSAN S MCKINNEY SECONDARY SCHOOL OF THE ARTS would be expected to post about 41.0%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 27.5%.
Kings County census figures show that the median household income is $80,263, roughly 42% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 583 public schools in Kings County, enrolling about 291,697 students in all.
COMMUNITY ROOTS CHARTER SCHOOL is the closest public school, about 0.2 miles away in a straight line. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of DR SUSAN S MCKINNEY SECONDARY SCHOOL OF THE ARTS. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, DR SUSAN S MCKINNEY SECONDARY SCHOOL OF THE ARTS ranks 5th on average proficiency.
Federal data place DR SUSAN S MCKINNEY SECONDARY SCHOOL OF THE ARTS in the City: Large locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's enrollment figures are 319 for 2020-21 and 132 for 2024-25. Differences this large can reflect a change in grade levels, a boundary change, or a merger. Its ratio of students to teachers was 11.0:1 in 2020-21, and 5.6:1 in 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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- JAMES MADISON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,983 students
- MIDWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,657 students
- EDWARD R MURROW HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,503 students
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Nearby schools
- COMMUNITY ROOTS CHARTER SCHOOL0.2 mi · 473
- PS 67 CHARLES A DORSEY0.2 mi · 163
- PS 287 BAILEY K ASHFORD0.3 mi · 112
- FORT GREEN PREPARATORY ACADEMY0.3 mi · 228
- PS 46 EDWARD C BLUM0.3 mi · 283
- BENJAMIN BANNEKER ACADEMY0.4 mi · 854
Frequently asked questions
About DR SUSAN S MCKINNEY SECONDARY SCHOOL OF THE ARTSWhat is the total enrollment at DR SUSAN S MCKINNEY SECONDARY SCHOOL OF THE ARTS?
DR SUSAN S MCKINNEY SECONDARY SCHOOL OF THE ARTS enrolls approximately 132 students in grades 07-12.
What age range does DR SUSAN S MCKINNEY SECONDARY SCHOOL OF THE ARTS serve?
DR SUSAN S MCKINNEY SECONDARY SCHOOL OF THE ARTS serves students from grade 07 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at DR SUSAN S MCKINNEY SECONDARY SCHOOL OF THE ARTS?
Approximately 5.6:1 students per teacher at DR SUSAN S MCKINNEY SECONDARY SCHOOL OF THE ARTS.
How diverse is DR SUSAN S MCKINNEY SECONDARY SCHOOL OF THE ARTS?
DR SUSAN S MCKINNEY SECONDARY SCHOOL OF THE ARTS reports a student body of 2% White, 26% Hispanic, 70% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is DR SUSAN S MCKINNEY SECONDARY SCHOOL OF THE ARTS public or private?
DR SUSAN S MCKINNEY SECONDARY SCHOOL OF THE ARTS is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #13.
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