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Enrollment
610
High
DISTRICT 381 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #19·NCES 360012000813
EAST NEW YORK FAMILY ACADEMY
760 VAN SICLEN AVE, BROOKLYN, NY 11207 · (718) 927-0012 · Kings County
GRADES 06–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL610 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 20% of New York public high schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
10.3:1
59 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.7:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
559 students
DISTRICT 92% · 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 82 | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 79 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 81 | 13% |
| Grade 9 | 120 | 20% |
| Grade 10 | 85 | 14% |
| Grade 11 | 81 | 13% |
| Grade 12 | 82 | 13% |
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
49.5%
NY avg 58.3% . +0.5pp since 2023
Math
36.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -0.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.5% | 36.0% |
| 2023-24 | 49.0% | 36.5% |
% 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
40.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% 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 EAST NEW YORK FAMILY ACADEMY
EAST NEW YORK FAMILY ACADEMY's state test result (40.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| EAST NEW YORK FAMILY ACADEMY this school | 610 | 91.6% | 40.0% |
| FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY NEW YORK | 619 | 89.3% | 30.1% |
| ACAD-SCHOLARSHIP & ENTREPRENEURSHIP BRONX | 437 | 89.7% | 41.3% |
| GEORGE WESTINGHOUSE CAREER AND TECHNICAL ED HIGH SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 557 | 89.2% | 45.5% |
| BROOKLYN HIGH SCHOOL FOR LAW AND TECHNOLOGY BROOKLYN | 469 | 90.4% | 43.3% |
| W H MAXWELL CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 545 | 93.2% | 50.0% |
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 EAST NEW YORK FAMILY ACADEMY ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #942 of 1,135 | #86 of 137 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #793 of 1,109 ▲ 8 | #66 of 132 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.5% | #960 of 1,135 ▲ 28 | #93 of 137 ▲ 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 610 | #433 of 1,216 | #31 of 146 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.3:1 | #377 of 1,058 | #37 of 115 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.9% | #513 of 1,070 | #71 of 115 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.6% | #168 of 1,167 | #38 of 144 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +21.8% | #69 of 339 | #20 of 53 |
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
610
+56 (+10%) vs 2020
+39% since 2010-11, when it was 438
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
was 12.3:1
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 | 610 | 59.1 | 10.3:1 | 92% (559) |
| 2023-24 | 632 | 54.6 | 11.6:1 | 89% (561) |
| 2022-23 | 659 | 56.8 | 11.6:1 | 87% (571) |
| 2020-21 | 554 | 45 | 12.3:1 | 93% (517) |
| 2017-18 | 501 | 41.7 | 12.0:1 | 88% (439) |
| 2015-16 | 488 | 32 | 15.3:1 | 72% (350) |
| 2010-11 | 438 | 26 | 16.9:1 | 83% (363) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for EAST NEW YORK FAMILY ACADEMY.
About EAST NEW YORK FAMILY ACADEMY
EAST NEW YORK FAMILY ACADEMY is a high school in BROOKLYN, New York, reachable at (718) 927-0012. Federal data show 610 students enrolled in grades 6 through 12 in 2024-25.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #19, which runs EAST NEW YORK FAMILY ACADEMY, has 53 schools and 18,619 students.
Black students are 64% of those enrolled at EAST NEW YORK FAMILY ACADEMY. Other reported shares: 31% Hispanic. That compares with about 28% Black among all Kings County residents. A diversity index of 49% means there is a 49% chance two randomly chosen students at EAST NEW YORK FAMILY ACADEMY are from different groups.
There are 59.1 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 10.3:1. The average for high schools in New York, 11.0:1, is higher. Of all students at EAST NEW YORK FAMILY ACADEMY, 92% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 79% average for public schools in Kings County, the school's rate is higher.
On the allk12 Grade, EAST NEW YORK FAMILY ACADEMY lands at C-, ahead of 20% of New York public high schools.
A school with EAST NEW YORK FAMILY ACADEMY's lunch-eligibility share in New York is predicted to score 41.3%. EAST NEW YORK FAMILY ACADEMY scores 40.0%, 1.3 points below that line.
The school's county is Kings County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $80,263 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 42% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 15%. EAST NEW YORK FAMILY ACADEMY shares Kings County with 582 other public schools.
PS 36 is less than a tenth of a mile away, making it the nearest public school. EAST NEW YORK FAMILY ACADEMY is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools average 41.7% on proficiency, and EAST NEW YORK FAMILY ACADEMY is below that at 40.0%.
Its location is classified as City: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 610, up from 554 in 2020-21. The school's ratio dropped from 12.3:1 to 10.3:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
The discussion board for EAST NEW YORK FAMILY ACADEMY is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 #19
- TRANSIT TECH CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 795 students
- PS 214 MICHAEL FRIEDSAMElementary · 728 students
- PS 159 ISAAC PITKINElementary · 661 students
- PS 108 SAL ABBRACCIAMENTOElementary · 649 students
- PS 7 ABRAHAM LINCOLNElementary · 589 students
- W H MAXWELL CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 545 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 360.1 mi · 422
- EAST NEW YORK ARTS AND CIVICS HIGH SCHOOL (THE)0.1 mi · 138
- VAN SICLEN COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL0.1 mi · 161
- ACHIEVEMENT FIRST LINDEN CHARTER SCHOOL0.1 mi · 630
- PS 213 NEW LOTS0.2 mi · 199
- COLLEGIATE ACADEMY-MATH-PERSONAL AWA0.2 mi · 85
Frequently asked questions
About EAST NEW YORK FAMILY ACADEMYHow large is EAST NEW YORK FAMILY ACADEMY?
EAST NEW YORK FAMILY ACADEMY enrolls approximately 610 students in grades 06-12.
What grades does EAST NEW YORK FAMILY ACADEMY serve?
EAST NEW YORK FAMILY ACADEMY serves grades 06-12.
How many students per teacher at EAST NEW YORK FAMILY ACADEMY?
Approximately 10.3:1 students per teacher at EAST NEW YORK FAMILY ACADEMY.
How diverse is EAST NEW YORK FAMILY ACADEMY?
EAST NEW YORK FAMILY ACADEMY reports a student body of 1% White, 31% Hispanic, 64% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees EAST NEW YORK FAMILY ACADEMY?
EAST NEW YORK FAMILY ACADEMY is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #19 in Kings County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.