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Enrollment
3,503
High
DISTRICT 1,024 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #21·NCES 360015201943
EDWARD R MURROW HIGH SCHOOL
1600 AVE L, BROOKLYN, NY 11230 · (718) 258-9283 · Kings County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL3,503 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 42% 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.
- B-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
14.8:1
237 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
2,389 students
DISTRICT 84% · 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 9 | 1,069 | 31% |
| Grade 10 | 946 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 757 | 22% |
| Grade 12 | 716 | 20% |
| Ungraded | 15 | 0% |
Student demographics
77%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · 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
77.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -6.0pp since 2023
Math
34.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -15.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 77 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 15 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 77.0% | 34.0% |
| 2023-24 | 83.0% | 49.0% |
% 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
53.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.9%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 EDWARD R MURROW HIGH SCHOOL
EDWARD R MURROW HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (53.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| EDWARD R MURROW HIGH SCHOOL this school | 3,503 | 68.2% | 53.8% |
| NEW DORP HIGH SCHOOL STATEN ISLAND | 3,055 | 68.0% | 54.2% |
| SUSAN E WAGNER HIGH SCHOOL STATEN ISLAND | 2,743 | 69.4% | 57.2% |
| SCHENECTADY HIGH SCHOOL SCHENECTADY | 2,885 | 74.2% | 38.5% |
| THOMAS R PROCTOR HIGH SCHOOL UTICA | 2,820 | 58.4% | 50.3% |
| JAMES MADISON HIGH SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 3,983 | 74.2% | 60.2% |
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 EDWARD R MURROW HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.8% | #671 of 1,135 | #38 of 137 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #824 of 1,109 ▼ 175 | #71 of 132 ▼ 35 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 77.0% | #469 of 1,135 ▼ 41 | #27 of 137 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 3,503 | #9 of 1,216 | #5 of 146 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #974 of 1,058 | #97 of 115 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 76.6% | #4 of 1,070 | #1 of 115 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.2% | #543 of 1,167 | #134 of 144 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.4% | #524 of 743 | #59 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
3,503
-190 (-5%) vs 2020
-13% since 2010-11, when it was 4,036
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 17.4:1
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 | 3,503 | 237.4 | 14.8:1 | 68% (2,389) |
| 2023-24 | 3,595 | 234.4 | 15.3:1 | 68% (2,442) |
| 2022-23 | 3,639 | 232.2 | 15.7:1 | 68% (2,461) |
| 2020-21 | 3,693 | 212 | 17.4:1 | 69% (2,563) |
| 2017-18 | 3,781 | 200 | 18.9:1 | 71% (2,669) |
| 2015-16 | 3,892 | 193 | 20.2:1 | 61% (2,384) |
| 2010-11 | 4,036 | 184 | 21.9:1 | 30% (1,219) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for EDWARD R MURROW HIGH SCHOOL.
About EDWARD R MURROW HIGH SCHOOL
Federal records list EDWARD R MURROW HIGH SCHOOL as a high school in BROOKLYN, New York. It reported 3,503 students in grades 9 through 12 in 2024-25. High schools in New York have about 668 students on average; enrollment here is 424% higher.
The district, NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #21, has 33,610 students enrolled across 40 schools.
The largest racial or ethnic group at EDWARD R MURROW HIGH SCHOOL is White, with 30% of students. The next largest groups are 24% Hispanic, 22% Asian, 19% Black, and 4% multiracial. The diversity index for EDWARD R MURROW HIGH SCHOOL is 77%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at EDWARD R MURROW HIGH SCHOOL is 14.8:1, based on 237.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, high schools in New York average 11.0:1. Lunch program data show 68% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. For comparison, public schools in Kings County average 79%.
EDWARD R MURROW HIGH SCHOOL holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 42% of New York public high schools.
EDWARD R MURROW HIGH SCHOOL's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (53.8%) and its predicted rate (49.9%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of New York schools.
In Kings County, median household income comes to about $80,263, roughly 42% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 15%. The county's public schools total 583, with about 291,697 students.
URBAN DOVE TEAM CHARTER SCHOOL, about 0.3 miles away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, EDWARD R MURROW HIGH SCHOOL places 2nd out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
The school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (City: Large).
In 2020-21, EDWARD R MURROW HIGH SCHOOL enrolled 3,693 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 3,503. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 17.4:1 in 2020-21 to 14.8:1 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
Related schools
Other schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #21
- ABRAHAM LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,210 students
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- IS 228 DAVID A BOODYMiddle · 1,555 students
- IS 98 BAY ACADEMYMiddle · 1,435 students
- MARK TWAIN IS 239 FOR THE GIFTED AND TALENTEDMiddle · 1,295 students
- IS 281 JOSEPH B CAVALLAROMiddle · 1,198 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
- FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,403 students
- NEW UTRECHT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,236 students
Nearby schools
- URBAN DOVE TEAM CHARTER SCHOOL0.3 mi · 289
- PS 199 FREDERICK WACHTEL0.3 mi · 508
- PS 99 ISAAC ASIMOV0.4 mi · 847
- PS 193 GIL HODGES0.5 mi · 487
- PS 197 KINGS HIGHWAY ACADEMY (THE)0.6 mi · 1,074
- IS 3810.7 mi · 296
Frequently asked questions
About EDWARD R MURROW HIGH SCHOOLHow large is EDWARD R MURROW HIGH SCHOOL?
EDWARD R MURROW HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 3,503 students in grades 09-12.
Is EDWARD R MURROW HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
EDWARD R MURROW HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does EDWARD R MURROW HIGH SCHOOL have?
EDWARD R MURROW HIGH SCHOOL employs 237 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at EDWARD R MURROW HIGH SCHOOL?
At EDWARD R MURROW HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 30% White, 24% Hispanic, 19% Black, 22% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is EDWARD R MURROW HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
EDWARD R MURROW HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #21.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.