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Enrollment
3,403
High
DISTRICT 2,478 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #20·NCES 360015101947
FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL
5800 20TH AVE, BROOKLYN, NY 11204 · (718) 621-8800 · Kings County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL3,403 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 37% 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.
- 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
13.5:1
253 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
2,891 students
DISTRICT 82% · 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 | 949 | 28% |
| Grade 10 | 1,079 | 32% |
| Grade 11 | 620 | 18% |
| Grade 12 | 712 | 21% |
| Ungraded | 43 | 1% |
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
53.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -4.0pp since 2023
Math
44.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +5.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 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 5 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.0% | 44.0% |
| 2023-24 | 57.0% | 39.0% |
% 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
48.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL
FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (48.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL this school | 3,403 | 85.0% | 48.0% |
| NEW UTRECHT HIGH SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 3,236 | 82.5% | 54.0% |
| BAYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL BAYSIDE | 3,004 | 77.0% | 62.8% |
| FORT HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 4,044 | 76.4% | 59.0% |
| JOHN DEWEY HIGH SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 2,209 | 88.6% | 53.5% |
| RICHMOND HILL HIGH SCHOOL RICHMOND HILL | 1,841 | 87.9% | 50.5% |
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 FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #768 of 1,135 | #53 of 137 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #686 of 1,109 ▲ 80 | #48 of 132 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #913 of 1,135 ▼ 41 | #86 of 137 ▼ 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 3,403 | #10 of 1,216 | #6 of 146 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #879 of 1,058 | #85 of 115 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.7% | #128 of 1,070 | #21 of 115 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.0% | #350 of 1,167 | #87 of 144 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +12.0% | #122 of 339 | #31 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
3,403
+139 (+4%) vs 2020
-1% since 2010-11, when it was 3,423
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 3,403 | 252.7 | 13.5:1 | 85% (2,891) |
| 2023-24 | 3,430 | 247.7 | 13.8:1 | 82% (2,800) |
| 2022-23 | 3,213 | 234.8 | 13.7:1 | 79% (2,541) |
| 2020-21 | 3,264 | 215 | 15.2:1 | 85% (2,776) |
| 2017-18 | 3,039 | 185 | 16.4:1 | 82% (2,483) |
| 2015-16 | 3,176 | 179 | 17.7:1 | 78% (2,467) |
| 2010-11 | 3,423 | 166 | 20.6:1 | 84% (2,864) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL.
About FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL
FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL is a large high school located in BROOKLYN, New York. The school counts 3,403 students across grades 9 through 12. The school's enrollment is 409% above the 668 average for high schools in New York.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #20 has 48 schools; together they serve 44,136 students.
Hispanic students are the largest group at FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL, with 40% of enrollment. Next come 37% Asian, 16% White, and 6% Black. The county population is about 19% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 68%.
At FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL, 252.7 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 13.5:1. For comparison, high schools in New York average 11.0:1. Roughly 85% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch.
FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 37% of New York public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL falls in the middle 80% of New York schools: 48.0% actual against 43.8% predicted.
Within Kings County, median household income is about $80,263, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 15% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Kings County number 583 and enroll about 291,697.
The shortest distance from FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL to another public school is about 0.2 miles, to PS 121 NELSON A ROCKEFELLER. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. On state test proficiency, FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL ranks 8th in a group of 8 nearby schools.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Large, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL had 3,264 students in 2020-21 and 3,403 in 2024-25, a 4% increase. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 15.2:1 to 13.5:1.
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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 #20
- FORT HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 4,044 students
- NEW UTRECHT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,236 students
- JHS 259 WILLIAM MCKINLEYMiddle · 1,780 students
- MADELEINE BRENNAN SCHOOL (THE)Middle · 1,518 students
- JHS 227 EDWARD B SHALLOWMiddle · 1,327 students
- JHS 220 JOHN J PERSHINGMiddle · 1,257 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
- NEW UTRECHT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,236 students
Nearby schools
- PS 121 NELSON A ROCKEFELLER0.2 mi · 295
- PS 48 MAPLETON0.2 mi · 487
- PS 205 CLARION0.5 mi · 1,093
- SEEALL ACADEMY (THE)0.5 mi · 851
- PS 226 ALFRED DE B MASON0.5 mi · 877
- PS 2310.5 mi · 352
Frequently asked questions
About FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL?
FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 3,403 students in grades 09-12.
Is FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 13.5:1 (253 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 16% White, 40% Hispanic, 6% Black, 37% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #20.
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