FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY VII HIGH SCHOOL

As a tight-knit senior high in BROOKLYN, New York, FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY VII HIGH SCHOOL works with 292 students from grades 9 through 12, one of the schools within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #23. Compared to the state average of about 668 students per school, that is 56% leaner than typical.

Across the 28 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #23 (7,257 students total), FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY VII HIGH SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY VII HIGH SCHOOL records that the largest single group is Black, at 70% of enrollment. The remainder is composed of 27% Hispanic. By comparison, Kings County as a whole is about 28% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.0:1, putting FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY VII HIGH SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 93% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Kings County runs at roughly 79%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY VII HIGH SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 40.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 39.2%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Kings County shows median household earnings sit near $80,263, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. Across Kings County's 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students), FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY VII HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is TEACHERS PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY VII HIGH SCHOOL comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 37.1%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Over the past 7-year window. FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY VII HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has ticked up 85% since 2018, when it stood at 158 (now 292). Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 13% to 27%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 10.5:1 in 2018 to 8.0:1 today.

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