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Enrollment
557
High
DISTRICT 678 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #13·NCES 360009101955
GEORGE WESTINGHOUSE CAREER AND TECHNICAL ED HIGH SCHOOL
105 TECH PL, BROOKLYN, NY 11201 · (718) 625-6130 · Kings County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE ICAREER AND TECHNICAL SCHOOL557 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 33% 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.
- C+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
9.6:1
58 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.7:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
497 students
DISTRICT 72% · 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 | 155 | 28% |
| Grade 10 | 157 | 28% |
| Grade 11 | 126 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 119 | 21% |
Student demographics
56%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
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
62.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +0.0pp since 2023
Math
42.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +6.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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 are up about 6 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.0% | 42.0% |
| 2023-24 | 62.0% | 36.0% |
% 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
45.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 →
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GEORGE WESTINGHOUSE CAREER AND TECHNICAL ED HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (45.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| GEORGE WESTINGHOUSE CAREER AND TECHNICAL ED HIGH SCHOOL this school | 557 | 89.2% | 45.5% |
| BROOKLYN HIGH SCHOOL FOR LAW AND TECHNOLOGY BROOKLYN | 469 | 90.4% | 43.3% |
| FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY NEW YORK | 619 | 89.3% | 30.1% |
| W H MAXWELL CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 545 | 93.2% | 50.0% |
| ROCHESTER EARLY COLLEGE INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL ROCHESTER | 458 | 87.6% | 28.7% |
| EAST NEW YORK FAMILY ACADEMY BROOKLYN | 610 | 91.6% | 40.0% |
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 GEORGE WESTINGHOUSE CAREER AND TECHNICAL ED HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.5% | #813 of 1,135 | #63 of 137 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #710 of 1,109 ▲ 93 | #50 of 132 ▲ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #748 of 1,135 ▲ 38 | #53 of 137 ▲ 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 557 | #478 of 1,216 | #35 of 146 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.6:1 | #242 of 1,058 | #26 of 115 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.1% | #347 of 1,070 | #50 of 115 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.2% | #242 of 1,167 | #55 of 144 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.5% | #117 of 743 | #27 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
557
-169 (-23%) vs 2020
-40% since 2010-11, when it was 931
Student : Teacher
9.6:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 557 | 57.9 | 9.6:1 | 89% (497) |
| 2023-24 | 572 | 55.7 | 10.3:1 | 87% (500) |
| 2022-23 | 579 | 61.8 | 9.4:1 | 85% (490) |
| 2020-21 | 726 | 54 | 13.4:1 | 87% (629) |
| 2017-18 | 748 | 46 | 16.3:1 | 80% (598) |
| 2015-16 | 613 | 33 | 18.6:1 | 78% (481) |
| 2010-11 | 931 | 52 | 17.9:1 | 80% (746) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for GEORGE WESTINGHOUSE CAREER AND TECHNICAL ED HIGH SCHOOL.
About GEORGE WESTINGHOUSE CAREER AND TECHNICAL ED HIGH SCHOOL
GEORGE WESTINGHOUSE CAREER AND TECHNICAL ED HIGH SCHOOL is classified as a high school. It is located in BROOKLYN, New York. The school had 557 students in grades 9 through 12 in 2024-25.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #13 serves 19,151 students across 42 schools.
GEORGE WESTINGHOUSE CAREER AND TECHNICAL ED HIGH SCHOOL is 57% Black by enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 33% Hispanic, 4% Asian, and 3% White. Census estimates put the Black share of Kings County's population at about 28%. The school's diversity index is 56%, meaning two students picked at random have a 56% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.6:1 at GEORGE WESTINGHOUSE CAREER AND TECHNICAL ED HIGH SCHOOL, with 57.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 1.4 below the 11.0:1 average for high schools in New York. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 89%. It compares with 79% for public schools in Kings County.
GEORGE WESTINGHOUSE CAREER AND TECHNICAL ED HIGH SCHOOL is graded C by allk12, scoring above 33% of New York public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
After adjusting for student poverty, GEORGE WESTINGHOUSE CAREER AND TECHNICAL ED HIGH SCHOOL lands between the top and bottom 10% of New York schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 45.5%; the prediction is 42.2%.
In the county around the school, Kings County, the median household income is $80,263, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 15% of people live in poverty. There are 583 public schools in Kings County, enrolling about 291,697 students in all.
The closest public school, CITY POLYTECHNIC HIGH SCHOOL, is less than a tenth of a mile from GEORGE WESTINGHOUSE CAREER AND TECHNICAL ED HIGH SCHOOL. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, GEORGE WESTINGHOUSE CAREER AND TECHNICAL ED HIGH SCHOOL ranks 6th on average proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Large.
Enrollment dropped 23% from its 2020-21 level of 726. The ratio of students to teachers went from 13.4:1 to 9.6:1 over the same years.
Posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs are welcome on this page. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 #13
- BROOKLYN TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 5,848 students
- PS 11 PURVIS J BEHANElementary · 923 students
- BENJAMIN BANNEKER ACADEMYHigh · 854 students
- PS 9 SARAH SMITH GARNET SCHOOL (THE)Elementary · 782 students
- ACADEMY OF ARTS AND LETTERSElementary · 757 students
- PS 20 CLINTON HILLElementary · 689 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
- CITY POLYTECHNIC HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 454
- URBAN ASSEMBLY INSTITUTE OF MATH AND SCIENCE FOR YOUNG WOMEN0.2 mi · 352
- URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR LAW AND JUSTICE (THE)0.2 mi · 416
- BROOKLYN INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 290
- SCIENCE SKILLS CENTER HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 453
- URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR MUSIC AND ART0.2 mi · 142
Frequently asked questions
About GEORGE WESTINGHOUSE CAREER AND TECHNICAL ED HIGH SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at GEORGE WESTINGHOUSE CAREER AND TECHNICAL ED HIGH SCHOOL?
GEORGE WESTINGHOUSE CAREER AND TECHNICAL ED HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 557 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does GEORGE WESTINGHOUSE CAREER AND TECHNICAL ED HIGH SCHOOL serve?
GEORGE WESTINGHOUSE CAREER AND TECHNICAL ED HIGH SCHOOL serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at GEORGE WESTINGHOUSE CAREER AND TECHNICAL ED HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at GEORGE WESTINGHOUSE CAREER AND TECHNICAL ED HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 9.6:1 (58 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at GEORGE WESTINGHOUSE CAREER AND TECHNICAL ED HIGH SCHOOL?
At GEORGE WESTINGHOUSE CAREER AND TECHNICAL ED HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 3% White, 33% Hispanic, 57% Black, 4% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is GEORGE WESTINGHOUSE CAREER AND TECHNICAL ED HIGH SCHOOL in?
GEORGE WESTINGHOUSE CAREER AND TECHNICAL ED HIGH SCHOOL is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #13.
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