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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
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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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.
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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
557
-191 (-26%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
9.6:1
was 16.3:1
% White
3%
was 2%
% Hispanic
33%
was 21%
% Black
57%
was 70%
% Asian
4%
was 4%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About GEORGE WESTINGHOUSE CAREER AND TECHNICAL ED HIGH SCHOOL
Located at 105 TECH PL, in BROOKLYN, New York, GEORGE WESTINGHOUSE CAREER AND TECHNICAL ED HIGH SCHOOL is a compact four-year high school that instructs 557 students (grades 9 through 12), operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #13.
GEORGE WESTINGHOUSE CAREER AND TECHNICAL ED HIGH SCHOOL is one of 42 schools operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #13, a district that serves 19,151 students overall.
Demographically, GEORGE WESTINGHOUSE CAREER AND TECHNICAL ED HIGH SCHOOL shows that 57% of the student body identifies as Black. The remainder comes out to 33% Hispanic, 4% Asian, 3% White. By comparison, Kings County as a whole is about 28% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.
Looking at school resources, The school lists 58 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.0:1 average. Roughly 89% of students at GEORGE WESTINGHOUSE CAREER AND TECHNICAL ED HIGH SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Kings County (around 79%), the school's rate is north of typical.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, GEORGE WESTINGHOUSE CAREER AND TECHNICAL ED HIGH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 42.2%, the actual is 45.5%, a residual of +3.3 points.
In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Kings County put median household earnings sit near $80,263, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. In all, Kings County runs 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students), of which GEORGE WESTINGHOUSE CAREER AND TECHNICAL ED HIGH SCHOOL is one.
Nearest neighbor: CITY POLYTECHNIC HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts GEORGE WESTINGHOUSE CAREER AND TECHNICAL ED HIGH SCHOOL at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 50.5%.
GEORGE WESTINGHOUSE CAREER AND TECHNICAL ED HIGH SCHOOL operates from a downtown location.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at GEORGE WESTINGHOUSE CAREER AND TECHNICAL ED HIGH SCHOOL has edged down 26%, going from 748 students in 2018 to 557 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 70% to 57% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 9.6:1 in 2025.
On this page, the feed for GEORGE WESTINGHOUSE CAREER AND TECHNICAL ED HIGH SCHOOL typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 SCHOOL FOR LAW AND JUSTICE (THE)0.2 mi · 416
- URBAN ASSEMBLY INSTITUTE OF MATH AND SCIENCE FOR YOUNG WOMEN0.2 mi · 352
- URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR MUSIC AND ART0.2 mi · 142
- BROOKLYN INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 290
- SCIENCE SKILLS CENTER HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 453
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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