Enrollment
219
High
DISTRICT 678 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #13·NCES 360009105927
GOTHAM PROFESSIONAL ARTS ACADEMY
561 GRAND AVE, BROOKLYN, NY 11238 · (718) 230-7270 · Kings County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL219 STUDENTS
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Not graded
This school has no state test results for 2023-24 or 2024-25 to grade, which is common for schools that end before third grade. How grades work
Student : Teacher
9.1:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.7:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
185 students
DISTRICT 72% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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 | 49 | 22% |
| Grade 10 | 33 | 15% |
| Grade 11 | 67 | 31% |
| Grade 12 | 69 | 32% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
47%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
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
55.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -8.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level. The New York average is about 58 of 100. Reading and writing scores are down about 8 points since 2023.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts |
|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.0% |
| 2023-24 | 63.0% |
% 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
59.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.9%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% 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 GOTHAM PROFESSIONAL ARTS ACADEMY
GOTHAM PROFESSIONAL ARTS ACADEMY's state test result (59.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| GOTHAM PROFESSIONAL ARTS ACADEMY this school | 219 | 84.5% | 59.0% |
| KURT HAHN EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 181 | 84.0% | 40.5% |
| BROOKLYN THEATRE ARTS HIGH SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 238 | 86.6% | 41.5% |
| BROOKLYN SCHOOL FOR MUSIC & THEATER BROOKLYN | 202 | 81.2% | 32.2% |
| BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND THE ENVIRONMENT BROOKLYN | 245 | 82.0% | 48.8% |
| CAPITAL PREPARATORY (CP) HARLEM CHARTER SCHOOL NEW YORK | 185 | 86.5% | 42.5% |
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 GOTHAM PROFESSIONAL ARTS ACADEMY ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #565 of 1,135 | #24 of 137 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #871 of 1,135 ▼ 100 | #75 of 137 ▼ 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 219 | #1,049 of 1,216 | #110 of 146 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.1:1 | #160 of 1,058 | #17 of 115 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.0% | #560 of 1,070 | #76 of 115 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.5% | #357 of 1,167 | #88 of 144 |
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
219
+44 (+25%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
9.1:1
was 13.5:1
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 | 219 | 24 | 9.1:1 | 84% (185) |
| 2023-24 | 243 | 23 | 10.6:1 | 82% (199) |
| 2022-23 | 217 | 22.9 | 9.5:1 | 81% (176) |
| 2020-21 | 175 | 13 | 13.5:1 | 82% (144) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for GOTHAM PROFESSIONAL ARTS ACADEMY.
About GOTHAM PROFESSIONAL ARTS ACADEMY
GOTHAM PROFESSIONAL ARTS ACADEMY is a small high school in BROOKLYN, New York, one of the schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #13. The school's enrollment of 219 students covers grades 9 through 12. Statewide, high schools in New York average about 668 students each.
GOTHAM PROFESSIONAL ARTS ACADEMY is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #13, where 42 schools serve 19,151 students.
Black students are the majority at GOTHAM PROFESSIONAL ARTS ACADEMY, with 69% of enrollment. Enrollment also includes 21% Hispanic, 4% White, and 2% Asian. Kings County as a whole is about 28% Black, so the school's share is higher. The school's diversity index is 47%, meaning two students picked at random have a 47% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school employs the equivalent of 24 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 9.1:1. That is 1.9 students per teacher below the 11.0:1 average for high schools in New York. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at GOTHAM PROFESSIONAL ARTS ACADEMY is 84%.
GOTHAM PROFESSIONAL ARTS ACADEMY's average proficiency rate on state tests of 59.0% is 15.1 points above the 43.9% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Census estimates describe Kings County this way: the median household income is $80,263, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides GOTHAM PROFESSIONAL ARTS ACADEMY, Kings County has 582 other public schools.
BROOKLYN ARTS AND SCIENCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is located about 0.1 miles from GOTHAM PROFESSIONAL ARTS ACADEMY. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, GOTHAM PROFESSIONAL ARTS ACADEMY is 2nd of 9 on proficiency.
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.
GOTHAM PROFESSIONAL ARTS ACADEMY's enrollment grew from 175 in 2020-21 to 219 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 13.5:1; by 2024-25 it was 9.1:1.
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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 #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
- BROOKLYN ARTS AND SCIENCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.1 mi · 259
- ELIJAH STROUD MIDDLE SCHOOL0.1 mi · 119
- EXPLORE EXCEED CHARTER SCHOOL0.1 mi · 374
- PS 9 SARAH SMITH GARNET SCHOOL (THE)0.2 mi · 782
- PS 316 ELIJAH STROUD0.3 mi · 644
- ACHIEVEMENT FIRST ENDEAVOR CHARTER SCHOOL0.3 mi · 579
Frequently asked questions
About GOTHAM PROFESSIONAL ARTS ACADEMYHow many students attend GOTHAM PROFESSIONAL ARTS ACADEMY?
GOTHAM PROFESSIONAL ARTS ACADEMY enrolls approximately 219 students in grades 09-12.
Is GOTHAM PROFESSIONAL ARTS ACADEMY an elementary, middle, or high school?
GOTHAM PROFESSIONAL ARTS ACADEMY is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does GOTHAM PROFESSIONAL ARTS ACADEMY have?
GOTHAM PROFESSIONAL ARTS ACADEMY employs 24 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.1:1.
How diverse is GOTHAM PROFESSIONAL ARTS ACADEMY?
GOTHAM PROFESSIONAL ARTS ACADEMY reports a student body of 4% White, 21% Hispanic, 69% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees GOTHAM PROFESSIONAL ARTS ACADEMY?
GOTHAM PROFESSIONAL ARTS ACADEMY is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #13 in Kings County.
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