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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #17·NCES 360009505713

HIGH SCHOOL FOR GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP (THE)

883 CLASSON AVE, BROOKLYN, NY 11225 · (718) 230-6300 · Kings County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL213 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 21% of New York public high schools
  • C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • CBeats 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

Enrollment
213
High
DISTRICT 424 · STATE 668
Student : Teacher
10.5:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
199 students
DISTRICT 87% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 95827%
Grade 105224%
Grade 115425%
Grade 124923%
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 72% · US 70%
White
52%
DISTRICT 4% · STATE 39% · US 43%
Hispanic
5023%
DISTRICT 20% · STATE 31% · US 30%
Black
14769%
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 16% · US 15%
Asian
84%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 10% · US 6%
Native American
21%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 1% · US 1%
Pacific Islander
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 0%
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
Male
14869%
Female
6531%

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Test scores

NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)
English Language Arts
48.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +7.0pp since 2023
Math
52.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +2.0pp since 2023

What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.

NYS Assessments results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2548.0%52.0%
2023-2441.0%50.0%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
39.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.1pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 HIGH SCHOOL FOR GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP (THE)

HIGH SCHOOL FOR GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP (THE)'s state test result (39.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
HIGH SCHOOL FOR GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP (THE) this school21393.4%39.5%
UNITED CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE HUMANITIES IV
ROCKAWAY PARK
18991.5%44.7%
RESEARCH AND SERVICE HIGH SCHOOL
BROOKLYN
18490.8%21.8%
BROOKLYN DEMOCRACY ACADEMY
BROOKLYN
16694.6%23.0%
FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY VII HIGH SCHOOL
BROOKLYN
29293.5%39.2%
METROPOLITAN DIPLOMA PLUS HIGH SCHOOL
BROOKLYN
15396.7%46.2%
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 HIGH SCHOOL FOR GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP (THE) ranks

Among high schools
MeasureThis schoolIn New YorkIn Kings County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
39.5%#951 of 1,135#89 of 137
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
52.0%#560 of 1,109
▲ 75
#28 of 132
▲ 7
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
48.0%#976 of 1,135
▲ 104
#98 of 137
▲ 24
Enrollment
ranked largest first
213#1,057 of 1,216#113 of 146
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
10.5:1#418 of 1,058#42 of 115
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
46.7%#565 of 1,070#77 of 115
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
93.4%#125 of 1,167#26 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 2024-25
Enrollment
213
-26 (-11%) vs 2020
-45% since 2010-11, when it was 388
Student : Teacher
10.5:1
was 11.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2521320.210.5:193% (199)
2023-242202011.0:190% (199)
2022-232212110.5:191% (201)
2020-212392011.9:188% (210)
2017-181971513.1:193% (184)
2015-162301416.4:191% (209)
2010-113882217.6:188% (342)
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HIGH SCHOOL FOR GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP (THE).

About HIGH SCHOOL FOR GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP (THE)

HIGH SCHOOL FOR GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP (THE) runs as a very small high school in BROOKLYN, New York. The school serves grades 9 through 12. Enrollment is 213 students. High schools in New York have about 668 students on average; enrollment here is 68% lower.

Across its 49 schools, NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #17 enrolls 16,990 students. HIGH SCHOOL FOR GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP (THE) is one of those schools.

Of every 100 students at HIGH SCHOOL FOR GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP (THE), about 69 are Black. It is also 23% Hispanic, 4% Asian, and 2% White. Kings County's residents are about 28% Black, 41 points below the school's share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, HIGH SCHOOL FOR GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP (THE) scores 47%.

A staff of 20.2 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 10.5:1. The average ratio among high schools in New York is similar, at 11.0:1. By family income, 93% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Kings County is 79%.

HIGH SCHOOL FOR GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP (THE) holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 21% of New York public high schools.

Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 40.6% for HIGH SCHOOL FOR GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP (THE). The school posts 39.5%, 1.1 points below the prediction.

In Kings County, home to about 2,631,580 people, the median household earns about $80,263 a year, roughly 42% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Kings County number 583, with about 291,697 students.

Of the public schools around it, HIGH SCHOOL FOR GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP (THE) is closest to BROOKLYN SCHOOL FOR MUSIC & THEATER, less than a tenth of a mile away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. HIGH SCHOOL FOR GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP (THE) is 7th of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.

HIGH SCHOOL FOR GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP (THE) is coded as City: Large in federal locale data.

Enrollment decreased by 11% across 4 years, from 239 in 2020-21 to 213 in 2024-25. The school's ratio dropped from 11.9:1 to 10.5:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.

This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about open houses, carpools, and field trips at HIGH SCHOOL FOR GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP (THE). Members of the school community can share what they know.

Kings County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
HIGH SCHOOL FOR GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP (THE)
District
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #17
Address
883 CLASSON AVE, BROOKLYN, NY 11225
Phone
(718) 230-6300
County
Kings County
Level
High
Grade range
09–12
Total enrollment
213
Teachers (FTE)
20
Student–teacher ratio
10.5:1
Free and reduced lunch
199 (93%)
Locale
11-City: Large
NCES ID
360009505713
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About HIGH SCHOOL FOR GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP (THE)
How many students attend HIGH SCHOOL FOR GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP (THE)?
HIGH SCHOOL FOR GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP (THE) enrolls approximately 213 students in grades 09-12.
Is HIGH SCHOOL FOR GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP (THE) an elementary, middle, or high school?
HIGH SCHOOL FOR GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP (THE) is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does HIGH SCHOOL FOR GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP (THE) have?
HIGH SCHOOL FOR GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP (THE) employs 20 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.5:1.
What is the student diversity at HIGH SCHOOL FOR GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP (THE)?
Student demographics at HIGH SCHOOL FOR GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP (THE) are roughly 2% White, 23% Hispanic, 69% Black, 4% Asian.
Who oversees HIGH SCHOOL FOR GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP (THE)?
HIGH SCHOOL FOR GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP (THE) is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #17 in Kings County.
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