HIGH SCHOOL FOR GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP (THE)

HIGH SCHOOL FOR GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP (THE) is a senior high of very small scale in BROOKLYN, New York, part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #17, serveing 213 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 68% leaner than the state mean of about 668.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #17 runs 49 schools in total, collectively educating 16,990 students. HIGH SCHOOL FOR GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP (THE) is one of those campuses.

Demographically, HIGH SCHOOL FOR GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP (THE) logs that the largest single group is Black, at 69% of enrollment. Other groups include 23% Hispanic, 4% Asian, 2% White. The wider county runs roughly 28% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.5:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. About 93% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Kings County's rate of about 79%.

With demographic context factored in, HIGH SCHOOL FOR GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP (THE) tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 40.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 39.5%.

In the surrounding community, Kings County reports that median household earnings sit near $80,263, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. Across Kings County's 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students), HIGH SCHOOL FOR GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP (THE) is one campus in the mix.

INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AT PROSPECT HEIGHTS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around HIGH SCHOOL FOR GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP (THE). Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), HIGH SCHOOL FOR GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP (THE) ranks 7th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 50.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at HIGH SCHOOL FOR GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP (THE) has climbed 8%, going from 197 students in 2018 to 213 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 17% to 23%. Class-load math has tightened: from 13.1:1 in 2018 to 10.5:1 in 2025.

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