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Enrollment
365
High
DISTRICT 424 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #17·NCES 360009505510
HIGH SCHOOL FOR PUBLIC SERVICE-HEROES OF TOMORROW
600 KINGSTON AVE, BROOKLYN, NY 11203 · (718) 756-5325 · Kings County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL365 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 10% of New York public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
13.1:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
290 students
DISTRICT 87% · 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 | 81 | 22% |
| Grade 10 | 89 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 98 | 27% |
| Grade 12 | 97 | 27% |
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
54.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -19.0pp since 2023
Math
18.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -9.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 19 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 9 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.0% | 18.0% |
| 2023-24 | 73.0% | 27.0% |
% 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
36.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 PUBLIC SERVICE-HEROES OF TOMORROW
HIGH SCHOOL FOR PUBLIC SERVICE-HEROES OF TOMORROW's state test result (36.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HIGH SCHOOL FOR PUBLIC SERVICE-HEROES OF TOMORROW this school | 365 | 79.5% | 36.5% |
| HIGH SCHOOL FOR INNOVATION IN ADVERTISING AND MEDIA BROOKLYN | 386 | 82.1% | 33.8% |
| CULTURAL ACADEMY FOR THE ARTS AND SCIENCES BROOKLYN | 296 | 81.1% | 46.0% |
| UNITED CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED MATH AND SCIENCE IV JAMAICA | 363 | 74.4% | 54.3% |
| QUEENS PREPARATORY ACADEMY SPRINGFIELD GARDENS | 320 | 83.1% | 39.0% |
| IT TAKES A VILLAGE ACADEMY BROOKLYN | 262 | 81.3% | 40.2% |
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 PUBLIC SERVICE-HEROES OF TOMORROW ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.5% | #998 of 1,135 | #96 of 137 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.0% | #1,028 of 1,109 ▼ 113 | #111 of 132 ▼ 32 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #891 of 1,135 ▼ 299 | #76 of 137 ▼ 36 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 365 | #799 of 1,216 | #77 of 146 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #843 of 1,058 | #79 of 115 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 35.8% | #734 of 1,070 | #100 of 115 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.5% | #455 of 1,167 | #120 of 144 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.0% | #177 of 743 | #36 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
365
-157 (-30%) vs 2020
-10% since 2010-11, when it was 407
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 17.4:1
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 | 365 | 27.8 | 13.1:1 | 79% (290) |
| 2023-24 | 379 | 30.7 | 12.4:1 | 81% (306) |
| 2022-23 | 452 | 30.7 | 14.7:1 | 78% (351) |
| 2020-21 | 522 | 30 | 17.4:1 | 77% (403) |
| 2017-18 | 456 | 29.1 | 15.7:1 | 80% (366) |
| 2015-16 | 465 | 26 | 17.9:1 | 77% (360) |
| 2010-11 | 407 | 22 | 18.5:1 | 76% (309) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HIGH SCHOOL FOR PUBLIC SERVICE-HEROES OF TOMORROW.
About HIGH SCHOOL FOR PUBLIC SERVICE-HEROES OF TOMORROW
HIGH SCHOOL FOR PUBLIC SERVICE-HEROES OF TOMORROW is a small high school in BROOKLYN, New York, (ZIP code 11203). Students in grades 9 through 12 attend the school, which enrolls 365 students. For comparison, high schools in New York average about 668 students.
The NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #17 system has 49 schools and 16,990 students.
HIGH SCHOOL FOR PUBLIC SERVICE-HEROES OF TOMORROW's enrollment is 79% Black. The remaining shares are 14% Hispanic, 2% Asian, 2% Native American, and 2% White. Census estimates put the Black share of Kings County's population at about 28%. The chance that two students picked at random at HIGH SCHOOL FOR PUBLIC SERVICE-HEROES OF TOMORROW belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 36%.
Staffing totals 27.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 13.1:1. That ratio is over the 11.0:1 average for high schools in New York. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at HIGH SCHOOL FOR PUBLIC SERVICE-HEROES OF TOMORROW is 79%. That is close to the 79% average for public schools in Kings County.
The allk12 Grade for HIGH SCHOOL FOR PUBLIC SERVICE-HEROES OF TOMORROW is D. Compared with New York public high schools, the school scored higher than 10% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Compared with New York schools that have similar shares of low-income students, HIGH SCHOOL FOR PUBLIC SERVICE-HEROES OF TOMORROW's results are 9.3 points below predicted: 36.5% against 45.8%.
HIGH SCHOOL FOR PUBLIC SERVICE-HEROES OF TOMORROW is located in Kings County, where median household income is about $80,263, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 15% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 583 public schools in Kings County, with a combined enrollment of about 291,697.
Of nearby public schools, SCHOOL FOR HUMAN RIGHTS (THE) is the closest, at less than a tenth of a mile. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On proficiency, HIGH SCHOOL FOR PUBLIC SERVICE-HEROES OF TOMORROW is behind the 47.6% nearby average, ranking 8th of 9.
HIGH SCHOOL FOR PUBLIC SERVICE-HEROES OF TOMORROW is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels City: Large.
HIGH SCHOOL FOR PUBLIC SERVICE-HEROES OF TOMORROW saw enrollment fall 30% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 17.4:1 to 13.1:1 over the same years.
The HIGH SCHOOL FOR PUBLIC SERVICE-HEROES OF TOMORROW community page is open for posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
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- PS 249 CATON (THE)Elementary · 663 students
- PS 316 ELIJAH STROUDElementary · 644 students
- NORMA ADAMS CLEMONS ACADEMYElementary · 588 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
- SCHOOL FOR HUMAN RIGHTS (THE)0.0 mi · 139
- BROOKLYN INSTITUTE FOR LIBERAL ARTS0.0 mi · 479
- PS 397 FOSTER-LAURIE0.2 mi · 180
- PS 91 ALBANY AVENUE SCHOOL (THE)0.2 mi · 148
- PS 235 JANICE MARIE KNIGHT SCHOOL0.3 mi · 666
- ACHIEVEMENT FIRST CROWN HEIGHTS CHARTER SCHOOL0.4 mi · 1,320
Frequently asked questions
About HIGH SCHOOL FOR PUBLIC SERVICE-HEROES OF TOMORROWHow large is HIGH SCHOOL FOR PUBLIC SERVICE-HEROES OF TOMORROW?
HIGH SCHOOL FOR PUBLIC SERVICE-HEROES OF TOMORROW enrolls approximately 365 students in grades 09-12.
Is HIGH SCHOOL FOR PUBLIC SERVICE-HEROES OF TOMORROW an elementary, middle, or high school?
HIGH SCHOOL FOR PUBLIC SERVICE-HEROES OF TOMORROW is a high school covering grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at HIGH SCHOOL FOR PUBLIC SERVICE-HEROES OF TOMORROW?
The student-to-teacher ratio at HIGH SCHOOL FOR PUBLIC SERVICE-HEROES OF TOMORROW is approximately 13.1:1 (28 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at HIGH SCHOOL FOR PUBLIC SERVICE-HEROES OF TOMORROW?
At HIGH SCHOOL FOR PUBLIC SERVICE-HEROES OF TOMORROW, the student body is approximately 2% White, 14% Hispanic, 79% Black, 2% Asian.
Who oversees HIGH SCHOOL FOR PUBLIC SERVICE-HEROES OF TOMORROW?
HIGH SCHOOL FOR PUBLIC SERVICE-HEROES OF TOMORROW is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #17 in Kings County.
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