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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the HIGH SCHOOL FOR PUBLIC SERVICE-HEROES OF TOMORROW administration to hear?
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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
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
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
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.
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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
365
-91 (-20%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 15.7:1
% White
2%
was 1%
% Hispanic
14%
was 16%
% Black
79%
was 77%
% Asian
2%
was 4%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About HIGH SCHOOL FOR PUBLIC SERVICE-HEROES OF TOMORROW
HIGH SCHOOL FOR PUBLIC SERVICE-HEROES OF TOMORROW is a tight-knit 9-12 campus in BROOKLYN, New York, part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #17. The school educates 365 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 668 students each, so HIGH SCHOOL FOR PUBLIC SERVICE-HEROES OF TOMORROW sits 45% below that benchmark.
HIGH SCHOOL FOR PUBLIC SERVICE-HEROES OF TOMORROW is one of 49 schools operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #17, a district that hosts 16,990 students overall.
In terms of who attends, HIGH SCHOOL FOR PUBLIC SERVICE-HEROES OF TOMORROW reports that the largest single group is Black, at 79% of enrollment; the rest reads as 14% Hispanic, 2% Asian, 2% Native American, 2% White. By comparison, Kings County as a whole is about 28% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.
On the resource side, HIGH SCHOOL FOR PUBLIC SERVICE-HEROES OF TOMORROW shows 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.1:1. The state averages around 11.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 79% of students at HIGH SCHOOL FOR PUBLIC SERVICE-HEROES OF TOMORROW qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), HIGH SCHOOL FOR PUBLIC SERVICE-HEROES OF TOMORROW sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 45.8%; this one delivers 36.5%.
Around the school, census data for Kings County shows median household earnings sit near $80,263, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. In all, Kings County runs 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students), of which HIGH SCHOOL FOR PUBLIC SERVICE-HEROES OF TOMORROW is one.
The closest other public school is BROOKLYN INSTITUTE FOR LIBERAL ARTS, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), HIGH SCHOOL FOR PUBLIC SERVICE-HEROES OF TOMORROW ranks 8th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 47.6%.
HIGH SCHOOL FOR PUBLIC SERVICE-HEROES OF TOMORROW operates from a metropolitan location.
Over the past 7-year window. HIGH SCHOOL FOR PUBLIC SERVICE-HEROES OF TOMORROW's enrollment has declined 20% since 2018, when it stood at 456 (now 365). Class-load math has fell: from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 13.1:1 in 2025.
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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 #17
- CLARA BARTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,325 students
- MEDGAR EVERS COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOLHigh · 1,267 students
- PS 189 BILINGUAL CENTER (THE)Elementary · 887 students
- 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
- BROOKLYN INSTITUTE FOR LIBERAL ARTS0.0 mi · 479
- SCHOOL FOR HUMAN RIGHTS (THE)0.0 mi · 139
- 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
- NEW HEIGHTS MIDDLE SCHOOL0.4 mi · 226
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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