HIGH SCHOOL FOR SERVICE AND LEARNING AT ERASMUS

HIGH SCHOOL FOR SERVICE AND LEARNING AT ERASMUS is one of the micro-enrollment high schools in BROOKLYN, New York, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #17, with 249 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 63% smaller than the state mean of about 668.

Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #17, which oversees 49 schools and 16,990 students, HIGH SCHOOL FOR SERVICE AND LEARNING AT ERASMUS is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, HIGH SCHOOL FOR SERVICE AND LEARNING AT ERASMUS records that Black students make up the majority at 59%. Beyond that, the school reports 28% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 3% White, 2% Native American. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, HIGH SCHOOL FOR SERVICE AND LEARNING AT ERASMUS has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.4:1. The state averages around 11.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 86% of students at HIGH SCHOOL FOR SERVICE AND LEARNING AT ERASMUS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, HIGH SCHOOL FOR SERVICE AND LEARNING AT ERASMUS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 43.2%, the actual is 32.7%, a residual of -10.6 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Kings County put median household income runs about $80,263, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. Across Kings County's 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students), HIGH SCHOOL FOR SERVICE AND LEARNING AT ERASMUS is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is HIGH SCHOOL FOR YOUTH AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AT ERASMUS, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, HIGH SCHOOL FOR SERVICE AND LEARNING AT ERASMUS comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 53.8%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. HIGH SCHOOL FOR SERVICE AND LEARNING AT ERASMUS's enrollment has shrank 32% since 2018, when it stood at 364 (now 249). Black enrollment moved from 78% to 59% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 12.4:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.