HIGHLAND PARK COMMUNITY SCHOOL

Set in BROOKLYN, New York, HIGHLAND PARK COMMUNITY SCHOOL is a small junior high, operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #19. It caters to 218 students across grades 6 through 8. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 531 students each, so HIGHLAND PARK COMMUNITY SCHOOL sits 59% leaner than that benchmark.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #19 comprises 53 schools with combined enrollment of 18,619 students; HIGHLAND PARK COMMUNITY SCHOOL is among them.

Looking at the student body, HIGHLAND PARK COMMUNITY SCHOOL lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (84%). Other groups include 8% Black, 4% Asian, 2% Native American. By comparison, Kings County as a whole is about 19% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, HIGHLAND PARK COMMUNITY SCHOOL has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.0:1. The state averages around 10.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 94% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Kings County's rate of about 79%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, HIGHLAND PARK COMMUNITY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 40.4%, the actual is 44.0%, a residual of +3.6 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Kings County indicate the typical household earns roughly $80,263 per year, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. In all, Kings County runs 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students), of which HIGHLAND PARK COMMUNITY SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: IS 171 ABRAHAM LINCOLN, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts HIGHLAND PARK COMMUNITY SCHOOL at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 42.2%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at HIGHLAND PARK COMMUNITY SCHOOL has shrank 34%, going from 329 students in 2018 to 218 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 16% to 8% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 11.0:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, the feed for HIGHLAND PARK COMMUNITY SCHOOL typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.