INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AT LAFAYETTE

INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AT LAFAYETTE operates as a low-enrollment high school in BROOKLYN, New York, one of the schools within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #21. Current enrollment sits at 331 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 668 students per school, that is 50% smaller than typical.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #21 comprises 40 schools with combined enrollment of 33,610 students; INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AT LAFAYETTE is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AT LAFAYETTE lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest is composed of 29% White, 15% Asian, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 19% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.2:1. The state averages about 11.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 95% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Kings County (around 79%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AT LAFAYETTE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 40.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 47.3%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Kings County put median household income runs about $80,263, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. In all, Kings County runs 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students), of which INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AT LAFAYETTE is one.

Nearest neighbor: HIGH SCHOOL OF SPORTS MANAGEMENT, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AT LAFAYETTE. On composite proficiency, INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AT LAFAYETTE comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 57.2%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 331 students in 2018 compared to 331 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment shrank from 35% to 15% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.5:1 in 2018 to 11.2:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.