Enrollment
303
High
DISTRICT 424 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #17·NCES 360009505712
INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AT PROSPECT HEIGHTS
883 CLASSON AVE, BROOKLYN, NY 11225 · (718) 230-6333 · Kings County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL303 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 13% 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.
- C-Beats 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
11.6:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
295 students
DISTRICT 87% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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 | 77 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 65 | 21% |
| Grade 11 | 87 | 29% |
| Grade 12 | 73 | 24% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
63%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
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
51.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +15.0pp since 2023
Math
30.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +12.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 15 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.0% | 30.0% |
| 2023-24 | 36.0% | 18.0% |
% 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
33.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AT PROSPECT HEIGHTS
INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AT PROSPECT HEIGHTS's state test result (33.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AT PROSPECT HEIGHTS this school | 303 | 97.4% | 33.8% |
| BRONX ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY ACADEMY BRONX | 332 | 97.6% | 46.5% |
| BROOKLYN SCHOOL FOR MATH AND RESEARCH (THE) BROOKLYN | 342 | 97.4% | 68.8% |
| ARTURO A SCHOMBURG SATELLITE ACADEMY BRONX BRONX | 259 | 93.8% | 55.5% |
| BRONX HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE VISUAL ARTS BRONX | 392 | 90.6% | 57.8% |
| HIGH SCHOOL FOR CLIMATE JUSTICE (THE) NEW YORK | 370 | 89.5% | 37.8% |
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 INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AT PROSPECT HEIGHTS ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.8% | #1,028 of 1,135 | #105 of 137 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.0% | #883 of 1,109 ▲ 134 | #85 of 132 ▲ 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #943 of 1,135 ▲ 166 | #88 of 137 ▲ 42 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 303 | #916 of 1,216 | #89 of 146 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.6:1 | #640 of 1,058 | #65 of 115 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.0% | #218 of 1,070 | #30 of 115 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.4% | #27 of 1,167 | #5 of 144 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.9% | #129 of 743 | #31 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
303
+23 (+8%) vs 2020
-30% since 2010-11, when it was 435
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
was 10.4:1
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 | 303 | 26 | 11.6:1 | 97% (295) |
| 2023-24 | 291 | 25.3 | 11.5:1 | 99% (287) |
| 2022-23 | 272 | 24.9 | 10.9:1 | 76% (208) |
| 2020-21 | 280 | 27 | 10.4:1 | 83% (233) |
| 2017-18 | 398 | 29 | 13.7:1 | 81% (323) |
| 2015-16 | 393 | 27 | 14.6:1 | 51% (201) |
| 2010-11 | 435 | 29 | 15.0:1 | 73% (317) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AT PROSPECT HEIGHTS.
About INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AT PROSPECT HEIGHTS
BROOKLYN, New York, is home to INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AT PROSPECT HEIGHTS, a low-enrollment high school. Its 303 students are spread across grades 9 through 12. The typical figure for high schools in New York is about 668 students.
Federal data list 49 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #17, with 16,990 students enrolled.
At 55%, Hispanic students outnumber all other groups at INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AT PROSPECT HEIGHTS combined. Other students are 20% Black, 15% multiracial, 5% White, and 4% Asian. By comparison, Kings County residents are about 19% Hispanic. INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AT PROSPECT HEIGHTS has a diversity index of 63%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Its teaching staff equals 26 full-time positions, a ratio of 11.6:1. Across high schools in New York, the average ratio is about 11.0:1. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 97%. That rate is above the 79% average among public schools in Kings County.
INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AT PROSPECT HEIGHTS is graded D by allk12, scoring above 13% of New York public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 33.8%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 39.2%.
Among Kings County residents, median household income is about $80,263, roughly 42% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 583 public schools in Kings County, with a combined enrollment of about 291,697.
BROOKLYN SCHOOL FOR MUSIC & THEATER is the public school closest to INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AT PROSPECT HEIGHTS, less than a tenth of a mile away. INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AT PROSPECT HEIGHTS has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 50.9% on proficiency, and INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AT PROSPECT HEIGHTS is below that at 33.8%.
In the federal locale system, INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AT PROSPECT HEIGHTS is coded City: Large, for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AT PROSPECT HEIGHTS saw enrollment rise 8% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. The school's ratio rose from 10.4:1 to 11.6:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
The INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AT PROSPECT HEIGHTS community page is open for posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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
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Frequently asked questions
About INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AT PROSPECT HEIGHTSHow many students attend INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AT PROSPECT HEIGHTS?
INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AT PROSPECT HEIGHTS enrolls approximately 303 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AT PROSPECT HEIGHTS serve?
INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AT PROSPECT HEIGHTS serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AT PROSPECT HEIGHTS?
The student-to-teacher ratio at INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AT PROSPECT HEIGHTS is approximately 11.6:1 (26 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AT PROSPECT HEIGHTS?
Student demographics at INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AT PROSPECT HEIGHTS are roughly 5% White, 55% Hispanic, 20% Black, 4% Asian, 15% Two or more.
Is INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AT PROSPECT HEIGHTS public or private?
INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AT PROSPECT HEIGHTS is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #17.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.