Enrollment
181
High
DISTRICT 260 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #18·NCES 360009605957
KURT HAHN EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING SCHOOL
5800 TILDEN AVE, BROOKLYN, NY 11203 · (718) 629-1204 · Kings County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL181 STUDENTS
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Not graded
This school has no state test results for 2023-24 or 2024-25 to grade, which is common for schools that end before third grade. How grades work
Student : Teacher
7.5:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.9:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
152 students
DISTRICT 86% · 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 | 59 | 33% |
| Grade 10 | 45 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 29 | 16% |
| Grade 12 | 48 | 27% |
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · 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
29.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -23.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level. The New York average is about 58 of 100. Reading and writing scores are down about 23 points since 2023.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts |
|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 29.0% |
| 2023-24 | 52.0% |
% 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
40.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.1%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 KURT HAHN EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING SCHOOL
KURT HAHN EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING SCHOOL's state test result (40.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| KURT HAHN EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING SCHOOL this school | 181 | 84.0% | 40.5% |
| BROOKLYN SCHOOL FOR MUSIC & THEATER BROOKLYN | 202 | 81.2% | 32.2% |
| GOTHAM PROFESSIONAL ARTS ACADEMY BROOKLYN | 219 | 84.5% | 59.0% |
| BROOKLYN BRIDGE ACADEMY BROOKLYN | 143 | 83.9% | 70.8% |
| EAST BROOKLYN COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 164 | 85.4% | 37.2% |
| BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND THE ENVIRONMENT BROOKLYN | 245 | 82.0% | 48.8% |
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 KURT HAHN EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.5% | #929 of 1,135 | #82 of 137 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.0% | #1,121 of 1,135 ▼ 159 | #128 of 137 ▼ 33 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 181 | #1,100 of 1,216 | #121 of 146 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.0% | #368 of 1,167 | #92 of 144 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -48.4% | #28 of 743 | #7 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
181
-34 (-16%) vs 2020
-41% since 2010-11, when it was 306
Student : Teacher
7.5:1
was 9.8:1
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 | 181 | 24.3 | 7.5:1 | 84% (152) |
| 2023-24 | 138 | 20.5 | 6.7:1 | 88% (122) |
| 2022-23 | 152 | 20.4 | 7.4:1 | 84% (128) |
| 2020-21 | 215 | 22 | 9.8:1 | 86% (184) |
| 2017-18 | 351 | 29 | 12.1:1 | 83% (291) |
| 2015-16 | 352 | 24 | 14.7:1 | 70% (247) |
| 2010-11 | 306 | 21 | 14.6:1 | 70% (215) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for KURT HAHN EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING SCHOOL.
About KURT HAHN EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING SCHOOL
KURT HAHN EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING SCHOOL is a very small high school in BROOKLYN, New York. The school has 181 students in 2024-25 across grades 9 through 12. By comparison, high schools in New York enroll about 668 students on average.
The NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #18 system has 34 schools and 11,062 students.
More than half of the students at KURT HAHN EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING SCHOOL are Black (71%). The remaining shares are 15% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 4% White. Census estimates put the Black share of Kings County's population at about 28%. The diversity index for KURT HAHN EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING SCHOOL is 47%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are about 7.5 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at KURT HAHN EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING SCHOOL, which has 24.3. High schools in New York average 11.0:1, 3.6 more students per teacher than here. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at KURT HAHN EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING SCHOOL is about 84%.
KURT HAHN EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING SCHOOL's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (40.5%) and its predicted rate (44.1%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of New York schools.
Looking at the county, Kings County, median household income comes to about $80,263, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 15%. The county's public schools total 583, with about 291,697 students.
A public school less than a tenth of a mile away, CULTURAL ACADEMY FOR THE ARTS AND SCIENCES, is the closest to KURT HAHN EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING SCHOOL. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, KURT HAHN EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING SCHOOL ranks 8th on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Large.
Enrollment fell by 16% across 4 years, from 215 in 2020-21 to 181 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 9.8:1 to 7.5:1.
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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
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- EDWARD R MURROW HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,503 students
- FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,403 students
Nearby schools
- CULTURAL ACADEMY FOR THE ARTS AND SCIENCES0.0 mi · 296
- IT TAKES A VILLAGE ACADEMY0.0 mi · 262
- IS 285 MEYER LEVIN0.1 mi · 512
- BROOKLYN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING ACADEMY0.2 mi · 399
- PS 244 RICHARD R GREEN0.2 mi · 315
- IVY HILL PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL0.3 mi · 259
Frequently asked questions
About KURT HAHN EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING SCHOOLHow many students attend KURT HAHN EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING SCHOOL?
KURT HAHN EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING SCHOOL enrolls approximately 181 students in grades 09-12.
Is KURT HAHN EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
KURT HAHN EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at KURT HAHN EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING SCHOOL?
Approximately 7.5:1 students per teacher at KURT HAHN EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING SCHOOL.
How diverse is KURT HAHN EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING SCHOOL?
KURT HAHN EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING SCHOOL reports a student body of 4% White, 15% Hispanic, 71% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is KURT HAHN EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING SCHOOL in?
KURT HAHN EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING SCHOOL is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #18.
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