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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at LEON M GOLDSTEIN HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE SCIENCES this year?
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Enrollment
952
High
DISTRICT 1,648 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #22·NCES 360015300871
LEON M GOLDSTEIN HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE SCIENCES
1830 SHORE BLVD, BROOKLYN, NY 11235 · (718) 368-8500 · Kings County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL952 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 81% of New York public high schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
16.0:1
60 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
626 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 58%
Community
1
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 | 233 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 230 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 277 | 29% |
| Grade 12 | 212 | 22% |
Student demographics
74%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 76% · 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
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
94.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +0.0pp since 2023
Math
58.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -19.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 94 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 19 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 94.0% | 58.0% |
| 2023-24 | 94.0% | 77.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
72.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+21.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 51% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 22 points, placing it in New York's top 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 LEON M GOLDSTEIN HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE SCIENCES
LEON M GOLDSTEIN HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE SCIENCES's state test result (72.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEON M GOLDSTEIN HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE SCIENCES this school | 952 | 65.8% | 72.3% |
| FREDERICK OLMSTED #156 BUFFALO | 928 | 61.4% | 59.2% |
| MILLENNIUM BROOKLYN HIGH SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 682 | 57.5% | 93.3% |
| CHEEKTOWAGA HIGH SCHOOL CHEEKTOWAGA | 682 | 66.1% | 53.3% |
| BARD HIGH SCHOOL EARLY COLLEGE QUEENS LONG ISLAND CITY | 643 | 64.7% | 80.7% |
| CITY HONORS SCHOOL BUFFALO | 1,088 | 50.5% | 75.0% |
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 LEON M GOLDSTEIN HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE SCIENCES ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.3% | #300 of 1,135 | #13 of 137 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #450 of 1,109 ▼ 184 | #20 of 132 ▼ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 94.0% | #92 of 1,135 ▲ 50 | #5 of 137 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 952 | #256 of 1,216 | #14 of 146 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.0:1 | #1,023 of 1,058 | #104 of 115 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.0% | #23 of 1,070 | #4 of 115 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.8% | #563 of 1,167 | #137 of 144 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.8% | #577 of 743 | #61 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
952
-67 (-7%) vs 2020
-7% since 2010-11, when it was 1,029
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 17.3:1
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 | 952 | 59.6 | 16.0:1 | 66% (626) |
| 2023-24 | 998 | 61.2 | 16.3:1 | 61% (606) |
| 2022-23 | 972 | 54.8 | 17.7:1 | 58% (563) |
| 2020-21 | 1,019 | 59 | 17.3:1 | 52% (534) |
| 2017-18 | 1,011 | 55 | 18.4:1 | 51% (511) |
| 2015-16 | 1,048 | 53 | 19.8:1 | 43% (451) |
| 2010-11 | 1,029 | 43 | 23.9:1 | 39% (400) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LEON M GOLDSTEIN HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE SCIENCES.
About LEON M GOLDSTEIN HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE SCIENCES
A medium-sized high school in BROOKLYN, New York, LEON M GOLDSTEIN HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE SCIENCES is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #22. Enrollment is 952 students in 2024-25, and the school serves grades 9 through 12. Against the 668-student average for high schools in New York, enrollment here is 43% higher.
LEON M GOLDSTEIN HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE SCIENCES is one of the 40 schools that make up NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #22 (30,207 students in total).
At LEON M GOLDSTEIN HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE SCIENCES, the largest share of students is White, at 37%. After that, the student body is 24% Asian, 22% Black, 13% Hispanic, and 2% multiracial. For comparison, Kings County is about 38% White. The school's diversity index is 74%, meaning two students picked at random have a 74% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Its teaching staff equals 59.6 full-time positions, a ratio of 16.0:1. On average, high schools in New York have 11.0:1, compared with 16.0:1 here. Around 66% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. The 79% average for public schools in Kings County is 13 points higher.
Measured against New York public high schools, LEON M GOLDSTEIN HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE SCIENCES receives an A-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On allk12's BeatsExpectations measure, LEON M GOLDSTEIN HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE SCIENCES is among the top 10% of schools in New York. Predicted: 50.8%. Actual: 72.3%.
In Kings County (population about 2,631,580), the median household income is $80,263, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 42%, and roughly 15% of residents are in poverty. LEON M GOLDSTEIN HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE SCIENCES is one of 583 public schools in the county.
The closest other public school is PS 195 MANHATTAN BEACH, about 0.5 miles away. LEON M GOLDSTEIN HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE SCIENCES has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. LEON M GOLDSTEIN HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE SCIENCES's average proficiency of 72.3% compares with 51.5% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Its location is classified as City: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
2024-25 enrollment was 952, a 7% decrease from 1,019 in 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 16.0 students per teacher, compared with 17.3 in 2020-21.
If you have questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at LEON M GOLDSTEIN HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE SCIENCES, you can post them here. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
Related schools
Other schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #22
- JAMES MADISON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,983 students
- MIDWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,657 students
- PS 206 JOSEPH F LAMBElementary · 1,508 students
- JHS 234 ARTHUR W CUNNINGHAMMiddle · 1,447 students
- PS 197 KINGS HIGHWAY ACADEMY (THE)Elementary · 1,074 students
- PS 207 ELIZABETH G LEARYElementary · 918 students
Other schools in BROOKLYN
- BROOKLYN TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 5,848 students
- FORT HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 4,044 students
- JAMES MADISON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,983 students
- MIDWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,657 students
- EDWARD R MURROW HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,503 students
- FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,403 students
Nearby schools
- PS 195 MANHATTAN BEACH0.5 mi · 385
- PS 52 SHEEPSHEAD BAY0.6 mi · 695
- PS 811 CONNIE LEKAS SCHOOL0.8 mi · 278
- PROFESSIONAL PATHWAYS HIGH SCHOOL0.9 mi · 180
- UNITED CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED MATH AND SCIENCE III0.9 mi · 283
- SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL - SHEEPSHEAD BAY0.9 mi · 219
Frequently asked questions
About LEON M GOLDSTEIN HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE SCIENCESHow large is LEON M GOLDSTEIN HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE SCIENCES?
LEON M GOLDSTEIN HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE SCIENCES enrolls approximately 952 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does LEON M GOLDSTEIN HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE SCIENCES serve?
LEON M GOLDSTEIN HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE SCIENCES serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at LEON M GOLDSTEIN HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE SCIENCES?
Approximately 16.0:1 students per teacher at LEON M GOLDSTEIN HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE SCIENCES.
How diverse is LEON M GOLDSTEIN HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE SCIENCES?
LEON M GOLDSTEIN HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE SCIENCES reports a student body of 37% White, 13% Hispanic, 22% Black, 24% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is LEON M GOLDSTEIN HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE SCIENCES in?
LEON M GOLDSTEIN HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE SCIENCES is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #22.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.