LEON M GOLDSTEIN HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE SCIENCES

As a middle-of-the-pack 9-12 campus in BROOKLYN, New York, LEON M GOLDSTEIN HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE SCIENCES educates 952 students from grades 9 through 12, one of the schools within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #22. Enrollment runs roughly 43% above the state mean of about 668.

Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #22, which oversees 40 schools and 30,207 students, LEON M GOLDSTEIN HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE SCIENCES is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, LEON M GOLDSTEIN HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE SCIENCES logs that 37% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 24% Asian, 22% Black, 13% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Kings County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 60 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.0:1 average. Roughly 66% of students at LEON M GOLDSTEIN HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE SCIENCES qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Kings County (around 79%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, LEON M GOLDSTEIN HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE SCIENCES ranks in the top 10% of New York public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 50.8%; LEON M GOLDSTEIN HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE SCIENCES posts 72.3%, +21.5 points above that line.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Kings County put median household earnings sit near $80,263, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. In all, Kings County runs 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students), of which LEON M GOLDSTEIN HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE SCIENCES is one.

Nearest neighbor: PS 195 MANHATTAN BEACH, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), LEON M GOLDSTEIN HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE SCIENCES ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 51.5%.

LEON M GOLDSTEIN HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE SCIENCES operates from a downtown location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at LEON M GOLDSTEIN HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE SCIENCES has declined 6%, going from 1,011 students in 2018 to 952 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 57% to 37% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 18.4:1 in 2018 to 16.0:1 today.

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