LIBERATION DIPLOMA PLUS

Set in BROOKLYN, New York, LIBERATION DIPLOMA PLUS is a very small 9-12 campus, run under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #21. It works with 187 students across grades 9 through 12. That puts it 72% leaner than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 668 students.

LIBERATION DIPLOMA PLUS is one of 40 schools operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #21, a district that instructs 33,610 students overall.

Looking at the student body, LIBERATION DIPLOMA PLUS shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (47%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder breaks down as 35% Black, 16% White, 2% Asian. By comparison, Kings County as a whole is about 19% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.0:1, putting LIBERATION DIPLOMA PLUS higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 94% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Kings County's rate of about 79%.

With demographic context factored in, LIBERATION DIPLOMA PLUS tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 40.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 31.7%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Kings County put the typical household earns roughly $80,263 per year, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. In all, Kings County runs 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students), of which LIBERATION DIPLOMA PLUS is one.

PS 90 EDNA COHEN SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, LIBERATION DIPLOMA PLUS comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 47.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 7%: 202 students in 2018 compared to 187 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment contracted from 53% to 35% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.