Enrollment
362
High
DISTRICT 477 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #14·NCES 360011905933
LYONS COMMUNITY SCHOOL
223 GRAHAM AVE-3RD FL, BROOKLYN, NY 11206 · (718) 782-0918 · Kings County
GRADES 06–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL362 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
7.7:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
334 students
DISTRICT 79% · 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 6 | 32 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 31 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 37 | 10% |
| Grade 9 | 61 | 17% |
| Grade 10 | 65 | 18% |
| Grade 11 | 70 | 19% |
| Grade 12 | 64 | 18% |
| Ungraded | 2 | 1% |
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
61.9%
NY avg 58.3% . +14.8pp since 2023
Math
19.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -23.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 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 down about 23 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.9% | 19.0% |
| 2023-24 | 47.2% | 42.0% |
% 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
35.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.1%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 LYONS COMMUNITY SCHOOL
LYONS COMMUNITY SCHOOL's state test result (35.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LYONS COMMUNITY SCHOOL this school | 362 | 92.3% | 35.0% |
| URBAN ASSEMBLY-EARLY COLL HS EMER MD NEW YORK | 364 | 89.8% | 43.7% |
| BRONX AEROSPACE HIGH SCHOOL BRONX | 374 | 92.0% | 22.2% |
| SOUTH BRONX COMMUNITY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL BRONX | 349 | 88.8% | 35.0% |
| EDWARD A REYNOLDS WEST SIDE HIGH SCHOOL NEW YORK | 348 | 94.5% | 43.5% |
| WADLEIGH PERF AND VISUAL ARTS NEW YORK | 319 | 87.8% | 41.3% |
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 LYONS COMMUNITY SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #1,009 of 1,135 | #98 of 137 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.0% | #1,017 of 1,109 ▼ 284 | #108 of 132 ▼ 59 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.9% | #757 of 1,135 ▲ 263 | #55 of 137 ▲ 58 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 362 | #805 of 1,216 | #78 of 146 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 7.7:1 | #42 of 1,058 | #6 of 115 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.7% | #332 of 1,070 | #49 of 115 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.3% | #154 of 1,167 | #36 of 144 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.7% | #107 of 743 | #25 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
362
-47 (-11%) vs 2020
-34% since 2010-11, when it was 547
Student : Teacher
7.7:1
was 10.0:1
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 | 362 | 46.9 | 7.7:1 | 92% (334) |
| 2023-24 | 384 | 46 | 8.3:1 | 89% (342) |
| 2022-23 | 383 | 46.5 | 8.2:1 | 91% (348) |
| 2020-21 | 409 | 41 | 10.0:1 | 91% (373) |
| 2017-18 | 494 | 44.1 | 11.2:1 | 90% (445) |
| 2015-16 | 531 | 45 | 11.8:1 | 86% (457) |
| 2010-11 | 547 | 49 | 11.2:1 | 81% (444) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LYONS COMMUNITY SCHOOL.
About LYONS COMMUNITY SCHOOL
LYONS COMMUNITY SCHOOL is a low-enrollment high school in New York, located in BROOKLYN. It serves 362 students in grades 6 through 12. The average among high schools in New York is roughly 668 students; this school is 46% smaller than that.
LYONS COMMUNITY SCHOOL is run by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #14, whose 38 schools enroll 15,288 students.
At 55%, Hispanic students outnumber all other groups at LYONS COMMUNITY SCHOOL combined. After that, the student body is 36% Black, 6% multiracial, and 2% White. Among all residents of Kings County, the Hispanic share is about 19%. LYONS COMMUNITY SCHOOL has a diversity index of 57%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
With 46.9 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at LYONS COMMUNITY SCHOOL was 7.7:1. The 11.0:1 average for high schools in New York is higher than this school's figure. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 92%. Public schools in Kings County average 79%.
Measured against New York public high schools, LYONS COMMUNITY SCHOOL receives a D. 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 BeatsExpectations, LYONS COMMUNITY SCHOOL is 6.1 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of New York schools.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Kings County show that median household income is about $80,263, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 15% of residents are in poverty. LYONS COMMUNITY SCHOOL is one of 583 public schools in Kings County, which together enroll about 291,697 students.
The closest public school, BROOKLYN LATIN SCHOOL (THE), is less than a tenth of a mile from LYONS COMMUNITY SCHOOL. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, LYONS COMMUNITY SCHOOL ranks 6th on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, LYONS COMMUNITY SCHOOL is coded City: Large, for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 409 in 2020-21 and 362 in 2024-25, a decrease of 47 students. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 10.0:1; by 2024-25 it was 7.7:1.
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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
Related schools
Other schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #14
- IS 318 EUGENIO MARIA DE HOSTOSMiddle · 1,028 students
- BROOKLYN LATIN SCHOOL (THE)High · 772 students
- WILLIAMSBURG PREPARATORY SCHOOLHigh · 667 students
- PS 31 SAMUEL F DUPONTElementary · 644 students
- PS 84 JOSE DE DIEGOElementary · 636 students
- WILLIAMSBURG HIGH SCHOOL FOR ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGNHigh · 622 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
- BROOKLYN LATIN SCHOOL (THE)0.0 mi · 772
- WILLIAMSBURG HIGH SCHOOL OF ART AND TECHNOLOGY (THE)0.0 mi · 424
- PS 18 EDWARD BUSH0.1 mi · 149
- BROWNSVILLE COLLEGIATE CHARTER SCHOOL0.2 mi · 202
- PS 250 GEORGE H LINDSAY0.2 mi · 257
- PS 196 TEN EYCK0.2 mi · 290
Frequently asked questions
About LYONS COMMUNITY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at LYONS COMMUNITY SCHOOL?
LYONS COMMUNITY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 362 students in grades 06-12.
What age range does LYONS COMMUNITY SCHOOL serve?
LYONS COMMUNITY SCHOOL serves students from grade 06 through grade 12.
How many teachers does LYONS COMMUNITY SCHOOL have?
LYONS COMMUNITY SCHOOL employs 47 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 7.7:1.
What is the student diversity at LYONS COMMUNITY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at LYONS COMMUNITY SCHOOL are roughly 2% White, 55% Hispanic, 36% Black, 6% Two or more.
What district is LYONS COMMUNITY SCHOOL in?
LYONS COMMUNITY SCHOOL is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #14.
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