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MATH ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About MATH ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL
MATH ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL operates as an intimate high school in BROOKLYN, New York, run under MATH ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL. Current enrollment sits at 515 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 23% smaller than the state mean of about 668.
MATH ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL sits inside MATH ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.
Looking at the student body, MATH ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (91%). The remainder consists of 4% Black, 2% Asian. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 19%.
In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.0:1. The state averages about 11.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 87% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
After controlling for student poverty, MATH ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 42.9%; this one delivers 57.2%.
In the area at large, community-level numbers for Kings County indicate median household income runs about $80,263, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. MATH ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL is one of 583 public schools in Kings County (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students).
BUSHWICK COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MATH ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 47.9%.
The school occupies an inner-city site. As a public charter, MATH ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.
Trend over the last 7 years. MATH ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has climbed 9% since 2018, when it stood at 471 (now 515). The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 80% to 91% over that span.
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