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Enrollment
515
High
STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MATH ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL·NCES 360109306429
MATH ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL
231 PALMETTO ST-FL 3-RM 327A, BROOKLYN, NY 11221 · (718) 282-7426 · Kings County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL515 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 59% 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.
- B+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
11.0:1
47 FTE teachers
STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
450 students
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 | 120 | 23% |
| Grade 10 | 128 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 127 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 140 | 27% |
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
75.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +3.0pp since 2023
Math
50.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -3.0pp since 2023
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.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 75.0% | 50.0% |
| 2023-24 | 72.0% | 53.0% |
% 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
57.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.9%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.3pp
above demographic expectation
What 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%.
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 MATH ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL
MATH ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (57.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MATH ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL this school | 515 | 87.4% | 57.2% |
| CITY COLLEGE ACADEMY OF THE ARTS NEW YORK | 573 | 88.8% | 44.6% |
| GREGORIO LUPERON HIGH SCHOOL FOR SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS NEW YORK | 658 | 88.6% | 50.5% |
| AMERICAN DREAM CHARTER SCHOOL BRONX | 603 | 91.9% | 40.2% |
| MOTT HALL V BRONX | 636 | 89.2% | 38.7% |
| CIVIC LEADERSHIP ACADEMY ELMHURST | 580 | 86.6% | 60.2% |
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 MATH ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.2% | #596 of 1,135 | #29 of 137 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #600 of 1,109 ▼ 8 | #32 of 132 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #495 of 1,135 ▲ 118 | #29 of 137 ▲ 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 515 | #522 of 1,216 | #39 of 146 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.0:1 | #516 of 1,058 | #54 of 115 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 16.2% | #917 of 1,070 | #114 of 115 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.4% | #293 of 1,167 | #67 of 144 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.3% | #156 of 339 | #36 of 53 |
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
515
+10 (+2%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
was 11.7:1
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 | 515 | 46.9 | 11.0:1 | 87% (450) |
| 2023-24 | 524 | 36.8 | 14.2:1 | 88% (461) |
| 2022-23 | 515 | 34.8 | 14.8:1 | 88% (454) |
| 2020-21 | 505 | 43 | 11.7:1 | 81% (408) |
| 2017-18 | 471 | 40 | 11.8:1 | 75% (354) |
| 2015-16 | 354 | 31 | 11.4:1 | 0% (0) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MATH ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL.
About MATH ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL
MATH ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL is a small high school with its address in BROOKLYN, New York. It reports enrollment of 515 students in grades 9 through 12. The school is 23% below the average for high schools in New York.
MATH ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL is not part of a larger district; federal data list it as its own local education agency.
MATH ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL is 91% Hispanic by enrollment. Next come 4% Black and 2% Asian. That compares with about 19% Hispanic among all Kings County residents. The diversity index for MATH ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL is 16%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are 46.9 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 11.0:1. The ratio is within a point of the 11.0:1 average for high schools in New York. Of all students at MATH ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL, 87% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, MATH ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL lands at B, ahead of 59% of New York public high schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for MATH ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL is +14.3 points: 57.2% actual, 42.9% predicted.
The school's county is Kings County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $80,263 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 42% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 15%. MATH ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL shares Kings County with 582 other public schools.
Less than a tenth of a mile separates MATH ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL from the closest public school, BUSHWICK COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. On average proficiency, MATH ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL is 4th of 9 nearby schools with test data.
MATH ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL is coded as City: Large in federal locale data. MATH ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL is one of the charter schools in New York.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 515, close to the 505 recorded in 2020-21.
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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
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Nearby schools
- BUSHWICK COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 98
- JHS 291 ROLAND HAYES0.0 mi · 294
- PS 377 ALEJANDRINA B DE GAUTIER0.1 mi · 209
- ACHIEVEMENT FIRST NORTH BROOKLYN PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL0.1 mi · 843
- PS 106 EDWARD EVERETT HALE0.2 mi · 327
- PS 116 ELIZABETH L FARRELL0.2 mi · 296
Frequently asked questions
About MATH ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOLHow many students attend MATH ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL?
MATH ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 515 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does MATH ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL serve?
MATH ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL serves grades 09-12.
How many teachers does MATH ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL have?
MATH ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL employs 47 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at MATH ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL?
At MATH ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 1% White, 91% Hispanic, 4% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is MATH ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
MATH ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by MATH ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL.
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