MEDGAR EVERS COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL

MEDGAR EVERS COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL operates as a sizable senior high in BROOKLYN, New York, operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #17. Current enrollment sits at 1,267 students spanning grades 6 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 90% above the state mean of about 668.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #17 runs 49 schools in total, collectively educating 16,990 students. MEDGAR EVERS COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, MEDGAR EVERS COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL logs that nearly all students (89%) are Black. Other groups include 6% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 28% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, MEDGAR EVERS COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL has 74 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.1:1. The state averages around 11.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 66% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Kings County (around 79%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

With demographic context factored in, MEDGAR EVERS COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL 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%; MEDGAR EVERS COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL posts 75.2%, +24.4 points above that line.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Kings County put the typical household earns roughly $80,263 per year, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Kings County runs 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students), of which MEDGAR EVERS COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL is one.

PS 161 CROWN (THE) is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 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 MEDGAR EVERS COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 64.1%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MEDGAR EVERS COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL has remained close to its prior level, going from 1,253 students in 2018 to 1,267 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 22.0:1 in 2018 to 17.1:1 today.

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