NEW DAWN CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL

NEW DAWN CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL is a rural-scale 9-12 campus in BROOKLYN, New York, run under NEW DAWN CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL. The school teaches 223 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 67% leaner than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 668 students.

Operationally, NEW DAWN CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL answers to NEW DAWN CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

On the student-mix side, NEW DAWN CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL logs that 56% of the student body identifies as Black. Other groups include 37% Hispanic, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 28% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, NEW DAWN CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL shows 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.9:1. The state averages around 11.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 89% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Kings County (around 79%), the school's rate is north of typical.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Kings County) records that the typical household earns roughly $80,263 per year, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. In all, Kings County runs 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students), of which NEW DAWN CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: COBBLE HILL SCHOOL OF AMERICAN STUDIES, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around NEW DAWN CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting. NEW DAWN CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at NEW DAWN CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL has declined 15%, going from 263 students in 2018 to 223 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 60% to 56% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 18.8:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 today.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.