NEW UTRECHT HIGH SCHOOL

NEW UTRECHT HIGH SCHOOL is a high-enrollment four-year high school in BROOKLYN, New York, part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #20. The school caters to 3,236 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 668 students per school, that is 384% larger than typical.

NEW UTRECHT HIGH SCHOOL is one of 48 schools operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #20, a district that serves 44,136 students overall.

Looking at the student body, NEW UTRECHT HIGH SCHOOL logs that 41% of students identify as Asian, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest comes out to 36% Hispanic, 19% White. That is visibly more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 12%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 209 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.0:1 average. An estimated 83% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, NEW UTRECHT HIGH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 44.6%, the actual is 54.0%, a residual of +9.4 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Kings County put median household earnings sit near $80,263, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. Across Kings County's 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students), NEW UTRECHT HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

PS 204 VINCE LOMBARDI is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts NEW UTRECHT HIGH SCHOOL at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 68.9%.

NEW UTRECHT HIGH SCHOOL operates from a downtown location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at NEW UTRECHT HIGH SCHOOL has shrank 9%, going from 3,560 students in 2018 to 3,236 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 26% to 19%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 17.7:1 in 2018 to 15.5:1 today.

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