NEW VOICES SCHOOL OF ACADEMIC AND CREATIVE ARTS

NEW VOICES SCHOOL OF ACADEMIC AND CREATIVE ARTS is a middle-grades school of reasonably sized scale in BROOKLYN, New York, part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #15, works with 546 students in grades 6 through 8.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #15 runs 51 schools in total, collectively educating 25,925 students. NEW VOICES SCHOOL OF ACADEMIC AND CREATIVE ARTS is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, NEW VOICES SCHOOL OF ACADEMIC AND CREATIVE ARTS reports that the largest single group is White at 44%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 34% Hispanic, 9% Asian, 6% multiracial, 6% Black.

On the resource side, NEW VOICES SCHOOL OF ACADEMIC AND CREATIVE ARTS lists 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 10.3:1 average. An estimated 40% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Kings County (around 79%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), NEW VOICES SCHOOL OF ACADEMIC AND CREATIVE ARTS 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 60.1%; NEW VOICES SCHOOL OF ACADEMIC AND CREATIVE ARTS posts 85.6%, +25.5 points above that line.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Kings County indicate median household earnings sit near $80,263, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. In all, Kings County runs 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students), of which NEW VOICES SCHOOL OF ACADEMIC AND CREATIVE ARTS is one.

The closest other public school is PS 295, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, NEW VOICES SCHOOL OF ACADEMIC AND CREATIVE ARTS comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 74.9%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. NEW VOICES SCHOOL OF ACADEMIC AND CREATIVE ARTS's enrollment has contracted 4% since 2018, when it stood at 569 (now 546). The White share of enrollment ticked down from 52% to 44% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 today.

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