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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at ORIGINS HIGH SCHOOL this year?
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Enrollment
479
High
DISTRICT 1,648 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #22·NCES 360015306422
ORIGINS HIGH SCHOOL
3000 AVE X, BROOKLYN, NY 11235 · (718) 891-0037 · Kings County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL479 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 17% of New York public high schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
10.8:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
436 students
DISTRICT 78% · 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 | 121 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 130 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 116 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 112 | 23% |
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 76% · 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
48.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -14.0pp since 2023
Math
26.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -6.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 14 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.0% | 26.0% |
| 2023-24 | 62.0% | 32.0% |
% 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
38.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 ORIGINS HIGH SCHOOL
ORIGINS HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (38.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ORIGINS HIGH SCHOOL this school | 479 | 91.0% | 38.8% |
| RACHEL CARSON HIGH SCHOOL FOR COASTAL STUDIES BROOKLYN | 619 | 84.3% | 57.0% |
| COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE FOR MATH AND SCIENCE BRONX | 563 | 85.3% | 50.0% |
| LEONARDO DA VINCI HIGH SCHOOL BUFFALO | 363 | 81.3% | 57.7% |
| WILLIAM E GRADY CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 646 | 88.4% | 43.0% |
| HIGH SCHOOL OF SPORTS MANAGEMENT BROOKLYN | 385 | 83.4% | 34.0% |
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 ORIGINS HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.8% | #965 of 1,135 | #91 of 137 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.0% | #943 of 1,109 ▼ 83 | #95 of 132 ▼ 24 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #980 of 1,135 ▼ 187 | #102 of 137 ▼ 34 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 479 | #576 of 1,216 | #47 of 146 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.8:1 | #487 of 1,058 | #52 of 115 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.2% | #36 of 1,070 | #5 of 115 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.0% | #185 of 1,167 | #42 of 144 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +12.2% | #117 of 339 | #30 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
479
+67 (+16%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
was 10.6:1
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 | 479 | 44.2 | 10.8:1 | 91% (436) |
| 2023-24 | 465 | 43.1 | 10.8:1 | 88% (410) |
| 2022-23 | 438 | 41.4 | 10.6:1 | 86% (375) |
| 2020-21 | 412 | 39 | 10.6:1 | 79% (324) |
| 2017-18 | 427 | 33 | 12.9:1 | 76% (323) |
| 2015-16 | 334 | 24 | 13.9:1 | 69% (230) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ORIGINS HIGH SCHOOL.
About ORIGINS HIGH SCHOOL
In BROOKLYN, New York, ORIGINS HIGH SCHOOL is a small high school. A federal count lists 479 students at the school, in grades 9 through 12. An average school in this group (high schools in New York) has about 668 students.
A total of 40 schools make up NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #22, with 30,207 students enrolled.
By race and ethnicity, the largest group at ORIGINS HIGH SCHOOL is White (41%). Smaller groups are 23% Black, 18% Asian, 14% Hispanic, and 2% multiracial. For comparison, Kings County is about 38% White. The chance that two students picked at random at ORIGINS HIGH SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 73%.
A ratio of 10.8:1 comes from the school's 44.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across high schools in New York, the average ratio is about 11.0:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 91% in 2024-25. It compares with 79% for public schools in Kings County.
Measured against New York public high schools, ORIGINS HIGH SCHOOL receives a C-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
ORIGINS HIGH SCHOOL's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (38.8%) and its predicted rate (41.5%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of New York schools.
Across Kings County, median household income is about $80,263, roughly 42% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 15%. The public schools of Kings County number 583 and enroll about 291,697.
The nearest public school is UNITED CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED MATH AND SCIENCE III, at less than a tenth of a mile. ORIGINS HIGH SCHOOL has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 49.4%, higher than ORIGINS HIGH SCHOOL's 38.8%.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Large.
ORIGINS HIGH SCHOOL had 412 students in 2020-21 and 479 in 2024-25, a 16% increase.
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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
Related schools
Other schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #22
- JAMES MADISON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,983 students
- MIDWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,657 students
- PS 206 JOSEPH F LAMBElementary · 1,508 students
- JHS 234 ARTHUR W CUNNINGHAMMiddle · 1,447 students
- PS 197 KINGS HIGHWAY ACADEMY (THE)Elementary · 1,074 students
- LEON M GOLDSTEIN HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE SCIENCESHigh · 952 students
Other schools in BROOKLYN
- BROOKLYN TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 5,848 students
- FORT HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 4,044 students
- JAMES MADISON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,983 students
- MIDWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,657 students
- EDWARD R MURROW HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,503 students
- FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,403 students
Nearby schools
- UNITED CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED MATH AND SCIENCE III0.0 mi · 283
- SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL - SHEEPSHEAD BAY0.0 mi · 219
- PROFESSIONAL PATHWAYS HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 180
- JHS 14 SHELL BANK0.1 mi · 469
- PS 811 CONNIE LEKAS SCHOOL0.2 mi · 278
- PS 194 RAOUL WALLENBERG0.3 mi · 482
Frequently asked questions
About ORIGINS HIGH SCHOOLHow large is ORIGINS HIGH SCHOOL?
ORIGINS HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 479 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does ORIGINS HIGH SCHOOL serve?
ORIGINS HIGH SCHOOL serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at ORIGINS HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at ORIGINS HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 10.8:1 (44 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at ORIGINS HIGH SCHOOL?
At ORIGINS HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 41% White, 14% Hispanic, 23% Black, 18% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees ORIGINS HIGH SCHOOL?
ORIGINS HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #22 in Kings County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.