Enrollment
406
High
DISTRICT 381 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #19·NCES 360012005718
PERFORMING ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY HIGH SCHOOL
400 PENNSYLVANIA AVE, BROOKLYN, NY 11207 · (718) 688-7900 · Kings County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL406 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 50% 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.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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
11.4:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.7:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
367 students
DISTRICT 92% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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 | 30% |
| Grade 10 | 120 | 30% |
| Grade 11 | 88 | 22% |
| Grade 12 | 77 | 19% |
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
75.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +10.0pp since 2023
Math
27.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 10 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 75.0% | 27.0% |
| 2023-24 | 65.0% | 28.0% |
% 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
52.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% 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 PERFORMING ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY HIGH SCHOOL
PERFORMING ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (52.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PERFORMING ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY HIGH SCHOOL this school | 406 | 90.4% | 52.5% |
| FDNY-CAPTAIN VERNON A RICHARDS HS BROOKLYN | 417 | 90.9% | 24.3% |
| BRONXWOOD PREPARATORY ACADEMY (THE) BRONX | 407 | 86.7% | 28.5% |
| ACAD-SCHOLARSHIP & ENTREPRENEURSHIP BRONX | 437 | 89.7% | 41.3% |
| FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY II SECONDARY SCHOOL NEW YORK | 310 | 92.6% | 27.6% |
| OPPORTUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL NEW YORK | 388 | 94.3% | 22.3% |
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 PERFORMING ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.5% | #696 of 1,135 | #41 of 137 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.0% | #927 of 1,109 ▼ 24 | #92 of 132 ▼ 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #494 of 1,135 ▲ 233 | #28 of 137 ▲ 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 406 | #702 of 1,216 | #68 of 146 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.4:1 | #604 of 1,058 | #60 of 115 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.0% | #401 of 1,070 | #58 of 115 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.4% | #208 of 1,167 | #47 of 144 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.6% | #442 of 743 | #53 of 70 |
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
406
+59 (+17%) vs 2020
-4% since 2010-11, when it was 422
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
was 12.0:1
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 | 406 | 35.5 | 11.4:1 | 90% (367) |
| 2023-24 | 370 | 31 | 11.9:1 | 90% (334) |
| 2022-23 | 319 | 33.8 | 9.4:1 | 90% (288) |
| 2020-21 | 347 | 29 | 12.0:1 | 92% (320) |
| 2017-18 | 449 | 29 | 15.5:1 | 91% (410) |
| 2015-16 | 422 | 27 | 15.6:1 | 88% (370) |
| 2010-11 | 422 | 26 | 16.2:1 | 99% (419) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PERFORMING ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY HIGH SCHOOL.
About PERFORMING ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY HIGH SCHOOL
PERFORMING ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY HIGH SCHOOL is a small high school with its address in BROOKLYN, New York. Federal data show 406 students enrolled in grades 9 through 12 in 2024-25. On average, high schools in New York enroll around 668, and this school is 39% below that mark.
In NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #19, 53 schools enroll a combined 18,619 students.
More than half of enrollment at PERFORMING ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY HIGH SCHOOL is Black: 56%. Other groups include 37% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. The county population is about 28% Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 54, compared with 70 nationally.
There are about 11.4 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at PERFORMING ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY HIGH SCHOOL, which has 35.5. The average ratio among high schools in New York is similar, at 11.0:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at PERFORMING ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY HIGH SCHOOL is about 90%. Public schools in Kings County average 79%.
PERFORMING ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY HIGH SCHOOL earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 50% of New York public high schools.
PERFORMING ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY HIGH SCHOOL's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (52.5%) and its predicted rate (41.8%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of New York schools.
The county, Kings County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $80,263, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 15%. The county's public schools total 583, with about 291,697 students.
A public school less than a tenth of a mile away, FDNY-CAPTAIN VERNON A RICHARDS HS, is the closest to PERFORMING ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY HIGH SCHOOL. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Among its closest neighbors with test data, PERFORMING ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY HIGH SCHOOL is 2nd of 9 on proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Large.
The school grew from 347 students in 2020-21 to 406 in 2024-25.
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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
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- PS 159 ISAAC PITKINElementary · 661 students
- PS 108 SAL ABBRACCIAMENTOElementary · 649 students
- EAST NEW YORK FAMILY ACADEMYHigh · 610 students
- PS 7 ABRAHAM LINCOLNElementary · 589 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
- FDNY-CAPTAIN VERNON A RICHARDS HS0.0 mi · 417
- HIGH SCHOOL FOR CIVIL RIGHTS0.0 mi · 203
- WORLD ACADEMY FOR TOTAL COMMUNITY HEALTH HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 199
- BROOKLYN GARDENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.2 mi · 355
- SCHOOL OF THE FUTURE BROOKLYN0.2 mi · 119
- HYDE LEADERSHIP CHARTER SCHOOL - BROOKLYN0.2 mi · 401
Frequently asked questions
About PERFORMING ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY HIGH SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at PERFORMING ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY HIGH SCHOOL?
PERFORMING ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 406 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does PERFORMING ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY HIGH SCHOOL serve?
PERFORMING ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY HIGH SCHOOL serves grades 09-12.
How many teachers does PERFORMING ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY HIGH SCHOOL have?
PERFORMING ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY HIGH SCHOOL employs 36 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at PERFORMING ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY HIGH SCHOOL?
At PERFORMING ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 2% White, 37% Hispanic, 56% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is PERFORMING ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY HIGH SCHOOL in?
PERFORMING ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY HIGH SCHOOL is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #19.
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