PROGRESS HIGH SCHOOL FOR PROFESSIONAL CAREERS

PROGRESS HIGH SCHOOL FOR PROFESSIONAL CAREERS, an intimate 9-12 campus in BROOKLYN, New York, run under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #14, caters to 418 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 37% smaller than the state mean of about 668.

PROGRESS HIGH SCHOOL FOR PROFESSIONAL CAREERS is one of 38 schools operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #14, a district that instructs 15,288 students overall.

Demographically, PROGRESS HIGH SCHOOL FOR PROFESSIONAL CAREERS lists that 80% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 17% Black. By comparison, Kings County as a whole is about 19% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, PROGRESS HIGH SCHOOL FOR PROFESSIONAL CAREERS has 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.0:1, putting PROGRESS HIGH SCHOOL FOR PROFESSIONAL CAREERS higher than the state norm the norm. Around 95% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Kings County (around 79%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

With demographic context factored in, PROGRESS HIGH SCHOOL FOR PROFESSIONAL CAREERS sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 39.9%; this one delivers 30.3%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Kings County shows median household earnings sit near $80,263, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. PROGRESS HIGH SCHOOL FOR PROFESSIONAL CAREERS is one of 583 public schools in Kings County (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students).

Nearest neighbor: EAST WILLIAMSBURG SCHOLARS ACADEMY, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PROGRESS HIGH SCHOOL FOR PROFESSIONAL CAREERS. On composite proficiency, PROGRESS HIGH SCHOOL FOR PROFESSIONAL CAREERS comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 42.6%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PROGRESS HIGH SCHOOL FOR PROFESSIONAL CAREERS has edged down 45%, going from 759 students in 2018 to 418 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 63% to 80%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 today.

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