PS 373 BROOKLYN TRANSITION CENTER

PS 373 BROOKLYN TRANSITION CENTER is a high school of intimate scale in BROOKLYN, New York, run under NYC SPECIAL SCHOOLS - DISTRICT 75, caters to 433 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 668 students each, so PS 373 BROOKLYN TRANSITION CENTER sits 35% below that benchmark.

Within NYC SPECIAL SCHOOLS - DISTRICT 75, which oversees 60 schools and 27,533 students, PS 373 BROOKLYN TRANSITION CENTER is one campus in the system.

On demographics, PS 373 BROOKLYN TRANSITION CENTER lists that the largest single group is Black at 55%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school reports 33% Hispanic, 5% White, 4% Asian. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, PS 373 BROOKLYN TRANSITION CENTER has 83 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 5.3:1. The state averages around 11.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 95% of students at PS 373 BROOKLYN TRANSITION CENTER qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Kings County runs at roughly 79%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Kings County) reports that median household income runs about $80,263, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. PS 373 BROOKLYN TRANSITION CENTER is one of 583 public schools in Kings County (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students).

SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-BED STUY 2 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

PS 373 BROOKLYN TRANSITION CENTER operates from an inner-city location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PS 373 BROOKLYN TRANSITION CENTER has rose 4%, going from 418 students in 2018 to 433 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share declined from 38% to 33%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 6.7:1 in 2018 to 5.3:1 today.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.