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Enrollment
619
High
DISTRICT 1,024 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #21·NCES 360015205826
RACHEL CARSON HIGH SCHOOL FOR COASTAL STUDIES
521 WEST AVE, BROOKLYN, NY 11224 · (718) 265-0329 · Kings County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL619 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 57% of New York public high schools
- B-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
13.5:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
522 students
DISTRICT 84% · 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 | 175 | 28% |
| Grade 10 | 150 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 158 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 136 | 22% |
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · 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
73.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -7.0pp since 2023
Math
50.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +18.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 18 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73.0% | 50.0% |
| 2023-24 | 80.0% | 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
57.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 RACHEL CARSON HIGH SCHOOL FOR COASTAL STUDIES
RACHEL CARSON HIGH SCHOOL FOR COASTAL STUDIES's state test result (57.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| RACHEL CARSON HIGH SCHOOL FOR COASTAL STUDIES this school | 619 | 84.3% | 57.0% |
| ORIGINS HIGH SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 479 | 91.0% | 38.8% |
| BROOKLYN STUDIO SECONDARY SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 892 | 84.0% | 48.9% |
| RENSSELAER JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL RENSSELAER | 462 | 71.9% | 33.0% |
| LACKAWANNA HIGH SCHOOL LACKAWANNA | 670 | 76.9% | 48.5% |
| JOHNSON CITY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL JOHNSON CITY | 705 | 68.2% | 59.5% |
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 RACHEL CARSON HIGH SCHOOL FOR COASTAL STUDIES ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #600 of 1,135 | #30 of 137 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #599 of 1,109 ▲ 258 | #31 of 132 ▲ 39 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.0% | #531 of 1,135 ▼ 63 | #33 of 137 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 619 | #425 of 1,216 | #30 of 146 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #888 of 1,058 | #86 of 115 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.1% | #216 of 1,070 | #29 of 115 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.3% | #361 of 1,167 | #91 of 144 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.8% | #660 of 743 | #66 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
619
+46 (+8%) vs 2020
+32% since 2010-11, when it was 470
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 619 | 45.8 | 13.5:1 | 84% (522) |
| 2023-24 | 589 | 46.8 | 12.6:1 | 79% (464) |
| 2022-23 | 595 | 43.2 | 13.8:1 | 73% (435) |
| 2020-21 | 573 | 40 | 14.3:1 | 78% (446) |
| 2017-18 | 637 | 34.4 | 18.5:1 | 68% (430) |
| 2015-16 | 559 | 31 | 18.0:1 | 48% (269) |
| 2010-11 | 470 | 26 | 18.1:1 | 78% (368) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for RACHEL CARSON HIGH SCHOOL FOR COASTAL STUDIES.
About RACHEL CARSON HIGH SCHOOL FOR COASTAL STUDIES
The public high school RACHEL CARSON HIGH SCHOOL FOR COASTAL STUDIES is located in BROOKLYN, New York. It reported 619 students in grades 9 through 12 in 2024-25.
The district, NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #21, has 33,610 students enrolled across 40 schools.
The student body at RACHEL CARSON HIGH SCHOOL FOR COASTAL STUDIES is 56% White. Beyond that, enrollment is 18% Hispanic, 13% Asian, 9% Black, and 4% multiracial. The White share of the county population is lower, at 38%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 63%.
Classroom staffing at RACHEL CARSON HIGH SCHOOL FOR COASTAL STUDIES totals 45.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 13.5:1. The average for high schools in New York, 11.0:1, is lower. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at RACHEL CARSON HIGH SCHOOL FOR COASTAL STUDIES is about 84%.
Among New York public high schools, RACHEL CARSON HIGH SCHOOL FOR COASTAL STUDIES outscored 57%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for RACHEL CARSON HIGH SCHOOL FOR COASTAL STUDIES is 44.0%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 57.0%.
The school is in Kings County, where 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%. RACHEL CARSON HIGH SCHOOL FOR COASTAL STUDIES shares Kings County with 582 other public schools.
CONEY ISLAND PREPARATORY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL, less than a tenth of a mile away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, RACHEL CARSON HIGH SCHOOL FOR COASTAL STUDIES ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put RACHEL CARSON HIGH SCHOOL FOR COASTAL STUDIES inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more (City: Large).
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, RACHEL CARSON HIGH SCHOOL FOR COASTAL STUDIES had a net gain of 46 students, or 8%.
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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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- MIDWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,657 students
- EDWARD R MURROW HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,503 students
- FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,403 students
Nearby schools
- CONEY ISLAND PREPARATORY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL0.0 mi · 1,336
- IS 303 HERBERT S EISENBERG0.0 mi · 416
- ABRAHAM LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 2,210
- PS 100 CONEY ISLAND SCHOOL (THE)0.4 mi · 577
- PS 3700.4 mi · 230
- WILLIAM E GRADY CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL0.5 mi · 646
Frequently asked questions
About RACHEL CARSON HIGH SCHOOL FOR COASTAL STUDIESHow many students attend RACHEL CARSON HIGH SCHOOL FOR COASTAL STUDIES?
RACHEL CARSON HIGH SCHOOL FOR COASTAL STUDIES enrolls approximately 619 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does RACHEL CARSON HIGH SCHOOL FOR COASTAL STUDIES serve?
RACHEL CARSON HIGH SCHOOL FOR COASTAL STUDIES serves grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at RACHEL CARSON HIGH SCHOOL FOR COASTAL STUDIES?
Approximately 13.5:1 students per teacher at RACHEL CARSON HIGH SCHOOL FOR COASTAL STUDIES.
What is the student diversity at RACHEL CARSON HIGH SCHOOL FOR COASTAL STUDIES?
Student demographics at RACHEL CARSON HIGH SCHOOL FOR COASTAL STUDIES are roughly 56% White, 18% Hispanic, 9% Black, 13% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is RACHEL CARSON HIGH SCHOOL FOR COASTAL STUDIES in?
RACHEL CARSON HIGH SCHOOL FOR COASTAL STUDIES is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #21.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.