RED HOOK NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL

RED HOOK NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL is a junior high of rural-scale scale in BROOKLYN, New York, one of the schools within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #15, hosting 168 students in grades 3 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 68% leaner than the state mean of about 531.

Across the 51 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #15 (25,925 students total), RED HOOK NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, RED HOOK NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL shows that the most-represented group is White (45%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest breaks down as 23% Black, 20% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 2% Asian.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 6.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 10.3:1 average. About 47% of enrolled students meet the income threshold 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 lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), RED HOOK NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 57.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 44.3%.

In the area at large, Kings County reports that the typical household earns roughly $80,263 per year, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. RED HOOK NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL is one of 583 public schools in Kings County (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students).

The closest other public school is SUMMIT ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around RED HOOK NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, RED HOOK NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 51.5%.

RED HOOK NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL operates from an urban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. RED HOOK NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL's enrollment has declined 17% since 2018, when it stood at 203 (now 168). White enrollment moved from 3% to 45% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.5:1 in 2018 to 6.7:1 in 2025.

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