RESEARCH AND SERVICE HIGH SCHOOL

RESEARCH AND SERVICE HIGH SCHOOL is a four-year high school of one-room-style scale in BROOKLYN, New York, one of the schools within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #16, caters to 184 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 72% below the state mean of about 668.

RESEARCH AND SERVICE HIGH SCHOOL is one of 23 schools operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #16, a district that serves 5,175 students overall.

On demographics, RESEARCH AND SERVICE HIGH SCHOOL shows that Black students make up the majority at 67%. Other groups include 30% Hispanic. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.0:1 average. About 91% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Kings County's rate of about 79%.

With demographic context factored in, RESEARCH AND SERVICE HIGH SCHOOL is in the bottom 10% of New York public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 41.6%; RESEARCH AND SERVICE HIGH SCHOOL posts 21.8%, -19.8 points below that line.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Kings County put median household income runs about $80,263, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. In all, Kings County runs 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students), of which RESEARCH AND SERVICE HIGH SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is NELSON MANDELA HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around RESEARCH AND SERVICE HIGH SCHOOL. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), RESEARCH AND SERVICE HIGH SCHOOL ranks 9th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 49.5%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at RESEARCH AND SERVICE HIGH SCHOOL has decreased 18%, going from 225 students in 2018 to 184 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 15% to 30% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 in 2025.

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