Enrollment
358
High
DISTRICT 381 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #19·NCES 360012006118
SCHOOL FOR CLASSICS HIGH SCHOOL
370 FOUNTAIN AVE, BROOKLYN, NY 11208 · (718) 277-1069 · Kings County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL358 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 1% of New York public high schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
12.8:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.7:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
328 students
DISTRICT 92% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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 | 70 | 20% |
| Grade 10 | 102 | 28% |
| Grade 11 | 101 | 28% |
| Grade 12 | 85 | 24% |
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
38.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +0.0pp since 2023
Math
18.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +12.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.0% | 18.0% |
| 2023-24 | 38.0% | 6.0% |
% 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
23.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 SCHOOL FOR CLASSICS HIGH SCHOOL
SCHOOL FOR CLASSICS HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (23.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCHOOL FOR CLASSICS HIGH SCHOOL this school | 358 | 91.6% | 23.0% |
| NEW DAWN CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL II JAMAICA | 375 | 82.1% | 41.5% |
| WESTCHESTER SQUARE ACADEMY BRONX | 410 | 92.0% | 50.3% |
| RIVERSIDE ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL BUFFALO | 285 | 96.1% | 24.8% |
| SCHUYLERVILLE PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL BRONX | 324 | 88.9% | 40.8% |
| ASTOR COLLEGIATE ACADEMY BRONX | 429 | 84.4% | 47.7% |
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 SCHOOL FOR CLASSICS HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.0% | #1,117 of 1,135 | #132 of 137 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.0% | #1,029 of 1,109 ▲ 70 | #112 of 132 ▲ 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #1,087 of 1,135 ▲ 14 | #118 of 137 ▲ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 358 | #815 of 1,216 | #81 of 146 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #809 of 1,058 | #78 of 115 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.2% | #103 of 1,070 | #18 of 115 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.6% | #170 of 1,167 | #40 of 144 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +26.1% | #59 of 339 | #16 of 53 |
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
358
+128 (+56%) vs 2020
+50% since 2010-11, when it was 239
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 10.9:1
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 | 358 | 28 | 12.8:1 | 92% (328) |
| 2023-24 | 314 | 25.4 | 12.4:1 | 91% (287) |
| 2022-23 | 269 | 23.8 | 11.3:1 | 92% (248) |
| 2020-21 | 230 | 21 | 10.9:1 | 90% (206) |
| 2017-18 | 284 | 22 | 12.9:1 | 88% (250) |
| 2015-16 | 300 | 21 | 14.3:1 | 86% (259) |
| 2010-11 | 239 | 13 | 18.4:1 | 88% (210) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SCHOOL FOR CLASSICS HIGH SCHOOL.
About SCHOOL FOR CLASSICS HIGH SCHOOL
SCHOOL FOR CLASSICS HIGH SCHOOL serves students in BROOKLYN, New York, as a low-enrollment high school. It had 358 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 9 through 12. By comparison, high schools in New York enroll about 668 students on average.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #19 is made up of 53 schools with 18,619 students in all.
No group is above 50% at SCHOOL FOR CLASSICS HIGH SCHOOL; the largest is Hispanic, at 38%. Other reported shares: 36% Black, 17% Asian, 5% White, and 3% Native American. Kings County's residents are about 19% Hispanic, 19 points below the school's share. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 69%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 12.8:1. The school has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across high schools in New York, the average ratio is 11.0:1. Federal data show 92% of students (328) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 79% average for public schools in Kings County is 13 points.
On the allk12 Grade, SCHOOL FOR CLASSICS HIGH SCHOOL lands at F, ahead of 1% of New York public high schools.
SCHOOL FOR CLASSICS HIGH SCHOOL sits between the top and bottom 10% of New York schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 23.0% and a predicted 41.3%.
For Kings County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $80,263 a year, roughly 42% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 15%. Public schools in Kings County number 583, with about 291,697 students.
A public school less than a tenth of a mile away, JHS 218 JAMES P SINNOTT, is the closest to SCHOOL FOR CLASSICS HIGH SCHOOL. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, SCHOOL FOR CLASSICS HIGH SCHOOL ranks 9th on average proficiency.
SCHOOL FOR CLASSICS HIGH SCHOOL is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels City: Large.
Federal data put enrollment at 230 in 2020-21 and 358 in 2024-25; the school may have served different grades in those years. Its ratio of students to teachers was 10.9:1 in 2020-21, and 12.8:1 in 2024-25.
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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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Frequently asked questions
About SCHOOL FOR CLASSICS HIGH SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at SCHOOL FOR CLASSICS HIGH SCHOOL?
SCHOOL FOR CLASSICS HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 358 students in grades 09-12.
Is SCHOOL FOR CLASSICS HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
SCHOOL FOR CLASSICS HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at SCHOOL FOR CLASSICS HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at SCHOOL FOR CLASSICS HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 12.8:1 (28 FTE teachers).
How diverse is SCHOOL FOR CLASSICS HIGH SCHOOL?
SCHOOL FOR CLASSICS HIGH SCHOOL reports a student body of 5% White, 38% Hispanic, 36% Black, 17% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees SCHOOL FOR CLASSICS HIGH SCHOOL?
SCHOOL FOR CLASSICS HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #19 in Kings County.
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