Enrollment
139
High
DISTRICT 424 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #17·NCES 360009505709
SCHOOL FOR HUMAN RIGHTS (THE)
600 KINGSTON AVE, BROOKLYN, NY 11203 · (718)771-4793 · Kings County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL139 STUDENTS
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Not graded
This school has no state test results for 2023-24 or 2024-25 to grade, which is common for schools that end before third grade. How grades work
Student : Teacher
9.7:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
123 students
DISTRICT 87% · 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, 2023-24
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 38 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 42 | 30% |
| Grade 11 | 31 | 22% |
| Grade 12 | 28 | 20% |
Student demographics
30%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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.
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NYS Assessments 2023-24 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
48.0%
NY avg 53.2%
Math
22.0%
NY avg 56.5%
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 53 and 56.
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
35.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 →
Where SCHOOL FOR HUMAN RIGHTS (THE) ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.7% | #1,003 of 1,135 | #97 of 137 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.0% | #988 of 1,109 | #103 of 132 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #975 of 1,135 | #97 of 137 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 139 | #1,143 of 1,216 | #137 of 146 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.5% | #264 of 1,167 | #61 of 144 |
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.
6-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2023-24Enrollment
139
-300 (-68%) vs 2017
-64% since 2010-11, when it was 383
Student : Teacher
6.5:1
was 14.2:1
% White
3%
was 2%
% Hispanic
10%
was 7%
% Black
83%
was 89%
% Asian
1%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | 139 | 21.5 | 6.5:1 | 88% (123) |
| 2022-23 | 184 | 19 | 9.7:1 | 84% (154) |
| 2020-21 | 271 | 26 | 10.4:1 | 91% (246) |
| 2017-18 | 439 | 31 | 14.2:1 | 84% (370) |
| 2015-16 | 401 | 23 | 17.4:1 | 84% (337) |
| 2010-11 | 383 | 20 | 19.1:1 | 81% (312) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SCHOOL FOR HUMAN RIGHTS (THE).
About SCHOOL FOR HUMAN RIGHTS (THE)
SCHOOL FOR HUMAN RIGHTS (THE) is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as a high school in BROOKLYN, New York. The school counted 139 students in 2023-24, covering grades 9 through 12. The school is 79% below the average for high schools in New York.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #17 is the district for SCHOOL FOR HUMAN RIGHTS (THE). It has 49 schools and 16,990 students.
Black students account for 83% of the school's enrollment. It is also 10% Hispanic, 3% White, and 2% multiracial. Kings County's residents are about 28% Black, 55 points below the school's share. A diversity index of 30% means there is a 30% chance two randomly chosen students at SCHOOL FOR HUMAN RIGHTS (THE) are from different groups.
SCHOOL FOR HUMAN RIGHTS (THE) has 21.5 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.7:1. Across high schools in New York, the average ratio is 11.0:1. The school has 88% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Kings County, the average eligibility rate is 79%.
On BeatsExpectations, SCHOOL FOR HUMAN RIGHTS (THE) is 6.8 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of New York schools.
The school is in Kings County, where the median household earns about $80,263 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 42% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 15%. Across Kings County, 583 public schools serve about 291,697 students.
The closest school to SCHOOL FOR HUMAN RIGHTS (THE) is BROOKLYN INSTITUTE FOR LIBERAL ARTS, located less than a tenth of a mile away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. SCHOOL FOR HUMAN RIGHTS (THE) ranks 9th of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 35.7% against a local average of 47.7%.
SCHOOL FOR HUMAN RIGHTS (THE) falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2017-18 count was 439 students and the 2023-24 count was 139. A difference that large may reflect a change in which grades the school serves. The share of Black students fell 6 points, from 89% to 83%. Students per teacher dropped from 14.2 in 2017-18 to 6.5 in 2023-24.
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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 HUMAN RIGHTS (THE)How large is SCHOOL FOR HUMAN RIGHTS (THE)?
SCHOOL FOR HUMAN RIGHTS (THE) enrolls approximately 139 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does SCHOOL FOR HUMAN RIGHTS (THE) serve?
SCHOOL FOR HUMAN RIGHTS (THE) serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at SCHOOL FOR HUMAN RIGHTS (THE)?
Approximately 9.7:1 students per teacher at SCHOOL FOR HUMAN RIGHTS (THE).
What is the racial breakdown of students at SCHOOL FOR HUMAN RIGHTS (THE)?
At SCHOOL FOR HUMAN RIGHTS (THE), the student body is approximately 3% White, 10% Hispanic, 83% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is SCHOOL FOR HUMAN RIGHTS (THE) public or private?
SCHOOL FOR HUMAN RIGHTS (THE) is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #17.
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