SCHOOL OF CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION (THE)

Located at 4513 8TH AVE, in BROOKLYN, New York, SCHOOL OF CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION (THE) is a tight-knit elementary school that caters to 315 students (grades pre-K through 5), one of the schools within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #15. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 29% below typical.

Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #15, which oversees 51 schools and 25,925 students, SCHOOL OF CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION (THE) is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, SCHOOL OF CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION (THE) shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (47%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 42% Asian, 7% White, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Kings County as a whole is about 19% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting SCHOOL OF CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION (THE) tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 87% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, SCHOOL OF CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION (THE) tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 43.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 59.5%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Kings County) reports that median household earnings sit near $80,263, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. Across Kings County's 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students), SCHOOL OF CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION (THE) is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is JHS 220 JOHN J PERSHING, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, SCHOOL OF CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION (THE) comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 57.0%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

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