SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY & RESEARCH EARLY COLLEGE

SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY & RESEARCH EARLY COLLEGE is one of the reasonably sized senior highs in BROOKLYN, New York, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #17, with 586 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 12.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #17 runs 49 schools in total, collectively educating 16,990 students. SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY & RESEARCH EARLY COLLEGE is one of those campuses.

On demographics, SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY & RESEARCH EARLY COLLEGE reports that Black students make up the majority at 77%. Beyond that, the school records 13% Hispanic, 3% Asian, 3% White, 2% Native American. The wider county runs roughly 28% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.0:1, putting SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY & RESEARCH EARLY COLLEGE higher than the state norm the norm. About 80% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY & RESEARCH EARLY COLLEGE ranks in the top 10% of New York public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 45.6%; SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY & RESEARCH EARLY COLLEGE posts 72.7%, +27.1 points above that line.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Kings County) reports that median household income runs about $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%. SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY & RESEARCH EARLY COLLEGE is one of 583 public schools in Kings County (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students).

The closest other public school is HIGH SCHOOL FOR YOUTH AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AT ERASMUS, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY & RESEARCH EARLY COLLEGE ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 48.8%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Over the past 7-year window. SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY & RESEARCH EARLY COLLEGE's enrollment has grew 8% since 2018, when it stood at 543 (now 586). Class-load math has fell: from 18.7:1 in 2018 to 16.0:1 in 2025.

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