SOUTH BROOKLYN COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL

SOUTH BROOKLYN COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL is a secondary school of minimally staffed scale in BROOKLYN, New York, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #15, caters to 138 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 79% leaner than the state mean of about 668.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #15 comprises 51 schools with combined enrollment of 25,925 students; SOUTH BROOKLYN COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL is among them.

Demographically, SOUTH BROOKLYN COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL lists that 70% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 19% Black, 7% White, 2% Asian. By comparison, Kings County as a whole is about 19% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 11.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 94% of students at SOUTH BROOKLYN COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Kings County (around 79%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, SOUTH BROOKLYN COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 40.4%; this one delivers 32.3%.

In the broader community, Kings County reports that median household income runs about $80,263, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. SOUTH BROOKLYN COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL is one of 583 public schools in Kings County (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students).

PS 15 PATRICK F DALY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SOUTH BROOKLYN COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SOUTH BROOKLYN COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 54.9%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 25%: 184 students in 2018 compared to 138 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 55% to 70% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 8.8:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the SOUTH BROOKLYN COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.