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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #23·NCES 360012105242

TEACHERS PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL

226 BRISTOL ST, BROOKLYN, NY 11212 · (718) 498-2605 · Kings County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL185 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 11% of New York public high schools
  • DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • C-Beats 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

Enrollment
185
High
DISTRICT 328 · STATE 668
Student : Teacher
9.4:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.6:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
181 students
DISTRICT 94% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 93921%
Grade 104022%
Grade 115027%
Grade 124926%
Ungraded74%
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 72% · US 70%
White
32%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 39% · US 43%
Hispanic
6937%
DISTRICT 29% · STATE 31% · US 30%
Black
9652%
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 16% · US 15%
Asian
32%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 10% · US 6%
Two+
105%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 4% · US 5%
Native American
21%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 1% · US 1%
Pacific Islander
21%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 0%
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
Male
9149%
Female
9451%

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Test scores

NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)
English Language Arts
53.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +2.0pp since 2023
Math
25.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -1.0pp since 2023

What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.

NYS Assessments results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2553.0%25.0%
2023-2451.0%26.0%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
32.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.8pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 TEACHERS PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL

TEACHERS PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (32.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
TEACHERS PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL this school18597.8%32.2%
BROOKLYN HIGH SCHOOL FOR LEADERSHIP AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
BROOKLYN
15496.1%20.8%
BROOKLYN FRONTIERS HIGH SCHOOL
BROOKLYN
16093.8%43.8%
BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF GLOBAL FINANCE (THE)
BROOKLYN
22297.3%18.0%
EAST NEW YORK ARTS AND CIVICS HIGH SCHOOL (THE)
BROOKLYN
13892.8%25.0%
URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR GLOBAL COMMERCE (THE)
NEW YORK
15791.7%39.5%
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 TEACHERS PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL ranks

Among high schools
MeasureThis schoolIn New YorkIn Kings County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
32.2%#1,057 of 1,135#113 of 137
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
25.0%#953 of 1,109
▼ 24
#97 of 132
▼ 13
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
53.0%#912 of 1,135
▲ 61
#85 of 137
▲ 15
Enrollment
ranked largest first
185#1,094 of 1,216#119 of 146
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
97.8%#18 of 1,167#2 of 144
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-23.6%#133 of 743#32 of 70
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 2024-25
Enrollment
185
+30 (+19%) vs 2020
-68% since 2010-11, when it was 572
Student : Teacher
9.4:1
was 7.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2518519.89.4:198% (181)
2023-2419822.58.8:195% (188)
2022-23189228.6:194% (178)
2020-21155227.0:197% (151)
2017-182422310.5:190% (217)
2015-163622216.4:181% (294)
2010-115723317.3:186% (493)
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for TEACHERS PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL.

About TEACHERS PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL

TEACHERS PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL is a small high school in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #23, located in BROOKLYN, New York. It enrolled 185 students in grades 9 through 12 for the 2024-25 school year. Statewide, high schools in New York average about 668 students each.

The district for TEACHERS PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL is NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #23, with 28 schools and 7,257 students.

By race and ethnicity, TEACHERS PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL is 52% Black. It is also 37% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Kings County is roughly 28% Black. By the diversity index, TEACHERS PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL comes in at 59%.

Teachers at TEACHERS PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL total 19.8 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 9.4:1. The 11.0:1 average for high schools in New York is higher than this school's figure. The school counts 181 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 98%. That is 19 points above the 79% average for public schools in Kings County.

Measured against New York public high schools, TEACHERS PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.

Based on student poverty, the model expects 39.0% at TEACHERS PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 32.2%.

According to the American Community Survey, in Kings County, median household income is about $80,263, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 42% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 15%. TEACHERS PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL is one of 583 public schools in Kings County, which together enroll about 291,697 students.

Of nearby public schools, FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY VII HIGH SCHOOL is the closest, at less than a tenth of a mile. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, TEACHERS PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL ranks 6th on average proficiency.

On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Large.

From 2020-21 to 2024-25, TEACHERS PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL went from 155 students to 185. Its ratio of students to teachers was 7.0:1 in 2020-21, and 9.4:1 in 2024-25.

Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.

Kings County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
TEACHERS PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL
District
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #23
Address
226 BRISTOL ST, BROOKLYN, NY 11212
Phone
(718) 498-2605
County
Kings County
Level
High
Grade range
09–12
Total enrollment
185
Teachers (FTE)
20
Student–teacher ratio
9.4:1
Free and reduced lunch
181 (98%)
Locale
11-City: Large
NCES ID
360012105242
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About TEACHERS PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL
How large is TEACHERS PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL?
TEACHERS PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 185 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does TEACHERS PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL serve?
TEACHERS PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at TEACHERS PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at TEACHERS PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 9.4:1 (20 FTE teachers).
How diverse is TEACHERS PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL?
TEACHERS PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL reports a student body of 2% White, 37% Hispanic, 52% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees TEACHERS PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL?
TEACHERS PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #23 in Kings County.
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