TEACHERS PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL

Located at 226 BRISTOL ST, in BROOKLYN, New York, TEACHERS PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL is a tiny secondary school that enrolls 185 students (grades 9 through 12), run under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #23. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 668 students each, so TEACHERS PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL sits 72% smaller than that benchmark.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #23 comprises 28 schools with combined enrollment of 7,257 students; TEACHERS PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL is among them.

Demographically, TEACHERS PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL shows that the largest single group is Black at 52%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest is composed of 37% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.

Looking at school resources, TEACHERS PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL logs 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.4:1. The state averages around 11.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 98% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Kings County (around 79%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, TEACHERS PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 39.0%; this one delivers 32.2%.

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 roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Kings County's 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students), TEACHERS PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY VII HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), TEACHERS PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 38.1%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Over the past 7-year window. TEACHERS PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has edged down 24% since 2018, when it stood at 242 (now 185). The Black share of enrollment ticked down from 76% to 52% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 10.5:1 in 2018 to 9.4:1 in 2025.

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