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Enrollment
795
High
DISTRICT 381 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #19·NCES 360012001941
TRANSIT TECH CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL
1 WELLS ST, BROOKLYN, NY 11208 · (718) 647-5204 · Kings County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE ICAREER AND TECHNICAL SCHOOL795 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 16% of New York public high schools
- C-Test 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
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
77 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.7:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
655 students
DISTRICT 92% · STATE 58%
Community
1
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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 239 | 30% |
| Grade 10 | 246 | 31% |
| Grade 11 | 182 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 126 | 16% |
| Ungraded | 2 | 0% |
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 72% · US 70%
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
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
86.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +2.0pp since 2023
Math
14.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 86 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 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 up about 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 86.0% | 14.0% |
| 2023-24 | 84.0% | 13.0% |
% 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 · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
40.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.7%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 TRANSIT TECH CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL
TRANSIT TECH CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (40.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| TRANSIT TECH CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL this school | 795 | 82.4% | 40.0% |
| AUGUST MARTIN HIGH SCHOOL JAMAICA | 643 | 79.8% | 47.3% |
| HS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PUBLIC SAFETY JAMAICA | 535 | 81.1% | 34.0% |
| JOSEPH C WILSON MAGNET HIGH SCHOOL ROCHESTER | 868 | 88.2% | 23.7% |
| JOHN JAY SCHOOL FOR LAW BROOKLYN | 450 | 85.3% | 52.8% |
| CHANNEL VIEW SCHOOL FOR RESEARCH ROCKAWAY PARK | 1,180 | 81.1% | 46.0% |
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 TRANSIT TECH CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #941 of 1,135 | #85 of 137 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.0% | #1,068 of 1,109 ▲ 2 | #122 of 132 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 86.0% | #285 of 1,135 ▲ 121 | #11 of 137 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 795 | #321 of 1,216 | #18 of 146 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.3:1 | #378 of 1,058 | #38 of 115 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.9% | #136 of 1,070 | #22 of 115 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.4% | #407 of 1,167 | #105 of 144 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +12.8% | #111 of 339 | #28 of 53 |
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 2024-25Enrollment
795
-50 (-6%) vs 2020
-46% since 2010-11, when it was 1,461
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
was 13.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 795 | 77.1 | 10.3:1 | 82% (655) |
| 2023-24 | 836 | 84.1 | 9.9:1 | 81% (680) |
| 2022-23 | 805 | 79.3 | 10.2:1 | 79% (637) |
| 2020-21 | 845 | 64 | 13.2:1 | 83% (699) |
| 2017-18 | 705 | 57 | 12.4:1 | 77% (542) |
| 2015-16 | 1,034 | 60 | 17.2:1 | 72% (743) |
| 2010-11 | 1,461 | 80 | 18.3:1 | 84% (1,228) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for TRANSIT TECH CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL.
About TRANSIT TECH CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL
TRANSIT TECH CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL is a medium-sized high school in BROOKLYN, New York. The school enrolls 795 students, from grades 9 through 12.
In NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #19, 53 schools enroll a combined 18,619 students.
Black students are the largest group at TRANSIT TECH CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL, with 47% of enrollment. The remaining shares are 30% Hispanic, 10% Asian, 7% multiracial, and 3% Native American. Kings County as a whole is about 28% Black, so the school's share is higher. The chance that two students picked at random at TRANSIT TECH CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 67%.
The school employs the equivalent of 77.1 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 10.3:1. Among high schools in New York, the typical ratio is 11.0:1. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 82%. That is close to the 79% average for public schools in Kings County.
allk12 grades TRANSIT TECH CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL a C-. The grade compares the school only with New York public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
TRANSIT TECH CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL scores 40.0% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 44.7%.
Census estimates describe Kings County this way: median household income is about $80,263, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 15% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 583 public schools in Kings County, with a combined enrollment of about 291,697.
The closest other public school is MS 935, about 0.2 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. TRANSIT TECH CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL ranks 8th of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 40.0% against a local average of 52.6%.
NCES describes the area around TRANSIT TECH CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, TRANSIT TECH CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL went from 845 students to 795. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 13.2:1 to 10.3:1.
Parents and students can post about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at TRANSIT TECH CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Kings County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
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
Related schools
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- PS 214 MICHAEL FRIEDSAMElementary · 728 students
- PS 159 ISAAC PITKINElementary · 661 students
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- PS 7 ABRAHAM LINCOLNElementary · 589 students
- W H MAXWELL CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 545 students
Other schools in BROOKLYN
- BROOKLYN TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 5,848 students
- FORT HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 4,044 students
- JAMES MADISON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,983 students
- MIDWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,657 students
- EDWARD R MURROW HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,503 students
- FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,403 students
Nearby schools
- MS 9350.2 mi · 303
- PS 9380.2 mi · 238
- PS 345 PATROLMAN ROBERT BOLDEN0.3 mi · 489
- EAST BROOKLYN ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL (EBACS)0.3 mi · 152
- PS 159 ISAAC PITKIN0.4 mi · 661
- VISTA ACADEMY0.4 mi · 434
Frequently asked questions
About TRANSIT TECH CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOLHow many students attend TRANSIT TECH CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL?
TRANSIT TECH CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 795 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does TRANSIT TECH CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL serve?
TRANSIT TECH CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at TRANSIT TECH CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL?
Approximately 10.3:1 students per teacher at TRANSIT TECH CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at TRANSIT TECH CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL?
At TRANSIT TECH CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 2% White, 30% Hispanic, 47% Black, 10% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is TRANSIT TECH CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
TRANSIT TECH CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #19.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.