Enrollment
178
High
DISTRICT 260 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #18·NCES 360009606052
URBAN ACTION ACADEMY
1600 ROCKAWAY PKWY, BROOKLYN, NY 11236 · (718) 290-8720 · Kings County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL178 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 14% 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
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.9:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
155 students
DISTRICT 86% · 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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 90 | 51% |
| Grade 10 | 41 | 23% |
| Grade 11 | 23 | 13% |
| Grade 12 | 23 | 13% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 1% |
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · 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
38.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -33.0pp since 2023
Math
26.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +10.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 33 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.0% | 26.0% |
| 2023-24 | 71.0% | 16.0% |
% 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
37.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 URBAN ACTION ACADEMY
URBAN ACTION ACADEMY's state test result (37.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| URBAN ACTION ACADEMY this school | 178 | 87.1% | 37.0% |
| CAPITAL PREPARATORY (CP) HARLEM CHARTER SCHOOL NEW YORK | 185 | 86.5% | 42.5% |
| ACADEMY FOR HEALTH CAREERS BROOKLYN | 159 | 86.8% | 26.8% |
| RESEARCH AND SERVICE HIGH SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 184 | 90.8% | 21.8% |
| UNITED CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE HUMANITIES IV ROCKAWAY PARK | 189 | 91.5% | 44.7% |
| EAGLE ACADEMY FOR YOUNG MEN OF HARLEM NEW YORK | 228 | 89.9% | 28.8% |
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 URBAN ACTION ACADEMY ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #996 of 1,135 | #95 of 137 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.0% | #939 of 1,109 ▲ 97 | #93 of 132 ▲ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #1,086 of 1,135 ▼ 463 | #117 of 137 ▼ 71 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 178 | #1,108 of 1,216 | #125 of 146 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.1% | #301 of 1,167 | #69 of 144 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -35.0% | #69 of 743 | #14 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 2024-25Enrollment
178
+8 (+5%) vs 2020
-28% since 2010-11, when it was 246
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
was 8.1:1
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 | 178 | 16.8 | 10.6:1 | 87% (155) |
| 2023-24 | 131 | 15.2 | 8.6:1 | 83% (109) |
| 2022-23 | 137 | 14.9 | 9.2:1 | 77% (105) |
| 2020-21 | 170 | 21 | 8.1:1 | 98% (166) |
| 2017-18 | 274 | 20 | 13.7:1 | 76% (209) |
| 2015-16 | 292 | 22 | 13.3:1 | 72% (210) |
| 2010-11 | 246 | 19 | 12.9:1 | 83% (204) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for URBAN ACTION ACADEMY.
About URBAN ACTION ACADEMY
URBAN ACTION ACADEMY is a small high school serving families in BROOKLYN, New York. The school reports 178 students in grades 9 through 12. The school's enrollment is 73% smaller than the 668 average for high schools in New York.
URBAN ACTION ACADEMY is a school in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #18. The district has 34 schools and 11,062 students.
Black students are the majority at URBAN ACTION ACADEMY, with 65% of enrollment. Enrollment also includes 28% Hispanic and 2% White. The school's Black share is 37 points above the 28% share among Kings County residents. URBAN ACTION ACADEMY's diversity index is 48%, against a US figure of 70%.
The count of teachers at URBAN ACTION ACADEMY is 16.8 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 10.6:1. That matches the 11.0:1 average for high schools in New York fairly closely. Around 87% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals.
Measured against New York public high schools, URBAN ACTION ACADEMY 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.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 37.0%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 43.0%.
Federal survey data for Kings County show that the median household income is $80,263, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 15% of people live in poverty. There are 583 public schools in Kings County, enrolling about 291,697 students in all.
The closest public school to URBAN ACTION ACADEMY is HIGH SCHOOL FOR MEDICAL PROFESSIONS, less than a tenth of a mile away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, URBAN ACTION ACADEMY is 8th of 9 on proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, URBAN ACTION ACADEMY is City: Large.
The school enrolled 178 students in 2024-25, 8 more than the 170 it had in 2020-21. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 8.1:1 in 2020-21 to 10.6:1 in 2024-25.
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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
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Frequently asked questions
About URBAN ACTION ACADEMYHow large is URBAN ACTION ACADEMY?
URBAN ACTION ACADEMY enrolls approximately 178 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does URBAN ACTION ACADEMY serve?
URBAN ACTION ACADEMY serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does URBAN ACTION ACADEMY have?
URBAN ACTION ACADEMY employs 17 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.6:1.
What is the student diversity at URBAN ACTION ACADEMY?
Student demographics at URBAN ACTION ACADEMY are roughly 2% White, 28% Hispanic, 65% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees URBAN ACTION ACADEMY?
URBAN ACTION ACADEMY is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #18 in Kings County.
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