Enrollment
142
High
DISTRICT 678 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #13·NCES 360009105812
URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR MUSIC AND ART
49 FLATBUSH AVE EXT, BROOKLYN, NY 11201 · (718) 858-0249 · Kings County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL142 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 37% of New York public high schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
8.1:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.7:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
123 students
DISTRICT 72% · 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 | 49 | 35% |
| Grade 10 | 38 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 27 | 19% |
| Grade 12 | 27 | 19% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 1% |
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 76% · 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
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
56.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -24.0pp since 2023
Math
27.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -14.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 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 24 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 14 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.0% | 27.0% |
| 2023-24 | 80.0% | 41.0% |
% 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
47.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.1%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% 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 ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR MUSIC AND ART
URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR MUSIC AND ART's state test result (47.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR MUSIC AND ART this school | 142 | 86.6% | 47.2% |
| HARLEM RENAISSANCE HIGH SCHOOL NEW YORK | 165 | 89.1% | 28.7% |
| URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS NEW YORK | 178 | 89.9% | 22.2% |
| URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR GLOBAL COMMERCE (THE) NEW YORK | 157 | 91.7% | 39.5% |
| EAST NEW YORK ARTS AND CIVICS HIGH SCHOOL (THE) BROOKLYN | 138 | 92.8% | 25.0% |
| BROOKLYN FRONTIERS HIGH SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 160 | 93.8% | 43.8% |
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 ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR MUSIC AND ART ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.2% | #785 of 1,135 | #56 of 137 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.0% | #926 of 1,109 ▼ 187 | #91 of 132 ▼ 41 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #850 of 1,135 ▼ 386 | #72 of 137 ▼ 46 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 142 | #1,141 of 1,216 | #135 of 146 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.6% | #320 of 1,167 | #76 of 144 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -34.0% | #72 of 743 | #16 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
142
-33 (-19%) vs 2020
-64% since 2010-11, when it was 391
Student : Teacher
8.1:1
was 10.9:1
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 | 142 | 17.5 | 8.1:1 | 87% (123) |
| 2023-24 | 95 | 16.6 | 5.7:1 | 87% (83) |
| 2022-23 | 100 | 16.8 | 6.0:1 | 80% (80) |
| 2020-21 | 175 | 16 | 10.9:1 | 87% (153) |
| 2017-18 | 215 | 14 | 15.3:1 | 87% (186) |
| 2015-16 | 331 | 24 | 13.8:1 | 82% (270) |
| 2010-11 | 391 | 23 | 17.0:1 | 81% (315) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR MUSIC AND ART.
About URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR MUSIC AND ART
URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR MUSIC AND ART is a small high school based in BROOKLYN, New York. Enrollment is 142 students in 2024-25, and the school serves grades 9 through 12. The average for high schools in New York is about 668 students, so this school is 79% smaller than average.
The 42 schools of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #13, including URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR MUSIC AND ART, enroll 19,151 students.
URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR MUSIC AND ART's enrollment is 53% Black. The remaining shares are 41% Hispanic and 4% White. Census estimates put the Black share of Kings County's population at about 28%. URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR MUSIC AND ART has a diversity index of 55%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Staffing totals 17.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 8.1:1. For comparison, high schools in New York average 11.0:1. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 87%.
The allk12 Grade for URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR MUSIC AND ART is C+. Compared with New York public high schools, the school scored higher than 37% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
A school with URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR MUSIC AND ART's lunch-eligibility share in New York is predicted to score 43.1%. URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR MUSIC AND ART scores 47.2%, 4.0 points above that line.
According to the American Community Survey, in Kings County, median household income is about $80,263, roughly 42% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR MUSIC AND ART is one of 583 public schools in Kings County, which together enroll about 291,697 students.
SCIENCE SKILLS CENTER HIGH SCHOOL is the closest public school, less than a tenth of a mile away in a straight line. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Ranked by average proficiency, URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR MUSIC AND ART places 3rd out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Large, or inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 175 in 2020-21 and 142 in 2024-25, a decrease of 33 students. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 10.9:1 to 8.1:1.
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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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Other schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #13
- BROOKLYN TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 5,848 students
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- BENJAMIN BANNEKER ACADEMYHigh · 854 students
- PS 9 SARAH SMITH GARNET SCHOOL (THE)Elementary · 782 students
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- PS 20 CLINTON HILLElementary · 689 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
- SCIENCE SKILLS CENTER HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 453
- BROOKLYN INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 290
- CITY POLYTECHNIC HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 454
- GEORGE WESTINGHOUSE CAREER AND TECHNICAL ED HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 557
- PS 287 BAILEY K ASHFORD0.2 mi · 112
- EDMUND W GORDON BROOKLYN LABORATORY CHARTER SCHOOL0.3 mi · 196
Frequently asked questions
About URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR MUSIC AND ARTHow large is URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR MUSIC AND ART?
URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR MUSIC AND ART enrolls approximately 142 students in grades 09-12.
Is URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR MUSIC AND ART an elementary, middle, or high school?
URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR MUSIC AND ART is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR MUSIC AND ART?
Approximately 8.1:1 students per teacher at URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR MUSIC AND ART.
What is the student diversity at URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR MUSIC AND ART?
Student demographics at URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR MUSIC AND ART are roughly 4% White, 41% Hispanic, 53% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR MUSIC AND ART public or private?
URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR MUSIC AND ART is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #13.
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