W H MAXWELL CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL

Located at 145 PENNSYLVANIA AVE, in BROOKLYN, New York, W H MAXWELL CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL is a compact high school that instructs 545 students (grades 9 through 12), one of the schools within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #19.

Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #19, which oversees 53 schools and 18,619 students, W H MAXWELL CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

Demographically, W H MAXWELL CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL shows that 54% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder comes out to 36% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% White. By comparison, Kings County as a whole is about 28% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, W H MAXWELL CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL has 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.0:1, putting W H MAXWELL CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 93% of enrolled students meet the income threshold 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.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), W H MAXWELL CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 40.7%, the actual is 50.0%, a residual of +9.3 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Kings County indicate median household earnings sit near $80,263, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. W H MAXWELL CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL is one of 583 public schools in Kings County (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students).

Nearest neighbor: BARD HIGH SCHOOL EARLY COLLEGE BROOKLYN, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts W H MAXWELL CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 45.0%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at W H MAXWELL CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL has expanded 34%, going from 408 students in 2018 to 545 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 68% to 54% across the same window.

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