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Enrollment
545
High
DISTRICT 381 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #19·NCES 360012002889
W H MAXWELL CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL
145 PENNSYLVANIA AVE, BROOKLYN, NY 11207 · (718) 345-9100 · Kings County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE ICAREER AND TECHNICAL SCHOOL545 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 46% 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.
- BBeats 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
9.8:1
55 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.7:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
508 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 | 200 | 37% |
| Grade 10 | 140 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 108 | 20% |
| Grade 12 | 95 | 17% |
| Ungraded | 2 | 0% |
Student demographics
57%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
54.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -15.0pp since 2023
Math
61.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +24.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 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 15 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 24 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.0% | 61.0% |
| 2023-24 | 69.0% | 37.0% |
% 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
50.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.7%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 W H MAXWELL CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL
W H MAXWELL CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (50.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| W H MAXWELL CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL this school | 545 | 93.2% | 50.0% |
| FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY NEW YORK | 619 | 89.3% | 30.1% |
| FDNY-CAPTAIN VERNON A RICHARDS HS BROOKLYN | 417 | 90.9% | 24.3% |
| GEORGE WESTINGHOUSE CAREER AND TECHNICAL ED HIGH SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 557 | 89.2% | 45.5% |
| PERFORMING ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY HIGH SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 406 | 90.4% | 52.5% |
| BROOKLYN HIGH SCHOOL FOR LAW AND TECHNOLOGY BROOKLYN | 469 | 90.4% | 43.3% |
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 W H MAXWELL 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 | 50.0% | #736 of 1,135 | #49 of 137 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #401 of 1,109 ▲ 391 | #14 of 132 ▲ 43 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #895 of 1,135 ▼ 236 | #80 of 137 ▼ 33 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 545 | #490 of 1,216 | #36 of 146 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.8:1 | #278 of 1,058 | #27 of 115 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.3% | #318 of 1,070 | #44 of 115 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.2% | #128 of 1,167 | #28 of 144 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +33.6% | #41 of 339 | #13 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
545
+158 (+41%) vs 2020
-28% since 2010-11, when it was 762
Student : Teacher
9.8:1
was 9.2:1
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 | 545 | 55.4 | 9.8:1 | 93% (508) |
| 2023-24 | 464 | 48.2 | 9.6:1 | 91% (421) |
| 2022-23 | 408 | 51.9 | 7.9:1 | 90% (367) |
| 2020-21 | 387 | 42 | 9.2:1 | 90% (349) |
| 2017-18 | 408 | 40 | 10.2:1 | 89% (362) |
| 2015-16 | 502 | 38 | 13.2:1 | 84% (421) |
| 2010-11 | 762 | 40 | 19.1:1 | 85% (645) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for W H MAXWELL CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL.
About W H MAXWELL CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL
W H MAXWELL CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL is a high school with a street address in BROOKLYN, New York. The school serves 545 students in grades 9 through 12 in 2024-25.
W H MAXWELL CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL is part of a district of 53 schools: NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #19, with 18,619 students.
A majority of students at W H MAXWELL CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL, 54%, are Black. Next come 36% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 3% White. The county population is about 28% Black. The chance that two students picked at random at W H MAXWELL CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 57%.
Federal staffing data show 55.4 full-time-equivalent teachers at W H MAXWELL CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL and a ratio of 9.8:1. The average ratio among high schools in New York is 11.0:1, higher than at this school. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 93% of students. Public schools in Kings County average 79%.
W H MAXWELL CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 46% of New York public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
W H MAXWELL CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 50.0%, compared with a predicted 40.7%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of New York schools on BeatsExpectations.
According to the American Community Survey, in Kings County, median household income is about $80,263, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 42%, and about 15% of people live in poverty. A total of 583 public schools operate in Kings County, serving about 291,697 students.
Of nearby public schools, JHS 292 MARGARET S DOUGLAS is the closest, at about 0.2 miles. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, W H MAXWELL CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Large.
W H MAXWELL CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL reported 387 students in 2020-21 and 545 in 2024-25. Changes that large sometimes follow a school adding or dropping grades, so the two figures may not cover the same grades.
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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 #19
- TRANSIT TECH CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 795 students
- PS 214 MICHAEL FRIEDSAMElementary · 728 students
- PS 159 ISAAC PITKINElementary · 661 students
- PS 108 SAL ABBRACCIAMENTOElementary · 649 students
- EAST NEW YORK FAMILY ACADEMYHigh · 610 students
- PS 7 ABRAHAM LINCOLNElementary · 589 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
- JHS 292 MARGARET S DOUGLAS0.2 mi · 267
- BARD HIGH SCHOOL EARLY COLLEGE BROOKLYN0.2 mi · 143
- PS 149 DANNY KAYE0.3 mi · 509
- HYDE LEADERSHIP CHARTER SCHOOL - BROOKLYN0.4 mi · 401
- PS 328 PHYLLIS WHEATLEY0.4 mi · 264
- PS 290 JUAN MOREL CAMPOS0.5 mi · 374
Frequently asked questions
About W H MAXWELL CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOLHow large is W H MAXWELL CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL?
W H MAXWELL CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 545 students in grades 09-12.
Is W H MAXWELL CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
W H MAXWELL CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does W H MAXWELL CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL have?
W H MAXWELL CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL employs 55 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at W H MAXWELL CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL?
At W H MAXWELL CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 3% White, 36% Hispanic, 54% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is W H MAXWELL CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
W H MAXWELL CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #19.
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