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Enrollment
646
High
DISTRICT 1,024 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #21·NCES 360015202888
WILLIAM E GRADY CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL
25 BRIGHTON 4TH RD, BROOKLYN, NY 11235 · (718) 332-5000 · Kings County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE ICAREER AND TECHNICAL SCHOOL646 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 26% 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.
- CBeats 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
10.2:1
63 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
571 students
DISTRICT 84% · 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 | 194 | 30% |
| Grade 10 | 179 | 28% |
| Grade 11 | 130 | 20% |
| Grade 12 | 129 | 20% |
| Ungraded | 14 | 2% |
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · 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
62.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -6.0pp since 2023
Math
33.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +8.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.0% | 33.0% |
| 2023-24 | 68.0% | 25.0% |
% 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
43.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 →
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WILLIAM E GRADY CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (43.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WILLIAM E GRADY CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL this school | 646 | 88.4% | 43.0% |
| SOUTH PARK HIGH SCHOOL BUFFALO | 801 | 92.4% | 31.7% |
| COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE FOR MATH AND SCIENCE BRONX | 563 | 85.3% | 50.0% |
| KINGSBOROUGH EARLY COLLEGE SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 722 | 78.7% | 57.5% |
| ASTOR COLLEGIATE ACADEMY BRONX | 429 | 84.4% | 47.7% |
| PELHAM PREPARATORY ACADEMY BRONX | 460 | 83.5% | 45.8% |
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 WILLIAM E GRADY 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 | 43.0% | #882 of 1,135 | #74 of 137 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #844 of 1,109 ▲ 103 | #76 of 132 ▲ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #750 of 1,135 ▼ 69 | #54 of 137 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 646 | #396 of 1,216 | #26 of 146 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.2:1 | #344 of 1,058 | #32 of 115 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.9% | #42 of 1,070 | #7 of 115 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.4% | #267 of 1,167 | #62 of 144 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +40.4% | #32 of 339 | #12 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
646
+131 (+25%) vs 2020
-45% since 2010-11, when it was 1,178
Student : Teacher
10.2:1
was 12.3:1
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 | 646 | 63.4 | 10.2:1 | 88% (571) |
| 2023-24 | 648 | 62 | 10.4:1 | 84% (547) |
| 2022-23 | 606 | 56.4 | 10.7:1 | 83% (502) |
| 2020-21 | 515 | 42 | 12.3:1 | 88% (455) |
| 2017-18 | 460 | 37 | 12.4:1 | 89% (411) |
| 2015-16 | 548 | 33 | 16.6:1 | 82% (450) |
| 2010-11 | 1,178 | 66 | 17.9:1 | 81% (960) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WILLIAM E GRADY CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL.
About WILLIAM E GRADY CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL
WILLIAM E GRADY CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL is a medium-sized high school with its address in BROOKLYN, New York. The school's enrollment of 646 students covers grades 9 through 12.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #21 enrolls 33,610 students, and its 40 schools include WILLIAM E GRADY CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL.
Federal enrollment data show Hispanic students as the largest group at WILLIAM E GRADY CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL, at 31%. Enrollment also includes 30% Black, 28% White, and 8% Asian. Among people living in Kings County, the Hispanic share is about 19%. The school's diversity index is 73%, meaning two students picked at random have a 73% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Its 63.4 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 10.2:1. This ratio sits 0.8 below the 11.0:1 average for high schools in New York. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 88%. The rate at public schools in Kings County averages 79%, lower than here.
Measured against New York public high schools, WILLIAM E GRADY CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL receives a C. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
WILLIAM E GRADY CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL sits between the top and bottom 10% of New York schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 43.0% and a predicted 42.5%.
Census estimates describe Kings County this way: the median household income is $80,263, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides WILLIAM E GRADY CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL, Kings County has 582 other public schools.
The closest public school, PS 209 MARGARET MEAD, is about 0.2 miles from WILLIAM E GRADY CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 54.7%; WILLIAM E GRADY CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL's is 43.0%, ranking 8th of 8.
The federal government classifies WILLIAM E GRADY CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL's location as City: Large.
WILLIAM E GRADY CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment grew from 515 in 2020-21 to 646 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 12.3:1; by 2024-25 it was 10.2:1.
Community posts for WILLIAM E GRADY CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL can cover enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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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- JOHN DEWEY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,209 students
- IS 228 DAVID A BOODYMiddle · 1,555 students
- IS 98 BAY ACADEMYMiddle · 1,435 students
- MARK TWAIN IS 239 FOR THE GIFTED AND TALENTEDMiddle · 1,295 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
- PS 209 MARGARET MEAD0.2 mi · 702
- PS 2530.2 mi · 955
- ABRAHAM LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL0.3 mi · 2,210
- PS 225 EILEEN E ZAGLIN (THE)0.5 mi · 1,049
- PS 7710.5 mi · 539
- RACHEL CARSON HIGH SCHOOL FOR COASTAL STUDIES0.5 mi · 619
Frequently asked questions
About WILLIAM E GRADY CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOLHow large is WILLIAM E GRADY CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL?
WILLIAM E GRADY CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 646 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does WILLIAM E GRADY CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL serve?
WILLIAM E GRADY CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does WILLIAM E GRADY CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL have?
WILLIAM E GRADY CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL employs 63 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.2:1.
How diverse is WILLIAM E GRADY CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL?
WILLIAM E GRADY CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL reports a student body of 28% White, 31% Hispanic, 30% Black, 8% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees WILLIAM E GRADY CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL?
WILLIAM E GRADY CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #21 in Kings County.
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