WILLIAM E GRADY CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL

Set in BROOKLYN, New York, WILLIAM E GRADY CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL is a reasonably sized 9-12 campus, part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #21. It teaches 646 students across grades 9 through 12.

Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #21, which oversees 40 schools and 33,610 students, WILLIAM E GRADY CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, WILLIAM E GRADY CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL logs that the largest single group is Hispanic at 31%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder looks like 30% Black, 28% White, 8% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 19% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, WILLIAM E GRADY CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL has 63 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.2:1. The state averages around 11.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 88% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Kings County's rate of about 79%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), WILLIAM E GRADY CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 42.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 43.0%.

Across the wider county, census data for Kings County shows median household income runs about $80,263, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. In all, Kings County runs 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students), of which WILLIAM E GRADY CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL is one.

PS 209 MARGARET MEAD is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts WILLIAM E GRADY CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 54.7%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at WILLIAM E GRADY CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL has increased 40%, going from 460 students in 2018 to 646 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share fell from 61% to 30%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 12.4:1 in 2018 to 10.2:1 today.

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