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Alumni: what's one memory from WILLIAMSBURG PREPARATORY SCHOOL that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
667
High
DISTRICT 477 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #14·NCES 360011905704
WILLIAMSBURG PREPARATORY SCHOOL
257 N 6TH ST, BROOKLYN, NY 11211 · (718) 302-2306 · Kings County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL667 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 55% 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.
- 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
12.7:1
53 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
577 students
DISTRICT 79% · 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 | 168 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 170 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 169 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 160 | 24% |
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
82.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -2.0pp since 2023
Math
38.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -8.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 82 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 8 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 82.0% | 38.0% |
| 2023-24 | 84.0% | 46.0% |
% 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
55.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% 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 WILLIAMSBURG PREPARATORY SCHOOL
WILLIAMSBURG PREPARATORY SCHOOL's state test result (55.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WILLIAMSBURG PREPARATORY SCHOOL this school | 667 | 86.5% | 55.5% |
| WORLD VIEW HIGH SCHOOL BRONX | 635 | 87.7% | 44.8% |
| HIGH SCHOOL FOR ENTERPRISE BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY (THE) BROOKLYN | 526 | 85.0% | 38.7% |
| WILLIAMSBURG HIGH SCHOOL FOR ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN BROOKLYN | 622 | 86.7% | 51.7% |
| HIGH SCHOOL FOR LAW ADVOCACY AND COMMUNITY JUSTICE NEW YORK | 531 | 88.1% | 47.8% |
| MOTT HALL V BRONX | 636 | 89.2% | 38.7% |
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 WILLIAMSBURG PREPARATORY SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.5% | #632 of 1,135 | #33 of 137 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #767 of 1,109 ▼ 75 | #63 of 132 ▼ 23 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 82.0% | #379 of 1,135 ▲ 27 | #18 of 137 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 667 | #377 of 1,216 | #23 of 146 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #787 of 1,058 | #76 of 115 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.0% | #559 of 1,070 | #75 of 115 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.5% | #323 of 1,167 | #78 of 144 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.3% | #680 of 743 | #68 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
667
-48 (-7%) vs 2020
+24% since 2010-11, when it was 539
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 667 | 52.7 | 12.7:1 | 87% (577) |
| 2023-24 | 679 | 54.3 | 12.5:1 | 85% (578) |
| 2022-23 | 687 | 52.9 | 13.0:1 | 80% (552) |
| 2020-21 | 715 | 49 | 14.6:1 | 79% (565) |
| 2017-18 | 683 | 42.4 | 16.1:1 | 86% (584) |
| 2015-16 | 678 | 40 | 16.9:1 | 83% (560) |
| 2010-11 | 539 | 32 | 16.8:1 | 99% (536) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WILLIAMSBURG PREPARATORY SCHOOL.
About WILLIAMSBURG PREPARATORY SCHOOL
WILLIAMSBURG PREPARATORY SCHOOL is the name of a mid-sized high school in BROOKLYN, New York. It reports enrollment of 667 students in grades 9 through 12.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #14 is made up of 38 schools with 15,288 students in all.
Hispanic students are 70% of those enrolled at WILLIAMSBURG PREPARATORY SCHOOL. The next largest groups are 18% Black, 5% White, 4% multiracial, and 3% Asian. In Kings County overall, about 19% of residents are Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 47, compared with 70 nationally.
There are 52.7 full-time-equivalent teachers at WILLIAMSBURG PREPARATORY SCHOOL, giving a ratio of 12.7:1. By comparison, the average for high schools in New York is 11.0:1. A total of 577 students, or 87%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among New York public high schools, WILLIAMSBURG PREPARATORY SCHOOL outscored 55%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, WILLIAMSBURG PREPARATORY SCHOOL is 12.3 points above its prediction. Actual: 55.5%. Predicted: 43.2%.
Census data for Kings County show median household income comes to about $80,263, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 15% of residents are in poverty. There are 583 public schools in the county, enrolling about 291,697, WILLIAMSBURG PREPARATORY SCHOOL among them.
WILLIAMSBURG HIGH SCHOOL FOR ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN is less than a tenth of a mile away, making it the nearest public school. Within five miles of WILLIAMSBURG PREPARATORY SCHOOL, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, WILLIAMSBURG PREPARATORY SCHOOL is 4th of 8 nearby schools with test data.
Locale data from NCES put WILLIAMSBURG PREPARATORY SCHOOL inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more (City: Large).
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 667, down from 715 in 2020-21. Students per teacher dropped from 14.6 in 2020-21 to 12.7 in 2024-25.
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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
Related schools
Other schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #14
- IS 318 EUGENIO MARIA DE HOSTOSMiddle · 1,028 students
- BROOKLYN LATIN SCHOOL (THE)High · 772 students
- PS 31 SAMUEL F DUPONTElementary · 644 students
- PS 84 JOSE DE DIEGOElementary · 636 students
- WILLIAMSBURG HIGH SCHOOL FOR ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGNHigh · 622 students
- BROOKLYN PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 591 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
- WILLIAMSBURG HIGH SCHOOL FOR ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN0.0 mi · 622
- BROOKLYN PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 591
- PS 17 HENRY D WOODWORTH0.1 mi · 197
- SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-WILLIAMSBURG0.4 mi · 247
- JHS 50 JOHN D WELLS0.4 mi · 388
- BROOKLYN ARBOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.4 mi · 552
Frequently asked questions
About WILLIAMSBURG PREPARATORY SCHOOLHow large is WILLIAMSBURG PREPARATORY SCHOOL?
WILLIAMSBURG PREPARATORY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 667 students in grades 09-12.
Is WILLIAMSBURG PREPARATORY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
WILLIAMSBURG PREPARATORY SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does WILLIAMSBURG PREPARATORY SCHOOL have?
WILLIAMSBURG PREPARATORY SCHOOL employs 53 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.7:1.
What is the student diversity at WILLIAMSBURG PREPARATORY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at WILLIAMSBURG PREPARATORY SCHOOL are roughly 5% White, 70% Hispanic, 18% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is WILLIAMSBURG PREPARATORY SCHOOL in?
WILLIAMSBURG PREPARATORY SCHOOL is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #14.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.