Summary
East New York Arts And Civics High School (The) is a public high school in Brooklyn, New York, serving 172 students in grades 9-12. The school is part of the New York City Geographic District #19, which is ranked 726 out of 874 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.
East New York Arts And Civics High School (The) has consistently ranked among the lowest-performing high schools in New York, with a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger over the past four years. The school's performance is particularly low across various student subgroups, ranking in the bottom 10-15% of New York high schools for female, male, African American, Hispanic, English Language Learner, Special Education, and low socioeconomic status students. Its four-year graduation rate has ranged from 80.3% to 84.3%, below the state average, and its dropout rate has been between 3.2% and 6.4%, higher than the state average. The school has also experienced extremely high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 31.5% to 69.4% in recent years, significantly higher than the state and district averages.
Interestingly, the schools located closest to East New York Arts And Civics High School (The), such as Academy For Young Writers, Spring Creek Community School, and East New York Family Academy, generally outperform it on key metrics like graduation rates, test scores, and student-teacher ratios, despite being part of the same low-performing district. The school's high-need student population, with 83.08% to 91.93% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, likely contributes to its struggles, despite spending between $16,011 and $29,073 per student, which is higher than the state average.
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