Original Research by School Decision on It Takes a Village Academy
It Takes a Village Academy is a small public high school in Brooklyn's Flatbush neighborhood, serving grades 9 through 12 with an enrollment that skews toward the upper grades. Most students come from families with significant economic need—a substantial share qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The student body is predominantly Black, with smaller numbers of Hispanic, white, Asian, and multiracial students. The school does not appear to serve notable populations of English learners or students with identified disabilities, though enrollment data for those groups is not available.
State assessment results for the school are not available in the data. Without those benchmarks, a parent cannot see how students perform on standardized tests or where proficiency sits relative to other Brooklyn schools. The school also lacks a reported graduation rate; this gap is unusual for a school with grades 9-12 and is worth asking the school directly about. Beyond these outcome measures, little information about the school's academic programs, staffing, course offerings, or school culture appears in available sources. The school's website was not accessible, so a full picture of its approach to instruction, student support, or college and career pathways cannot be drawn from what is provided here.
What can be observed: the school is tiny by high school standards, with under three hundred students. Grade 9 enrollment is notably smaller than the senior class, which might reflect a selective admissions process or attrition over the high school years—a parent may want to look into this further with the school. The concentration of upper-grade students could also reflect transfers in or out, or enrollment volatility. For families in central Brooklyn, the school's location on Tilden Avenue in Flatbush places it within reach of dense transit and walkable neighborhoods.
Brooklyn itself is a dense, transit-rich borough in the midst of rapid residential growth. Downtown Brooklyn and surrounding neighborhoods have seen record new housing construction in recent years. Healthcare and higher education are major employment sectors, alongside a growing tech presence. Prospect Park and extensive library branches anchor civic life, and most Brooklyn neighborhoods score very high for walkability. Housing values have been rising and remain substantial; monthly rental costs are also notable. Families considering the area should understand that Brooklyn housing markets vary significantly by neighborhood and that schools here operate within that context of growth and real estate activity.
To make a meaningful choice about this school, a parent should ask the school directly for recent graduation rates, state test results if available, course catalog and program offerings, college matriculation data, and information about how the school supports students in college and career readiness. The data provided here is insufficient to characterize the school's academic standing or fit.
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