Brooklyn Studio Secondary School, Brooklyn NY

Original Research by School Decision on Brooklyn Studio Secondary School

Brooklyn Studio Secondary School is a public school serving grades six through twelve in southwestern Brooklyn, with an enrollment distributed across both middle and high school grades. The school draws its students almost entirely from the immediate community, and the enrollment is economically concentrated, with a substantial share of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch. The student body is roughly evenly split between Hispanic and white students, with significant Asian enrollment and a small number of Black students.

The school's academic results show a mixed picture across middle school grades. In sixth-grade mathematics and eighth-grade science, proficiency rates are below the midpoint. Seventh-grade mathematics performs notably better, with substantially higher proficiency. English language arts results track differently by grade: sixth and seventh graders show proficiency rates around the middle of the range, while eighth graders achieve proficiency rates above the middle. The pattern suggests that students gain ground in ELA through the middle grades, even as math performance becomes more uneven. The school's overall proficiency index across tested subjects and grades places it below the midpoint when compared to other schools in Kings County.

Test participation rates are strong across grades and subjects, ranging in the low to mid-nineties, with the exception of eighth-grade mathematics, where participation falls to seventy percent. A parent may want to look into that participation rate and what it reflects about eighth-grade math engagement or attendance during testing.

No graduation rate is provided in the available data. High school programming and outcomes are not detailed here, so families should explore what the school offers in grades nine through twelve and how those students perform before deciding whether this is a fit.

Brooklyn itself is a dense, highly walkable borough with distinct neighborhoods, each with its own character. The city is in strong housing growth, with new residential construction active across the borough. Schools are embedded in neighborhoods rather than on isolated campuses, and transit is extensive. Healthcare, higher education, and a growing tech sector drive employment. The district, New York City Geographic District 21, is undergoing curriculum standardization: all middle schools will transition to a city-approved math curriculum by 2027-28, and reading instruction has already shifted to one of three mandated, science-of-reading-aligned programs. These are lasting changes in how children learn to read and do math, worth understanding if you are considering the school.

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Academic performance

State test results and graduation outcomes.

Graduation rate (ACGR)

90-94%Cohort of 137 students · Class of 2021

The federal source publishes a banded range instead of an exact rate when the graduating cohort is small enough that an exact number could risk identifying individual students.

How this school compares to all schools in this state

Each dot is one school’s SY 2020-21 graduation rate, binned by integer rate. Taller columns mean more schools at that rate. This school is highlighted.

1,253 schools plotted. 14 additional schools' rates are federally suppressed and not shown. Data: EDFacts SY 2020-21.

Advanced Placement & IB

10 subjects offered · 2023-24

Each card is one AP or IB subject. The headline number is the share of students scoring 3 or higher on the exam — the threshold for college credit at most universities. The bar below each rate shows the underlying distribution across performance levels.

Score:12· no credit345· extremely well qualified

Math and Computer Science

Computer Science Principles

12 tested · Grade 9, Grade 10

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

English

Research

7 tested

100.0%

scored 3 or higher

Seminar

26 tested · Grade 10

61.5%

scored 3 or higher

History and Social Sciences

Comparative Government and Politics

32 tested

62.5%

scored 3 or higher

Macroeconomics

32 tested

18.8%

scored 3 or higher

U.S. History

29 tested

89.7%

scored 3 or higher

World Languages and Cultures

Spanish Language and Culture

13 tested · Grade 10

92.3%

scored 3 or higher

Other

Language and Comp

31 tested · Grade 10

25.8%

scored 3 or higher

Literature and Comp

23 tested

52.2%

scored 3 or higher

U S Government and Politics

32 tested

62.5%

scored 3 or higher

New York Regents Exams

4 courses reported · 2024-25

End-of-course exams required for a New York Regents diploma. Each row shows the cohort size and the share of students scoring at the proficient level or higher.

Course	Students tested	% proficient
Ela	190	75.0%
Social Studies	150	75.0%
Science	99	44.0%
Math	80	68.0%

Math

Grade 635%

School 35% · District 64% · ▼ 29 pts below district

▼ 10 pts below state median · ▼ 15 pts below county median

Grade 764%

School 64% · District 74% · ▼ 11 pts below district

▲ 11 pts above state median · ▲ 5 pts above county median

Grade 835%

School 35% · District 70% · ▼ 35 pts below district

▼ 2 pts below state median · ▼ 5 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 647%

School 47% · District 64% · ▼ 16 pts below district

▲ 2 pts above state median · ▼ 5 pts below county median

Grade 748%

School 48% · District 66% · ▼ 18 pts below district

▲ 1 pts above state median · ▼ 9 pts below county median

Grade 863%

School 63% · District 64% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▲ 15 pts above state median · ▲ 7 pts above county median

Science

Grade 835%

School 35% · District 54% · ▼ 19 pts below district

▲ 2 pts above state median · ▲ 10 pts above county median

This schoolNEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #21, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 6Lower-income46%Higher-income60%14 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income45%Higher-income63%17 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income66%Higher-income47%19 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 6Lower-income36%Higher-income30%6 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income64%Higher-income61%3 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income37%Higher-income27%9 pp gap