James Madison High School, Brooklyn NY

Original Research by School Decision on James Madison High School

James Madison High School is a large public high school in Brooklyn's Sheepshead Bay neighborhood, serving grades nine through twelve. The school enrolls roughly several thousand students, with four-year cohorts of moderate to large size. The student body is majority white, with substantial Asian, Hispanic, and Black representation. A large majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, placing most families in lower-income brackets.

The school sits within a neighborhood of dense residential development and a vibrant commercial environment. Sheepshead Bay itself combines blocks of single- and multi-family homes with busy commercial avenues serving local shopping and services. The surrounding Brooklyn landscape is highly walkable, with transit access and retail-lined streets common across the borough. Housing in the area is appreciating, and rents have risen substantially in recent years, reflecting broader Brooklyn growth. The neighborhood has access to subway lines and bus routes typical of Brooklyn's dense transit network.

State assessment data for James Madison High School was not available in the records reviewed, so a specific profile of student proficiency or achievement trends cannot be drawn from this source. Similarly, a four-year graduation rate was not reported. These gaps often occur when state testing or accountability data is not yet public or when a school operates under circumstances that affect reporting; a parent seeking this information should contact the school or its district directly. New York City Geographic District 22, which serves this school, is the parent district; however, recent district-level policy or program changes were not found in the sources searched.

The school offers at least one organized club or activity structure listed publicly. Beyond that, program offerings, career pathways, dual-credit opportunities, and detailed course access were not documented in the available data. A parent or student interested in what courses, honors or AP tracks, career or technical programs, or extracurricular breadth the school provides should visit the school's website or contact the main office.

Special education and English learner enrollment counts or rates were not reported for this school. Staffing levels, attendance data, and discipline information were also absent from the records. These details matter for families with particular support needs or interest in school culture, and they are best obtained directly from the school or district.

James Madison High School serves an established, economically diverse neighborhood in a borough undergoing substantial residential growth. The school's size and location within Brooklyn's walkable urban fabric means students have access to the borough's employment centers, cultural institutions, and transit network. For families evaluating fit, the key next steps are to gather state testing and graduation data, explore the school's course and program catalog, and understand what academic supports and enrichment are available to students.

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Academic performance

How students graduate and prepare for what comes next.

Graduation rate (ACGR)

88.0%Cohort of 849 students · Class of 2021

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

28 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

Calculus AB

25 tested · Grade 10

92.0%

scored 3 or higher

Calculus BC

31 tested

96.8%

scored 3 or higher

Computer Science A

46 tested · Grade 10

82.6%

scored 3 or higher

Computer Science Principles

94 tested · Grade 10

76.6%

scored 3 or higher

Statistics

64 tested · Grade 10

59.4%

scored 3 or higher

Sciences

Biology

32 tested · Grade 10

62.5%

scored 3 or higher

Chemistry

21 tested · Grade 10

95.2%

scored 3 or higher

Environmental Science

57 tested · Grade 9, Grade 10

26.3%

scored 3 or higher

Physics 1

19 tested · Grade 10

63.2%

scored 3 or higher

Physics 2

1 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

Physics C: Mechanics

1 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

English

Research

21 tested

90.5%

scored 3 or higher

Seminar

26 tested · Grade 10

100.0%

scored 3 or higher

History and Social Sciences

Comparative Government and Politics

88 tested

88.6%

scored 3 or higher

European History

17 tested

82.4%

scored 3 or higher

Human Geography

220 tested · Grade 9, Grade 10

49.5%

scored 3 or higher

Macroeconomics

33 tested

81.8%

scored 3 or higher

Psychology

98 tested · Grade 10

80.6%

scored 3 or higher

U.S. History

75 tested

81.3%

scored 3 or higher

World Languages and Cultures

Chinese Language and Culture

25 tested

100.0%

scored 3 or higher

German Language and Culture

1 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

Spanish Language and Culture

17 tested · Grade 10

76.5%

scored 3 or higher

Spanish Literature and Culture

14 tested

71.4%

scored 3 or higher

Arts

Art History

22 tested · Grade 10

59.1%

scored 3 or higher

Other

Language and Comp

163 tested · Grade 10

44.2%

scored 3 or higher

Literature and Comp

94 tested

75.5%

scored 3 or higher

U S Government and Politics

88 tested

87.5%

scored 3 or higher

World History

160 tested · Grade 10

79.4%

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
Social Studies	1,254	79.0%
Ela	1,139	78.0%
Math	811	53.0%
Science	655	50.0%

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.