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Acorn Community High School

561 Grand Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 11238 -

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Definition of Terms

Acorn Community High School

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Kings County, NY

Students & Faculty

Total Students

695 students

% Male / % Female

44% / 56%

Total Classroom Teachers

36 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 283 students

Grade 10 - 179 students

Grade 11 - 89 students

Grade 12 - 95 students

Grade Not Listed - 49 students

This School

(NY) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:19

1:14

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(NY) School Average

% American Indian	1%	1%
% Asian	1%	4%
% Hispanic	17%	17%
% Black	80%	19%
% White	2%	58%

Additional Student Information

This School

(NY) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

79%

28%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

n/a

(NY) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

New York City Public s School District

This School's Agency

(NY) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	39	4
Number of Students Managed	21,521 students	2,265 students
District Total Revenue	n/a	$31,819,000
District Expenditure	n/a	$31,869,000
District Revenue / Student	n/a	$14,048
District Expenditure / Student	n/a	$14,070
District Graduation Rates	n/a	97%

Did ACORN get too big for its own good? (Park Hills Daily Journal)
posted on October 20, 2009 at 04:26:15 pm
WASHINGTON (AP) — Activist group ACORN started in 1970 to help the poor in Arkansas and quickly went national, growing into a multimillion-dollar conglomerate with a mission so far-flung that schools now bear its name, two radio stations are affiliates and a man it backed is the president. Oh yeah, it’s also the unwilling star of a hot Internet video featuring a couple dressed as a hooker and ...
IRS, ACORN sever ties over scandal (Boston Globe)
posted on September 23, 2009 at 09:38:16 pm
The IRS announced Wednesday it was severing ties with ACORN, joining a growing list of government agencies to end relationships with the community activist group.
Did ACORN get too big for its own good? (The Jackson Sun)
posted on September 21, 2009 at 08:16:27 pm
WASHINGTON — Activist group ACORN started in 1970 to help poor people in Arkansas and by decade’s end went national, expanding into a multimillion-dollar conglomerate with a mission so far-flung that schools now bear its name, two radio stations are affiliates and a man its political arm endorsed is the president.
ACORN struggles with public-image crisis (Opelousas Daily World)
posted on September 21, 2009 at 03:30:53 pm
WASHINGTON — Activist group ACORN started in 1970 to help the poor in Arkansas and quickly went national, growing into a multimillion-dollar conglomerate with a mission so far-flung that schools now bear its name, two radio stations are affiliates and a man it backed is the president.
ACORN's size may have led to its troubles (Fort Wayne News-Sentinel)
posted on September 21, 2009 at 02:08:19 pm
WASHINGTON #8212; ACORN, the community activist group shown on Internet videos aiding a couple posing as a pimp and prostitute, started in 1970 to help poor people in Arkansas.