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Brooklyn High School - Arts

345 Dean Street, Brooklyn, NY, 11217 -

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Definition of Terms

Brooklyn High School - Arts

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Kings County, NY

Students & Faculty

Total Students

746 students

% Male / % Female

41% / 59%

Total Classroom Teachers

37 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 189 students

Grade 10 - 242 students

Grade 11 - 175 students

Grade 12 - 123 students

Grade Not Listed - 17 students

This School

(NY) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:20

1:14

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(NY) School Average

% American Indian	n/a	1%
% Asian	2%	4%
% Hispanic	22%	17%
% Black	73%	19%
% White	3%	58%

Additional Student Information

This School

(NY) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

37%

28%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

10%

% 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	41	4
Number of Students Managed	25,510 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%

Brooklyn High School of the Arts, (BHSA) is a New York City Public High School located in Boerum Hill in Brooklyn. It is the first and currently, the only high school in the United States to offer a major in Historic Preservation, otherwise known as Preservation Arts. The school has other majors including Fine Art (visual and design), Dance (performing arts), Instrumental Music (performing arts), and Vocal Music (performing arts). Students must audition for which ever major they may choose before the teaching staff of that major. The school is new, having their first graduating class in June of 2004. Hip-hop recording artist Jeannie Ortega was also part of the first graduating class. They have a student population of about 725 students in grades 9 through 12. The school is sponsored and has partnerships by such corporations as, Invesco, the New Jersey Institute of Technology, 101.1 WCBS FM, and the World Monuments Fund. The school has extracurricular activities such as Drama Club, Peer Mediation, Student Advisory Council and the National Honor Society. The principal is Margaret Lacey-Berman.
The high school also offers summer internships via the Preservation Arts program. Students can intern at various architecture, construction and engineering firms around New York. Interns are paid by the school instead of the employers.
See also
Education in New York City

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