HIGH SCHOOL FOR YOUTH AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AT ERASMUS
BROOKLYN · NY · NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #17 · Public
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UNCOMMON KINGS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC → BROOKLYN INSTITUTE FOR LIBERAL ARTS → UNCOMMON BED-STUY WEST CHARTER SCHOOL NYC → PATHWAYS IN TECHNOLOGY EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL (P-TECH) → SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY & RESEARCH EARLY COLLEGE → JOHN JAY SCHOOL FOR LAW → ACADEMY OF HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM → BROOKLYN COLLEGE ACADEMY →📋 At a glance
- 📚 6 AP courses offered — Moderate
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 40% of US high schools
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 46% by test-taker volume
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 82% (Bottom 29% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How HIGH SCHOOL FOR YOUTH AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AT ERASMUS compares for families
Solid mid-tier academic profile.
- ▸ LocallyNY sits right at the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math — local school quality will set your kid apart.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: UNCOMMON KINGS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC, BROOKLYN INSTITUTE FOR LIBERAL ARTS, UNCOMMON BED-STUY WEST CHARTER SCHOOL NYC and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🎓 Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Moderate — some AP / advanced course access
Bottom 40% of US high schools
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).
SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Bottom 46% by test-taker volume
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
🎓 4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
Bottom 29% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate
Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
High-poverty school
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥75% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. These schools qualify for the highest tier of federal Title I funding and typically receive extra wraparound services. Academic outcomes vary widely — check the state assessment + grad-rate tiles.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
🏛️ Your state's public flagship
Stony Brook University
The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $18,784/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.
Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
💰 Pay for college in New York
New York's public scholarships
New York's Excelsior Scholarship makes SUNY and CUNY tuition-free for middle-income families — there's no GPA or test gate, but you commit to staying in New York after you graduate.
Tuition-free SUNY/CUNY for NY families under $125k AGI — no GPA or test gate, but you must stay on track and live in New York after graduating. (Stay on-track (30 credits/yr); live & work in NY afterward for the years you received it.)
Official program details ↗Eligibility rules change yearly — confirm with the official program before relying on it. Amounts are recent published figures; awards cover tuition/fees, not housing or books unless noted. Verified 2026-06-14.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: Chronic absence is the most reliable early indicator that a student will leave a school — either by transferring out, dropping out, or matriculating to a charter or private alternative. At this level, today's absentees become next year's enrollment loss and the year-after's revenue loss. For school leaders: an Enrollment Trend Audit traces this dynamic forward →
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2024 total enrollment.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +3.8%/year, projecting from 2024's 513 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
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| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNCOMMON KINGS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC BROOKLYN |
Public · charter | 1.7 | 522 | +1.6% |
| BROOKLYN INSTITUTE FOR LIBERAL ARTS BROOKLYN |
Public | 1.0 | 478 | -12.1% |
| UNCOMMON BED-STUY WEST CHARTER SCHOOL NYC BROOKLYN |
Public · charter | 2.4 | 502 | +5.2% |
| PATHWAYS IN TECHNOLOGY EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL (P-TECH) BROOKLYN |
Public | 2.1 | 534 | -1.8% |
| SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY & RESEARCH EARLY COLLEGE BROOKLYN |
Public | 0.0 | 424 | -6.6% |
| JOHN JAY SCHOOL FOR LAW BROOKLYN |
Public | 1.8 | 449 | -5.3% |
| ACADEMY OF HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM BROOKLYN |
Public | 0.0 | 402 | +32.7% |
| BROOKLYN COLLEGE ACADEMY BROOKLYN |
Public | 0.7 | 634 | -2.5% |