Brooklyn, NY high schools ranked

RankGradeSchoolCityDistrictActualProjectedImpactStudents
#1A+Brooklyn Latin School (the)Brooklyn99%83%Greatly Exceeds Expectations800
#2A+Brooklyn Technical High SchoolBrooklyn97%89%Greatly Exceeds Expectations5,940
#3A+Millennium Brooklyn High SchoolBrooklyn90%81%Greatly Exceeds Expectations721
#4AEl Puente Academy For Peace And JusticeBrooklyn87%65%Greatly Exceeds Expectations174
#5ALeaders High SchoolBrooklyn85%36%Greatly Exceeds Expectations372
#6ASuccess Academy Charter School Bed Stuy 1 (Charter, K-12)BrooklynSuccess Academy Charter School - Bed Stuy 180%39%Greatly Exceeds Expectations482
#7ABrooklyn Prospect Charter School Csd 152 (Charter, K-12)BrooklynBrooklyn Prospect Charter School - Csd 15.274%58%Greatly Exceeds Expectations1,084
#8A-Bedford Academy High SchoolBrooklyn81%70%Greatly Exceeds Expectations381
#9A-Brooklyn Bridge Academy (Magnet)Brooklyn79%44%Greatly Exceeds Expectations116
#10A-Brooklyn College AcademyBrooklyn78%64%Greatly Exceeds Expectations631
#11B+Science Technology & Research Early CollegeBrooklyn73%54%Greatly Exceeds Expectations610
#12BMidwood High SchoolBrooklyn73%88%Meets Expectations4,062
#13BLeon M Goldstein High School For The Sciences (Magnet)Brooklyn72%75%Exceeds Expectations972
#14BMedgar Evers College Preparatory SchoolBrooklyn69%58%Greatly Exceeds Expectations1,351
#15B-Benjamin Banneker AcademyBrooklyn67%70%Exceeds Expectations759
#16B-Brooklyn Collaborative StudiesBrooklyn67%49%Greatly Exceeds Expectations671
#17B-Eagle Academy For Young Men IiBrooklyn67%47%Greatly Exceeds Expectations599
#18B-All City Leadership Secondary SchoolBrooklyn66%53%Greatly Exceeds Expectations421
#19B-Brooklyn School For Math And Research (the)Brooklyn66%55%Greatly Exceeds Expectations333
#20C+Fort Hamilton High SchoolBrooklyn63%87%Doesn't Meet Expectations3,925
#21C+Kingsborough Early College SchoolBrooklyn63%56%Greatly Exceeds Expectations743
#22C+Science Skills Center High SchoolBrooklyn62%63%Greatly Exceeds Expectations505
#23C+James Madison High SchoolBrooklyn61%86%Underperforms Expectations3,630
#24C+New Utrecht High SchoolBrooklyn60%84%Doesn't Meet Expectations3,112
#25CBoerum Hill School For International Studies (the)Brooklyn57%61%Exceeds Expectations782
#26CBrooklyn High School Of The ArtsBrooklyn57%80%Doesn't Meet Expectations927
#27CDigital Arts And Cinema Technology High SchoolBrooklyn57%65%Meets Expectations331
#28CVictory Collegiate High SchoolBrooklyn57%63%Exceeds Expectations264
#29CEdward R Murrow High SchoolBrooklyn56%86%Underperforms Expectations3,639
#30CMath Engineering And Science Academy Charter High School (Charter)BrooklynMath Engineering And Science Academy Charter High School56%56%Greatly Exceeds Expectations515
#31CRachel Carson High School For Coastal StudiesBrooklyn56%85%Underperforms Expectations595
#32CAcad For College Prep And Career ExpBrooklyn55%41%Greatly Exceeds Expectations394
#33CGotham Professional Arts AcademyBrooklyn55%55%Greatly Exceeds Expectations217
#34CWest Brooklyn Community High SchoolBrooklyn55%46%Greatly Exceeds Expectations161
#35CWilliamsburg Preparatory SchoolBrooklyn55%66%Meets Expectations687
#36CAchievement First Brownsville Charter School (Charter, K-12)BrooklynAchievement First Brownsville Charter School54%37%Greatly Exceeds Expectations1,057
#37CKings Collegiate Charter School (Charter, K-12)BrooklynKings Collegiate Charter School54%44%Exceeds Expectations1,215
#38COlympus AcademyBrooklyn54%39%Greatly Exceeds Expectations107
#39CUrban Assembly School For Law And Justice (the)Brooklyn54%63%Meets Expectations443
#40CAchievement First Aspire Charter School (Charter, K-12)BrooklynAchievement First Aspire Charter School53%42%Exceeds Expectations775
#41CConey Island Preparatory Public Charter School (Charter, K-12)BrooklynConey Island Preparatory Public Charter School53%35%Greatly Exceeds Expectations1,253
#42CHigh School For Medical ProfessionsBrooklyn53%50%Greatly Exceeds Expectations390
#43CUrban Assembly School For Leadership And EmpowermentBrooklyn53%65%Meets Expectations495
#44C-John Dewey High SchoolBrooklyn53%80%Underperforms Expectations2,150
#45C-Academy Of Hospitality And TourismBrooklyn52%54%Exceeds Expectations348
#46C-Beginning With Children Charter School Ii (Charter, K-12)BrooklynBeginning With Children Charter School Ii52%40%Exceeds Expectations597
#47C-Brooklyn Theatre Arts High SchoolBrooklyn52%53%Greatly Exceeds Expectations216
#48C-Cultural Academy For The Arts And SciencesBrooklyn50%47%Greatly Exceeds Expectations232
#49C-Metropolitan Diploma Plus High SchoolBrooklyn50%48%Greatly Exceeds Expectations200
#50C-Abraham Lincoln High SchoolBrooklyn49%71%Doesn't Meet Expectations2,129
#51C-Cyberarts Studio AcademyBrooklyn49%60%Meets Expectations298
#52C-Franklin Delano Roosevelt High SchoolBrooklyn49%85%Underperforms Expectations3,213
#53C-International High School At Lafayette (Magnet)Brooklyn49%75%Underperforms Expectations353
#54C-Performing Arts And Technology High SchoolBrooklyn49%47%Greatly Exceeds Expectations319
#55C-Brooklyn Studio Secondary SchoolBrooklyn48%63%Meets Expectations876
#56C-East Williamsburg Scholars AcademyBrooklyn48%52%Exceeds Expectations474
#57D+Leadership Preparatory Bedford Stuyvesant Charter School (Charter, K-12)BrooklynLeadership Preparatory Bedford Stuyvesant Charter School49%40%Exceeds Expectations1,186
#58D+High School Of Telecommunication Arts And TechnologyBrooklyn48%84%Underperforms Expectations1,273
#59D+Leadership Preparatory Ocean Hill Charter School (Charter, K-12)BrooklynLeadership Preparatory Ocean Hill Charter School48%43%Meets Expectations1,202
#60D+Achievement First East New York Charter School (Charter, K-12)BrooklynAchievement First East New York Charter School47%41%Meets Expectations1,144
#61D+Park Slope CollegiateBrooklyn47%57%Meets Expectations577
#62D+Aspirations Diploma Plus High SchoolBrooklyn46%45%Greatly Exceeds Expectations143
#63D+High School For Youth And Community Development At ErasmusBrooklyn46%65%Doesn't Meet Expectations463
#64D+Brooklyn Institute For Liberal ArtsBrooklyn45%64%Doesn't Meet Expectations479
#65D+Cypress Hills Collegiate Preparatory SchoolBrooklyn45%61%Doesn't Meet Expectations404
#66D+New Visions Chtr HS Adv Masci Iii (Charter)BrooklynNew Visions Chtr Hs-Adv Ma/sci Iii45%53%Meets Expectations407
#67D+Unity Preparatory Charter School Of Brooklyn (Charter)BrooklynUnity Preparatory Charter School of Brooklyn45%35%Greatly Exceeds Expectations558
#68D+Achievement First Crown Heights Charter School (Charter, K-12)BrooklynAchievement First Crown Heights Charter School44%45%Meets Expectations1,339
#69D+Sunset Park High SchoolBrooklyn44%73%Underperforms Expectations1,418
#70D+Brooklyn Collegiate: A College Board SchoolBrooklyn43%51%Meets Expectations413
#71D+Brooklyn Community High School For Excellence And EquityBrooklyn43%52%Meets Expectations181
#72D+Brooklyn Frontiers High SchoolBrooklyn43%54%Meets Expectations145
#73D+Professional Pathways High SchoolBrooklyn43%56%Meets Expectations159
#74DIt Takes A Village AcademyBrooklyn42%57%Meets Expectations308
#75DBrooklyn Academy Of Science And The EnvironmentBrooklyn41%66%Underperforms Expectations265
#76DBushwick Community High SchoolBrooklyn41%43%Exceeds Expectations86
#77DExcellence Girls Charter School (Charter, K-12)BrooklynExcellence Girls Charter School41%47%Doesn't Meet Expectations1,050
#78DInternational High School At Prospect HeightsBrooklyn41%62%Doesn't Meet Expectations272
#79DJohn Jay School For LawBrooklyn41%61%Doesn't Meet Expectations461
#80DWilliamsburg High School Of Art And Technology (the) (Magnet)Brooklyn41%59%Doesn't Meet Expectations408
#81DLife Academy High School For Film And MusicBrooklyn40%67%Underperforms Expectations251
#82DBrooklyn High School For Law And TechnologyBrooklyn38%70%Underperforms Expectations549
#83DEast New York Family AcademyBrooklyn38%49%Meets Expectations659
#84DHigh School For Global Citizenship (the)Brooklyn38%53%Meets Expectations221
#85DUrban Assembly School For Music And ArtBrooklyn38%39%Exceeds Expectations100
#86DAcademy For Young WritersBrooklyn37%24%Greatly Exceeds Expectations483
#87DBrooklyn Preparatory High SchoolBrooklyn37%54%Doesn't Meet Expectations555
#88DBrooklyn School For Social Justice (the)Brooklyn37%58%Doesn't Meet Expectations272
#89DUrban Assembly Institute Of Math And Science For Young WomenBrooklyn37%57%Doesn't Meet Expectations440
#90D-Ember Charter School (Charter, K-12)BrooklynEmber Charter School37%26%Exceeds Expectations423
#91D-Brooklyn Community Arts And Media High School (bcam)Brooklyn36%66%Underperforms Expectations515
#92D-High School For Enterprise Business & Technology (the)Brooklyn36%34%Greatly Exceeds Expectations536
#93D-Frederick Douglass Academy Vii High SchoolBrooklyn35%43%Meets Expectations227
#94D-High School Of Sports ManagementBrooklyn35%72%Underperforms Expectations338
#95D-Origins High SchoolBrooklyn35%76%Underperforms Expectations438
#96D-Progress High School For Professional CareersBrooklyn35%53%Doesn't Meet Expectations392
#97D-Academy Of Urban Planning And Engineering (the)Brooklyn34%49%Meets Expectations403
#98D-Brooklyn Lab SchoolBrooklyn34%57%Doesn't Meet Expectations395
#99D-East Brooklyn Community High SchoolBrooklyn34%43%Meets Expectations127
#100D-High School For Service And Learning At ErasmusBrooklyn34%59%Underperforms Expectations234
#101D-Summit Academy Charter School (Charter)BrooklynSummit Academy Charter School34%37%Exceeds Expectations203
#102D-Brooklyn Academy High SchoolBrooklyn33%67%Underperforms Expectations82
#103D-High School For Public Service-heroes Of TomorrowBrooklyn33%66%Underperforms Expectations452
#104D-Juan Morel Campos Secondary SchoolBrooklyn33%46%Meets Expectations454
#105D-Lyons Community SchoolBrooklyn33%35%Exceeds Expectations383
#106D-Young Women's Leadership School Of BrooklynBrooklyn33%36%Exceeds Expectations273
#107D-Academy For Conservation And The EnvironmentBrooklyn32%63%Underperforms Expectations383
#108D-Dr Susan S Mckinney Secondary School Of The ArtsBrooklyn32%38%Exceeds Expectations247
#109D-Ebc High School For Public Service-bushwickBrooklyn32%60%Underperforms Expectations445
#110D-Urban Action AcademyBrooklyn32%47%Meets Expectations137
#111D-Brownsville Academy High SchoolBrooklyn31%39%Meets Expectations77
#112D-Bushwick Leaders High School For Academic ExcellenceBrooklyn31%61%Underperforms Expectations370
#113D-Northside Charter High School (Charter)BrooklynNorthside Charter High School31%52%Doesn't Meet Expectations401
#114FWilliamsburg Charter High School (Charter)BrooklynWilliamsburg Charter High School31%63%Underperforms Expectations968
#115FBrooklyn International High SchoolBrooklyn30%58%Underperforms Expectations282
#116FTeachers Preparatory High SchoolBrooklyn30%56%Underperforms Expectations189
#117FKurt Hahn Expeditionary Learning SchoolBrooklyn29%42%Meets Expectations152
#118FLiberation Diploma PlusBrooklyn28%54%Underperforms Expectations175
#119FSpring Creek Community SchoolBrooklyn28%31%Exceeds Expectations468
#120FBrooklyn School For Music & TheaterBrooklyn27%53%Underperforms Expectations223
#121FNelson Mandela High SchoolBrooklyn27%46%Doesn't Meet Expectations133
#122FBoys And Girls High SchoolBrooklyn26%69%Underperforms Expectations403
#123FCobble Hill School Of American Studies (Magnet)Brooklyn26%61%Underperforms Expectations316
#124FMulticultural High SchoolBrooklyn26%47%Doesn't Meet Expectations335
#125FFdny-captain Vernon A Richards HsBrooklyn25%45%Doesn't Meet Expectations223
#126FSchool For Classics High SchoolBrooklyn25%64%Underperforms Expectations269
#127FAcademy For Excellence In LeadershipBrooklyn22%45%Doesn't Meet Expectations275
#128FBrooklyn Democracy AcademyBrooklyn22%40%Doesn't Meet Expectations140
#129FResearch And Service High SchoolBrooklyn22%72%Underperforms Expectations181
#130FSouth Brooklyn Community High SchoolBrooklyn22%38%Doesn't Meet Expectations103
#131FBrooklyn Emerging Leaders Academy Charter School (Charter)BrooklynBrooklyn Emerging Leaders Academy Charter School21%68%Underperforms Expectations236
#132FWorld Academy For Total Community Health High SchoolBrooklyn21%47%Underperforms Expectations132
#133FBrooklyn High School For Leadership And Community ServiceBrooklyn20%40%Doesn't Meet Expectations139
#134FKhalil Gibran International AcademyBrooklyn20%71%Underperforms Expectations134
#135FBrooklyn Academy Of Global Finance (the)Brooklyn18%51%Underperforms Expectations190
#136FBrooklyn Laboratory Charter School (Charter)BrooklynBrooklyn Laboratory Charter School18%39%Doesn't Meet Expectations454
#137FEast New York Arts And Civics High School (the)Brooklyn15%48%Underperforms Expectations161

How Brooklyn, NY's high schools compare

A: 10B: 9C: 37D: 57F: 24

14% of the 137 ranked high schools in Brooklyn, NY earn an A or B (10 A grades, 9 B, 37 C, 57 D, 24 F), against 50% of high schools nationwide. 78 schools meet or beat the proficiency projected from their student context (57% here, 74% nationally), and 52 exceed it. On average 46% of tested students meet the state bar against a projected 56% (national averages: 44% actual, 41% projected).

The biggest overperformers, by actual proficiency above projection: Leaders High School (85% against 36%, A), Success Academy Charter School Bed Stuy 1 (80% against 39%, A), Brooklyn Bridge Academy (79% against 44%, A-), El Puente Academy For Peace And Justice (87% against 65%, A), Eagle Academy For Young Men Ii (67% against 47%, B-).

The largest ranked high schools: Brooklyn Technical High School (5,940 students, A+, #2), Midwood High School (4,062 students, B, #12), Fort Hamilton High School (3,925 students, C+, #20).

Of the top 25, 2 are magnet schools and 2 are charters. Selective and specialised schools tend to post high actual scores; the projection column is the fairer comparison for a neighborhood school.

High schools in Brooklyn, NY that are not ranked

30 graded high schools are listed here rather than ranked, each for the reason given. Every one has its own page with its full SchoolGrade report.

Special-purpose schools (15)

Alternative, special-education and vocational schools serve a different mission and a different student body, so they are graded but not ranked against regular schools.

Not yet graded (15)

Our source data has no school-level proficiency results for these schools, so they carry no SchoolGrade yet.

About this ranking

  • Scope: public high schools in Brooklyn, NY, as grouped on its schools page; the New York ranking covers the whole state.
  • Order: SchoolGrade, then actual proficiency, then name; schools with the same grade and score share a rank.
  • Ranked: regular public schools that NCES lists as open, not fully online, with at least 30 students. Others are listed with the reason.
  • Tags: Magnet and Charter from the NCES school directory; K-12 marks schools serving every grade that are ranked with the high schools.
  • Grades are the 2025-26 SchoolGrade model. How SchoolGrade works

Questions about high schools in Brooklyn, NY

What is the best high school in Brooklyn, NY?

Brooklyn Latin School (the) in Brooklyn ranks first among the 137 ranked high schools in Brooklyn, NY with a SchoolGrade of A+, 99% of tested students meeting the state bar against a projected 83%.

How are high schools in Brooklyn, NY ranked?

By SchoolGrade, the 2025-26 model that scores each school's actual test proficiency against the level projected for its student context, then by actual proficiency to break ties. Regular public schools that are open, not fully online and have at least 30 students are ranked; the rest are listed below the table with the reason.

How many high schools does Brooklyn, NY have?

SchoolGrade grades 167 public high schools in Brooklyn, NY; 137 are ranked here and 30 are listed as not ranked.