📍 250 Hooper St, Brooklyn, Kings County, 11211
El Puente Academy for Peace and Justice is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Brooklyn, Kings County. The school has 174 pupils enrolled. It is part of the New York City Geographic District #14 school district. It serves grades 9–12 in an urban setting. The school employs 21.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 8.0:1. 75% of students are proficient in reading. The four-year graduation rate is 74%. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
El Puente Academy for Peace and Justice enrolls 174 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 56% male and 44% female. A teaching staff of 21.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 8.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 84% Hispanic or Latino, 11% Black or African American and 2.3% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 147 | 84% |
| Black or African American | 20 | 11% |
| Two or more races | 4 | 2.3% |
| White | 3 | 1.7% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
147 of the school's 174 students (84%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 146 qualify for free lunch and 1 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
El Puente Academy for Peace and Justice is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district NY-70, state senate district 26, state house district 50.
El Puente Academy for Peace and Justice is one of 38 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #14, based in BROOKLYN, New York. The district serves 15,368 students district-wide and employs 1,424 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 174 students, El Puente Academy for Peace and Justice is smaller than the district average of about 404 students per school.
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large
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