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Secondary School For Journalism

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest Performance

237 7th Ave

Brooklyn NY, 11215, Kings County

Phone: 718-832-4201

Ranking:

(911 out of 989, bottom 8%)*

Type: Regular High School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 8 to Grade 12

Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA

Magnet: NA

Charter: NA

Shared-Time School: NA

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014		2012-2013		2011-2012		2010-2011		2009-2010		2008-2009		2007-2008
	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
Total Teachers:	18		21		23		26		33		42		41
Total Students:	273		302		337		389		442		539		609
Grade 8:	1	0.4%	23	7.6%	22	6.5%	33	8.5%	48	10.9%	55	10.2%	49	8.0%
Grade 9:	69	25.3%	79	26.2%	74	22.0%	79	20.3%	87	19.7%	133	24.7%	144	23.6%
Grade 10:	77	28.2%	75	24.8%	81	24.0%	81	20.8%	82	18.6%	97	18.0%	102	16.7%
Grade 11:	70	25.6%	58	19.2%	77	22.8%	75	19.3%	83	18.8%	79	14.7%	88	14.4%
Grade 12:	54	19.8%	64	21.2%	62	18.4%	79	20.3%	79	17.9%	77	14.3%	84	13.8%
Ungraded:	2	0.7%	3	1.0%	4	1.2%	2	0.5%	29	6.6%	30	5.6%	33	5.4%
Student By Gender:
Male:	123	45.1%	141	46.7%	142	42.1%	164	42.2%	171	38.7%	203	37.7%	216	35.5%
Female:	150	54.9%	161	53.3%	195	57.9%	225	57.8%	263	59.5%	328	60.9%	389	63.9%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.4%	1	0.3%	1	0.3%	1	0.3%	3	0.7%	3	0.6%	4	0.7%
Asian:	27	9.9%	24	7.9%	30	8.9%	32	8.2%	26	5.9%	27	5.0%	28	4.6%
Hispanic:	101	37.0%	117	38.7%	147	43.6%	176	45.2%	205	46.4%	244	45.3%	254	41.7%
Black:	128	46.9%	139	46.0%	140	41.5%	160	41.1%	191	43.2%	236	43.8%	290	47.6%
White:	12	4.4%	17	5.6%	18	5.3%	20	5.1%	17	3.8%	29	5.4%	33	5.4%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	1	0.3%	1	0.3%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	4	1.5%	3	1.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	217	79.5%	225	74.5%	244	72.4%	296	76.1%	NA	NA	384	71.2%	419	68.8%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	22	8.1%	13	4.3%	22	6.5%	27	6.9%	NA	NA	48	8.9%	77	12.6%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.38		14.38		14.65		14.96		13.39		12.80		14.90

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
NY State Assessments
2006	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	23%	51%	61%
2007	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	37%	56%	63%
2008	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	40%	56%	67%
2009	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	63%	77%	81%
2010	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	11%	46%	54%
2011	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	38%	54%	56%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	24%	56%	60%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	43%	63%	71%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	52%	73%	79%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	75%	81%	83%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	27%	59%	61%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	44%	64%	63%
2006	English Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	32%	49%	57%
2007	English Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	33%	53%	58%
2008	English Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	51%	66%	71%
2009	English Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	57%	76%	80%
2010	English Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	43%	48%	50%
2011	English Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	25%	47%	48%
2012	English Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	31%	53%	53%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	25%	43%	56%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	30%	59%	66%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	59%	71%	79%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	63%	84%	88%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	37%	61%	62%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	39%	65%	64%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	31%	69%	65%
2006	English Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	30%	39%	49%
2007	English Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	37%	48%	58%
2008	English Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	38%	51%	56%
2009	English Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	51%	62%	69%
2010	English Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	20%	46%	51%
2011	English Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	15%	47%	47%
2012	English Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	19%	47%	50%
2013	English Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	0%	33.8%	33.7%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	17%	36%	54%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	36%	49%	59%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	47%	65%	70%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	72%	72%	80%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	19%	47%	55%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	33%	59%	60%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	43%	61%	62%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	4.8%	30.1%	27.4%
2006	Science	8th Grade	% met std	19%	43%	63%
2007	Science	8th Grade	% met std	22%	50%	65%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	21%	61%	71%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	35%	59%	69%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	25%	63%	71%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	38%	65%	69%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	50%	65%	70%
2006	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	9%	28%	54%
2007	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	7%	35%	57%
2008	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	4%	47%	63%
2009	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	10%	40%	63%
2010	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	27%	52%	69%
Regents
2010	Algebra 2/Trigonometry	End of course	% met std	11%	23%	65%
2011	Algebra 2/Trigonometry	End of course	% met std	50%	41%	64%
2012	Algebra 2/Trigonometry	End of course	% met std	35%	30%	64%
2006	Chemistry	End of course	% met std	43%	36%	75%
2007	Chemistry	End of course	% met std	11%	32%	71%
2008	Chemistry	End of course	% met std	14%	33%	73%
2009	Chemistry	End of course	% met std	22%	47%	74%
2005	Earth Science	End of course	% met std	35%	43%	72%
2006	Earth Science	End of course	% met std	56%	46%	74%
2007	Earth Science	End of course	% met std	63%	38%	72%
2008	Earth Science	End of course	% met std	27%	32%	70%
2009	Earth Science	End of course	% met std	19%	37%	72%
2010	Earth Science	End of course	% met std	63%	54%	74%
2011	Earth Science	End of course	% met std	40%	35%	72%
2012	Earth Science	End of course	% met std	22%	39%	73%
2005	English	End of course	% met std	54%	45%	77%
2006	English	End of course	% met std	51%	54%	78%
2007	English	End of course	% met std	56%	52%	78%
2008	English	End of course	% met std	55%	53%	82%
2009	English	End of course	% met std	64%	54%	82%
2010	English	End of course	% met std	57%	71%	83%
2011	English	End of course	% met std	57%	76%	85%
2012	English	End of course	% met std	58%	69%	82%
2010	Geometry	End of course	% met std	15%	43%	72%
2011	Geometry	End of course	% met std	45%	34%	75%
2012	Geometry	End of course	% met std	52%	35%	75%
2005	Global History and Geography	End of course	% met std	36%	35%	70%
2006	Global History and Geography	End of course	% met std	40%	31%	67%
2007	Global History and Geography	End of course	% met std	37%	29%	63%
2008	Global History and Geography	End of course	% met std	36%	32%	67%
2009	Global History and Geography	End of course	% met std	30%	44%	71%
2010	Global History and Geography	End of course	% met std	61%	53%	69%
2011	Global History and Geography	End of course	% met std	62%	43%	70%
2012	Global History and Geography	End of course	% met std	43%	44%	71%
2009	Integrated Algebra	End of course	% met std	61%	51%	72%
2010	Integrated Algebra	End of course	% met std	53%	55%	72%
2011	Integrated Algebra	End of course	% met std	73%	57%	73%
2012	Integrated Algebra	End of course	% met std	57%	58%	72%
2005	Living Environment	End of course	% met std	49%	39%	75%
2006	Living Environment	End of course	% met std	51%	45%	75%
2007	Living Environment	End of course	% met std	58%	43%	75%
2008	Living Environment	End of course	% met std	49%	51%	75%
2009	Living Environment	End of course	% met std	51%	63%	80%
2010	Living Environment	End of course	% met std	64%	62%	79%
2011	Living Environment	End of course	% met std	56%	69%	81%
2012	Living Environment	End of course	% met std	55%	61%	78%
2005	Mathematics A	End of course	% met std	33%	42%	77%
2006	Mathematics A	End of course	% met std	59%	53%	79%
2007	Mathematics A	End of course	% met std	58%	55%	77%
2008	Mathematics A	End of course	% met std	59%	47%	76%
2009	Mathematics A	End of course	% met std	40%	40%	61%
2006	Mathematics B	End of course	% met std	13%	36%	68%
2007	Mathematics B	End of course	% met std	34%	45%	70%
2008	Mathematics B	End of course	% met std	46%	33%	70%
2009	Mathematics B	End of course	% met std	24%	26%	68%
2010	Mathematics B	End of course	% met std	29%	29%	61%
2005	Spanish	End of course	% met std	90%	88%	96%
2006	Spanish	End of course	% met std	78%	85%	96%
2007	Spanish	End of course	% met std	92%	86%	97%
2008	Spanish	End of course	% met std	82%	88%	95%
2009	Spanish	End of course	% met std	91%	91%	96%
2010	Spanish	End of course	% met std	87%	92%	95%
2005	U.S. History and Govt	End of course	% met std	50%	34%	76%
2006	U.S. History and Govt	End of course	% met std	44%	42%	79%
2007	U.S. History and Govt	End of course	% met std	65%	40%	79%
2008	U.S. History and Govt	End of course	% met std	49%	52%	83%
2009	U.S. History and Govt	End of course	% met std	43%	52%	80%
2010	U.S. History and Govt	End of course	% met std	73%	65%	83%
2011	U.S. History and Govt	End of course	% met std	72%	68%	80%
2012	U.S. History and Govt	End of course	% met std	57%	67%	79%

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* Secondary School For Journalism was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.