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WILLIAMSBURG CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL

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Programs & features
  • 📚 5 AP courses offered — Strong
  • 🔢 3 calculus classes · 3 physics · 8 chemistry
Academic signals
  • 🎓 AP rigor: 63th percentile nationally
  • 📝 SAT/ACT participation: 76th percentile 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.

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How WILLIAMSBURG CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL compares for families

Solid mid-tier academic profile.

  • StatewideAP rigor at the 63th percentile nationally with 5 AP courses.
  • 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: Ohel Chayz Dba Tiferes Mordechei Center For Interg, YOUNG WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP SCHOOL OF BROOKLYN, PS 373 BROOKLYN TRANSITION CENTER and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🎓 Academic rigor

AP + advanced-course offerings

Strong — solid AP program + advanced courses

63th percentile nationally

50th 90th ↑ this school
Less rigorMore rigorMost rigor
AP courses offered
5
Science ✓
Advanced math classes
33
3 calculus · 30 advanced
Lab science classes
11
3 physics · 8 chemistry
Other rigor signals
No dual-enrollment or gifted program reported

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 · 2020-21

76th percentile by test-taker volume

50th 90th
SAT/ACT test-takers
201
11th-12th graders who took 1+ college admissions test
Test-taking intensity
30.4
takers per 100 students in grades 9-12
Compared against
18,426
US high schools reporting SAT/ACT participation

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

50th 90th
4-year graduation rate
82%
Single-point estimate
4-year cohort size
258
Students in the 9th-grade entry class tracked over 4 years
Compared against
17,988
US high schools reporting 4-year ACGR

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

% inexperienced teachers (1st-2nd yr)
53.5%
Elevated — a quarter or more of teachers are in years 1-2. Often correlates with school instability.
% chronic teacher absence (≥10 days/yr)
19.7%
Elevated. Teacher absence directly affects classroom continuity and student outcomes.

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

87.4%
FRPL rate — % of students who qualify for the federal Free or Reduced-Price Lunch program. This is the underlying federal income-eligibility signal Title I designations are computed from (ESEA Sec. 1113).
0% (no FRPL) 35% TA · 40% Schoolwide 100% (universal FRPL)

≥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.

Chronic absenteeism

Share of students absent 15+ days
88.4%
Well above the national average (~16%). At this level, chronic absence becomes a leading driver of enrollment loss as families rotate to other schools.
Students absent 15+ days
588
Federal definition: absent (excused or unexcused) for at least 15 of ~180 school days — about 10% of the school year.

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

Student : Counselor
166:1
Below the ASCA 250:1 recommendation — strong capacity for college planning, course selection, and student supports.
Counselor FTE
4.0
Full-time-equivalent school counselors on staff.
Teacher FTE
71
Full-time-equivalent classroom teachers.

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

Grade 12 went from 233 in 2021 to 264 in 2024 — over 3 years.
+13.3%

Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).

If the recent trend holds…

At its recent rate of -11.6%/year, projecting from 2024's 665 students:

2025
588
2027
459
2029
358

≈ 307 fewer students by 2029 — a real revenue/relevance risk worth getting ahead of.

An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.

Nearby high schools — the local competition

The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.

SchoolTypeMilesHS enrollmentTrend
Ohel Chayz Dba Tiferes Mordechei Center For Interg
Brooklyn
Private 0.3 53 +1.9%
YOUNG WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP SCHOOL OF BROOKLYN
BROOKLYN
Public 0.4 164 -35.7%
PS 373 BROOKLYN TRANSITION CENTER
BROOKLYN
Public 0.6 3
PROGRESS HIGH SCHOOL FOR PROFESSIONAL CAREERS
BROOKLYN
Public 0.6 416 +1.5%
EAST WILLIAMSBURG SCHOLARS ACADEMY
BROOKLYN
Public 0.6 482 +28.2%
HIGH SCHOOL FOR ENTERPRISE BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY (THE)
BROOKLYN
Public 0.6 526 -5.2%
WILLIAMSBURG HIGH SCHOOL OF ART AND TECHNOLOGY (THE)
BROOKLYN
Public 0.6 424 +5.7%
BROOKLYN LATIN SCHOOL (THE)
BROOKLYN
Public 0.6 772 -8.5%

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