PS 721 BROOKLYN OCCUPATIONAL TRAINING CENTER

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JOHN DEWEY HIGH SCHOOL → HIGH SCHOOL OF SPORTS MANAGEMENT → KINGSBOROUGH EARLY COLLEGE SCHOOL → LIFE ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL FOR FILM AND MUSIC → LEADERS HIGH SCHOOL → INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AT LAFAYETTE → CONEY ISLAND PREPARATORY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL → RACHEL CARSON HIGH SCHOOL FOR COASTAL STUDIES →

📋 At a glance

Programs & features

Academic signals

🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools

Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

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How PS 721 BROOKLYN OCCUPATIONAL TRAINING CENTER compares for families

What families should know about PS 721 BROOKLYN OCCUPATIONAL TRAINING CENTER.

▸ 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: JOHN DEWEY HIGH SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOL OF SPORTS MANAGEMENT, KINGSBOROUGH EARLY COLLEGE SCHOOL and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

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SAT / ACT participation

CRDC federal data · 2020-21

SAT/ACT test-takers

11th-12th graders who took 1+ college admissions test

Test-taking intensity

0.0

takers per 100 students in grades 9-12

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.

👩‍🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC

Teacher experience & reliability

% inexperienced teachers (1st-2nd yr)

11.0%

Typical mix. Watch the trend — high turnover can compound.

% chronic teacher absence (≥10 days/yr)

24.4%

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

93.3%

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

68.2%

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

283

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

346:1

Above the ASCA 250:1 target but below the US median (~430:1). Capacity is workable.

Counselor FTE

1.2

Full-time-equivalent school counselors on staff.

Teacher FTE

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

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

If the recent trend holds…

At its recent rate of -1.9%/year, projecting from 2024's 415 students:

2025

407

2027

392

2029

378

≈ 37 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.

School	Type	Miles	HS enrollment	Trend
JOHN DEWEY HIGH SCHOOL BROOKLYN	Public	0.0	2,194	+1.7%
HIGH SCHOOL OF SPORTS MANAGEMENT BROOKLYN	Public	0.4	385	+39.0%
KINGSBOROUGH EARLY COLLEGE SCHOOL BROOKLYN	Public	0.4	427	-0.2%
LIFE ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL FOR FILM AND MUSIC BROOKLYN	Public	0.4	196	-14.4%
LEADERS HIGH SCHOOL BROOKLYN	Public	0.4	383	+0.3%
INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AT LAFAYETTE BROOKLYN	Public	0.5	331	-2.9%
CONEY ISLAND PREPARATORY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL BROOKLYN	Public · charter	0.6	379	+8.3%
RACHEL CARSON HIGH SCHOOL FOR COASTAL STUDIES BROOKLYN	Public	0.6	619	+7.3%