JOHN DEWEY HIGH SCHOOL
BROOKLYN · NY · NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #21 · Public
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PS 721 BROOKLYN OCCUPATIONAL TRAINING CENTER → 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
- 📚 16 AP courses offered — Elite
- ✅ Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- 🔢 2 calculus classes · 2 physics · 30 chemistry
- 🎓 AP rigor: 86th percentile nationally
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: 86th percentile by test-taker volume
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 79% (Bottom 26% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How JOHN DEWEY HIGH SCHOOL compares for families
Standout academic depth by national standards.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor in the top 14% nationally with 16 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: PS 721 BROOKLYN OCCUPATIONAL TRAINING CENTER, HIGH SCHOOL OF SPORTS MANAGEMENT, KINGSBOROUGH EARLY COLLEGE SCHOOL and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🎓 Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Elite — exceptional AP + advanced course breadth
86th percentile nationally
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 · 2020-2186th percentile by test-taker volume
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 26% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate
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
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
≥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.
Counselor capacity
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 +0.6%/year, projecting from 2024's 2,209 students:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS 721 BROOKLYN OCCUPATIONAL TRAINING CENTER BROOKLYN |
Public | 0.0 | 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% |