High · New York
Academy for Young Writers
Academy for Young Writers, a public high school in Brooklyn, New York: grades 6–12, 398 students, 9.1 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of New York City Geographic District #19.
Size and class size
Compared with high schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 398
- Teachers (FTE)
- 43.9
- Students per teacher
- 9.1
- Grades
- 6–12
- High
Fewer students per teacher than 79% of high schools in New York
Median 10.8 · 1,173 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 86% of high schools in the US
Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared
Smaller than 59% of high schools in New York
Median 459 · 1,205 schools compared
Smaller than 51% of high schools in the US
Median 414 · 22,064 schools compared
What it offers
- Grades
- High · Grades 6–12
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Area
- Large city
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with New York City Geographic District #19.
Location
- Address
- 1065 Elton St, Brooklyn, NY 11208
- Phone
- (718)688-7230
- City or town
- New York
- County
- Kings County
Nearby high schools
The closest public high schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
Spring Creek Community SchoolFree meals for all | 6–12 | 350 | 10.7 |
| 9–12 | 138 | 8.6 | |
East New York Family AcademyFree meals for all | 6–12 | 610 | 10.3 |
| 9–12 | 358 | 12.8 | |
| 9–12 | 199 | 10.1 | |
| 9–12 | 417 | 11.9 |
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
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