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Brooklyn, New York - 40 schools
31,769
Total Enrollment
40
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Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
New York City Geographic District #22 operates 40 public schools serving 31,769 students, placing it in the mid-size range in New York. The school portfolio breaks down into 23 combined, 7 middle, 6 high, 4 elementary schools, giving families a clear picture of grade-band coverage before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Kings County.
and 44.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 30.6% African American, 26.7% White, 20.0% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Ps 193 Gil Hodges, with a diversity index of 77.2/100.
Its largest campus is James Madison High School, enrolling 3,983 students (13% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Professional Pathways High School, at 180 students, a 22x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
New York City Geographic District #22 school enrollment varies 22× across entities
New York City Geographic District #22 school enrollment ranges from 180 students (lowest) to 3,983 students (highest), a spread of 3,803 students. That spread is wider than typical and predicts noticeable gaps in service quality between the highest and lowest areas. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
New York City Geographic District #22 has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 70.5% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Eligibility here is approaching the 75% concentration-grant threshold; it does not yet unlock the extra funding tier but sits meaningfully above the baseline 50% majority mark. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
New York City Geographic District #22 chronic absenteeism rate is 44.5% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Comparisons are relative to New York City Geographic District #22's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in New York City Geographic District #22?
New York City Geographic District #22 has 40 schools, including 6 high, 4 elementary, 7 middle, 23 combined. Total enrollment is 31,769 students.
What is the demographic composition of New York City Geographic District #22?
New York City Geographic District #22 students are 30.6% African American, 26.7% White, 20.0% Hispanic or Latino, 18.1% Asian, averaged across 40 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.