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City Polytechnic High School of Engineering, Architecture, and Technology

City Polytechnic High School of Engineering, Architecture, and Technology

Grades: 9-12
Noteworthy

Our Insights

What’s Special

Chance to earn two years of college credit for free

The Downside

Turnover in leadership

Part of the city's effort to rethink vocational education, City Polytechnic offers students the chance to earn a high school diploma and an associate's college degree in six years. Students may study civil engineering, construction management and architecture at New York City College of Technology, the CUNY school just down the street.

City Poly shares a building with Westinghouse High School and the middle school grades of PS 8, an elementary school in Brooklyn Heights. There is a campus-wide talent and fashion show, as well as shared sports teams. The schools share the cafeteria and gym. Students must pass through metal detectors.

We saw some hands-on projects on our visit. In an applied physics class, students discussed kinetic energy and acceleration after a trip to an amusement park where they rode a roller coaster. They made model "maglev" trains using the force of magnetism to move their cardboard train cars along a track. Engineering students took notes on traffic hazards on a street corner outside the school; they planned to give recommendations to the city's Vision Zero project to decrease pedestrian injuries and fatalities. Students interested in architecture take CAD (computer-aided drafting).

Founded in 2009 in the George Westinghouse High School building, City Poly was originally designed as a five-year program in which students would complete their high school requirements in three years, then take college courses. The accelerated program didn't work for everyone, especially for the many students who began 9th grade with poor academic skills. Staff decided to revamp the curriculum so students would have four years of high school and two years of college, similar to P-Tech, another Brooklyn career and technical education school. City Poly is 80 percent male.

There has been some turnover in leadership. Yusuf Muhammad, who became principal in 2013, left in 2016 and was replaced by Judie Hartmann. Hartmann left in February 2018, replaced by Lisa Ostom as interim acting principal.

SPECIAL EDUCATION: The school offers ICT team-teaching and self-contained classes. (Clara Hemphill, May 2015; updated April 2018)

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School Stats

Citywide Average Key
This school is Better Near Worse than the citywide average

Academics

School
Citywide
How many students graduate in 4 years?
 
99%
How many students with disabilities graduate in 4 years?
 
100%
Average daily attendance
 
88%
How many students miss 18 or more days of school?
 
39%
From the 2021-22 School Quality Guide and 2020-21 NYC School Survey

Students

429
Number of students
Citywide Average is 615

Race/Ethnicity


School
Citywide
Low-income students
 
76%
Students with disabilities
 
21%
Multilingual learners
 
5%
From the 2022-23 Demographic Snapshot

Safety & Vibe

School
Citywide
How many students were suspended?
 
1%
How many students say they feel safe in the hallways, bathrooms and locker rooms?
 
93%
How many students think bullying happens most or all of the time at this school?
 
27%
How many students say that some are bullied at their school because of their gender or sexual orientation?
 
0%
How many teachers say they would recommend this school to other families?
 
58%
From the 2020-21 NYC School Survey and 2019-20 NY State Report Card

Faculty & Staff

School
Citywide
How many teachers say the principal is an effective manager?
 
80%
4.3
Years of principal experience at this school
Citywide Average is 7
103
Number of students for each guidance counselor or social worker
Citywide Average is 157

Teachers’ Race/Ethnicity


How many teachers have 3 or more years of experience teaching?
 
61%
Are teachers effective?
From the 2020-21 NYC School Survey, 2021-22 School Quality Guide, 2019-20 Report on School-Based Staff Demographics, 2021 Guidance Counselor Report, and this school's most recent Quality Review Report

Advanced Courses

Which students have access to advanced courses at this school? Learn more

Calculus

 
7%

Computer Science

Not offered in 2019-20

Physics

Not offered in 2019-20

Advanced Foreign Language

Not offered in 2019-20

AP/IB Arts, English, History or Social Science

 
32%

AP/IB Math or Science

 
7%

Music

Not offered in 2019-20
From unpublished, anonymized data from the 2021-22 school year provided by the New York State Education Department, brought to you by

College Readiness

School
Citywide
How many students graduate with test scores high enough to enroll at CUNY without remedial help?
 
64%
How many students take a college-level course or earn a professional certificate?
 
99%
How many students who have graduated from this high school stay in college for at least 3 semesters?
 
80%
From the 2020-21 and 2021-22 School Quality Guide
How many students filled out a FAFSA form by the end of their senior year?
 
73%
From the 2022-23 FAFSA data released by Federal Student Aid, brought you by
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Programs & Admissions

From the 2024 High School Directory

City Polytechnic High School of Engineering, Architecture and Technology (L59A)

Admissions Method: Ed. Opt.

Program Description:

Students may take up to six years to complete the early college school program which includes earning an Associate degree (or up to two years of college credit) and participating in internships.

Offerings

From the 2024 High School Directory

Advanced Courses

Algebra II (Advanced Math), Algebra II (College Course [Credited]), AP English Language and Composition, AP Seminar, AP Statistics, AP United States History, Calculus (College Course [Credited]), Chemistry (Advanced Science), ELA (College Course [Credited]), Other (College Course [Credited])

Boys PSAL teams

Baseball, Basketball, Bowling, Handball, Indoor Track, Outdoor Track, Soccer

Girls PSAL teams

Basketball, Indoor Track, Outdoor Track, Softball, Volleyball

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Contact & Location

Location

105 Tech Place
Brooklyn NY 11201

Trains: 2 Line, 3 Line, 4 Line, 5 Line to Borough Hall; A Line, C Line, F Line, R Line to Jay St - Borough Hall; B Line, Q Line to DeKalb Av; G Line to Hoyt & Schermerhorn; J Line, Z Line to High St

Buses: B103, B25, B26, B38, B41, B45, B52, B54, B57, B61, B62, B63, B65, B67, B69


Contact

Principal: Rachel Hill

Parent Coordinator: David Sanford

Website

Other Details

Shared campus? Yes

This school shares the George Westinghouse Educational Campus with one other school

Uniforms required? No
Metal detectors? Yes

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