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What’s Special

Connection with families

The Downside

Some safety concerns

The High School for Service and Learning, one of five small schools on the Erasmus Hall Campus in Flatbush, provides a personalized approach and an emphasis on service to prepare student for college, career or both.

Although many 9th graders come in with low test scores, students are more likely to graduate on time than those at what the city considers comparable schools. An unusually high number of students unable to complete high school in four years, persist and gain their diplomas a year or two later. 

Parents responding to a Department of Education survey see the school as welcome and communicative. Staff emphasize community ties and are responsive to parent concerns.

Like their counterparts at some other schools on the historic Erasmus campus, many students don’t feel safe outside the building. But a significant number of Service and Learning students also don’t feel safe inside their school.

Service and Learning shares the building with two 6-12 schools, the well-regarded Science, Technology and Research Early College High School, known as STAR and the Academy for College Preparation and Career Development, as well as two more high schools, Academy of Hospitality and Tourism and High School for Youth and Community Development. Sports teams, including a girls’ flag football squad and a co-ed stunt team, take students from all the schools

Special education: Service and Learning offers some ICT (integrated co-teaching) classes as well as self-contained classes.  (Gail Robinson, web reports, December 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?
 
92%
How many students with disabilities graduate in 4 years?
 
100%
How many English language learners graduate in 4 years?
 
64%
Average daily attendance
 
86%
How many students miss 18 or more days of school?
 
46%
From the 2022-23 School Quality Guide and 2022-23 NYC School Survey

Students

227
Number of students
Citywide Average is 615

Race/Ethnicity


School
Citywide
Low-income students
 
75%
Students with disabilities
 
19%
Multilingual learners
 
18%
From the 2022-23 Demographic Snapshot

Safety & Vibe

School
Citywide
How many students were suspended?
 
3%
How many students say they feel safe in the hallways, bathrooms and locker rooms?
 
85%
How many students think bullying happens most or all of the time at this school?
 
40%
How many students say that some are bullied at their school because of their gender or sexual orientation?
 
35%
How many teachers say they would recommend this school to other families?
 
69%
From the 2022-23 NYC School Survey and 2019-20 NY State Report Card

Faculty & Staff

School
Citywide
How many teachers say the principal is an effective manager?
 
100%
4.1
Years of principal experience at this school
Citywide Average is 7
113
Number of students for each guidance counselor or social worker
Citywide Average is 191
How many teachers have 3 or more years of experience teaching?
 
88%
Are teachers effective?
From the 2022-23 NYC School Survey, 2022-23 School Quality Guide, 2021-22 Report on School-Based Staff Demographics, 2023 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

Not offered in 2021-21

Computer Science

Not offered in 2021-21

Physics

 
13%

Advanced Foreign Language

 
13%

AP/IB Arts, English, History or Social Science

 
28%

AP/IB Math or Science

Not offered in 2021-21

Music

Not offered in 2021-21
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?
 
47%
How many students take a college-level course or earn a professional certificate?
 
85%
How many students who have graduated from this high school stay in college for at least 3 semesters?
 
28%
From the 2020-21 and 2022-23 School Quality Guide

How many graduates who are eligible received Tuition Assistance Program (TAP) funding to attend a NYS college?
 
48%
This shows how well this school supports low-income students to get funding for college.
How many of those TAP recipients made it through college? Learn more
From unpublished, anonymized student-level data for the class of 2016-17 provided by the New York State Higher Education Services Corporation (HESC) in coordination with the National Student Clearinghouse (NSC), brought to you by
How many students filled out a FAFSA form by the end of their senior year?
 
61%
From the 2022-23 FAFSA data released by Federal Student Aid, brought to you by Visit Understanding FAFSA for help with the FAFSA and financial aid.
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Programs & Admissions

From the 2024 High School Directory

High School for Service & Learning (K30X)

Admissions Method: Ed. Opt.

Program Description:

Students are working towards service learning hours that will result in a service learning endorsed diploma. Students have choices in internships that anchor to career path interests.

Offerings

From the 2024 High School Directory

Language Courses

French, Spanish

Advanced Courses

Algebra II (Advanced Math), AP Computer Science Principles, AP English Language and Composition, AP English Literature and Composition, AP United States History, Comp Sci/Math Tech (College Course [Credited]), ELA (College Course [Credited]), Other (College Course [Credited]), Social Studies (College Course [Credited]), World Languages (Advanced World Languages)

Boys PSAL teams

Baseball, Basketball, Bowling, Cross Country, Football, Indoor Track, Outdoor Track, Soccer, Volleyball, Wrestling

Girls PSAL teams

Basketball, Cross Country, Flag Football, Indoor Track, Outdoor Track, Softball, Swimming, Table Tennis, Tennis, Volleyball

Read about admissions, academics, and more at this school on NYCDOE’s MySchools

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Contact & Location

Location

911 Flatbush Avenue
Brooklyn NY 11226

Trains: B Line, Q Line to Church Av

Buses: B103, B12, B16, B35, B41, B44, B44-SBS, B49, BM1, BM2, BM3, BM4


Contact

Principal: Denese Farkas

Parent Coordinator: David Jerome

Phone: 718-564-2551

Website

Other Details

Shared campus? Yes

This school shares the Erasmus Hall Educational Campus with four other schools

Uniforms required? No
Metal detectors? Yes

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