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What’s Special
Students are encouraged to tackle college-level work
The Downside
Too soon to tell if school's improvements will hold
Brooklyn Collegiate is a small high school that’s making some gains after a period of dwindling enrollment and low performance.
The city threatened in late 2017 to close the school for poor performance, but reversed itself a few months later to give it more time to improve. Since then, Brooklyn Collegiate’s graduation and college readiness rates have risen to levels on par with the citywide average.
Teachers are making a big effort to get more students prepared to take Advanced Placement (AP) courses in the upper grades. All freshmen take an AP seminar that focuses on learning to read and analyze complex texts. Lessons in grades 9 and 10 are designed to introduce students to the kinds of skills needed to tackle college-level coursework. In their English classes, freshmen and sophomores read books such as To Kill a Mockingbird, Things Fall Apart, The Joy Luck Club and The Other Wes Moore.
Beyond AP classes, students who are ready for the challenge may take courses at Medgar Evers College, Monroe College and Brooklyn College.
Brooklyn Collegiate opened in 2004 as a combined middle and high school, but in 2012 the city decided to phase out the middle school due to its poor performance. Achievement First Brownsville Charter School, a 6-12 charter school, moved into the former middle school space.
Students have access to an onsite medical clinic. (Laura Zingmond, web reports, December 2018)
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Advanced Courses
Calculus
Computer Science
Not offered in 2021-21Physics
Advanced Foreign Language
AP/IB Arts, English, History or Social Science
AP/IB Math or Science
Music
College Readiness
Programs & Admissions
From the 2024 High School DirectoryBrooklyn Collegiate High School ASD Nest Program (K93H)
Brooklyn Collegiate Preparatory HS: A College Board School (K93X)
Program Description:
Students will learn to read complex texts and write in all content areas, using pre-AP strategies. All students will be enrolled in pre-AP courses beginning freshman year. Students are offered the opportunity to achieve an AP Capstone diploma, beginning with AP Seminar in their Freshman year followed by AP Research. Student leadership programs are available through the Brooklyn TRIO Program and the Leaders of Tomorrow program. Internships are available to all students in every content area.
Offerings
From the 2024 High School DirectoryLanguage Courses
Spanish
Advanced Courses
Algebra II (Advanced Math), AP Biology, AP Chemistry, AP English Language and Composition, AP United States History, Calculus (College Course [Credited]), Chemistry (Advanced Science), Econ/Gov (College Course [Credited]), Other (College Course [Credited]), Other (College Course [Uncredited]), Physics (Advanced Science), Social Studies (College Course [Credited]), World Languages (Advanced World Languages)
Boys PSAL teams
Basketball, Soccer
Girls PSAL teams
Basketball, Outdoor Track
Read about admissions, academics, and more at this school on NYCDOE’s MySchools
Contact & Location
Location
2021 Bergen Street
Brooklyn
NY
11233
Trains: , to Rockaway Av; , to Broadway Junction-East New York
Buses: B12, B14, B25, B47, B60, B7
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Other Details
This school shares a building with Achievement First Brownsville Charter School
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