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What’s Special

All-girls school with emphasis on science and technology; International Baccalaureate program

The Downside

Too soon to tell

Brooklyn Emerging Leaders Academy (BELA), an all-girls high school opened in 2017, aims to provide a rich education in science and technology to young women in and around Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn.  

The school is the brainchild of Nicia Fullwood, the school’s founding principal, and Shannon Riley, a social worker. Inspired by their work advising and counseling girls through CAS’ Carrera Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Program, the school’s founders  “hope to inspire and lead young women to make an impact in their communities,” they told DNAinfo.

BELA is equipped with a FUSE studio, which is a technology lab designed by Northwestern University to offer interactive STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) lessons. Students may work alone or in groups and are free to move at their own pace in these studios, building robots, designing software programs and working with 3-D printers.  

Students up to the challenge may participate in the International Baccalaureate Advanced Studies Program, which is an internationally recognized and highly rigorous program that emphasizes rich class discussions and lots of research and writing.

All BELA students study Latin and take an SAT preparation class.

BELA uses a “restorative justice” approach to discipline that minimizes suspensions and promotes positive behavior through conversation, reflection and corrective action.

ADMISSIONS: By lottery. (Isabel Corpus, web reports, July 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?
 
87%
How many parents of students with disabilities say this school offers enough activities and services for their children's needs?
 
100%
How many parents of students with disabilities say this school works to achieve the goals of their students' IEPs?
 
100%
From the 2021-22 School Quality Guide and 2020-21 NYC School Survey

Students

236
Number of students
Citywide Average is 615

Race/Ethnicity


School
Citywide
Low-income students
 
81%
Students with disabilities
 
19%
Multilingual learners
 
3%
From the 2022-23 Demographic Snapshot

Safety & Vibe

School
Citywide
How many students were suspended?
 
0%
From the 2020-21 NYC School Survey and 2019-20 NY State Report Card

Faculty & Staff

School
Citywide

Teachers’ Race/Ethnicity


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

Not offered in 2019-20

Computer Science

Not offered in 2019-20

Physics

 
7%

Advanced Foreign Language

 
13%

AP/IB Arts, English, History or Social Science

 
100%

AP/IB Math or Science

 
45%

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 take a college-level course or earn a professional certificate?
 
78%
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?
 
83%
From the 2022-23 FAFSA data released by Federal Student Aid, brought you by
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Contact & Location

Location

125 Stuyvesant Avenue
Brooklyn NY 11221

Trains: J Line to Kosciuszko St; M Line, Z Line to Myrtle Ave

Buses: B15, B47, B54, B38, B46, B46 SBS, Q24


Contact

Principal: Nicia Fullwood

Website

Other Details

Shared campus? Yes

This school shares a building with The Brooklyn Academy of Global Finance

Uniforms required? No
Metal detectors? No

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