At a Glance
A Tiny Urban School Where Every Student Is Known by Name
Best suited for
Families seeking an intimate, relationship-driven high school experience in Brooklyn, specifically those who prioritize knowing every classmate and teacher by name over access to extensive sports, clubs, and course selection. Particularly well-suited for students who thrive in small communities and may have struggled in larger school environments.
What stands out
- Extremely small scale — just 51 students total means genuine small-school community
- 9.4:1 student-teacher ratio — far below city averages, enabling individualized attention
- Highly diverse student body with a 0.71 diversity index
- Nonsectarian approach in a school with historic Catholic roots — accessible to families of any or no faith
Things to consider
- Very small enrollment (51) means limited course offerings, sports teams, and extracurricular activities
- With only 5.4 full-time teachers, course variety is inherently constrained
- No athletic facilities or competitive sports programs typical of larger private schools
- As a tiny school, it may lack the comprehensive counseling and college advising resources of larger institutions
- Very high tuition for a school with minimal facilities and programming — families should ask hard questions about value
Identity
This is a tiny, nonsectarian coed high school with an extremely low student-teacher ratio of 9.4:1. With only about a dozen students per grade, there's nowhere to hide — every student is visible, supported, and expected to contribute.
Community
Bishop Loughlin has a distinctive demographic profile: nearly 60% of students identify as Black, with significant multiracial (14%) and white (20%) representation. This is a predominantly Black student body with meaningful diversity beyond that — a pattern more common in urban private schools working to serve economically diverse populations.
Neighborhood
Clinton Hill is a historic Brooklyn neighborhood known for its brownstones, Pratt Institute, and increasingly family-friendly atmosphere. The area has seen significant development in recent years while maintaining its residential character.
The school is situated in a walkable urban neighborhood with good access to public transit. Families living in Brooklyn will have the easiest commute; this is not a destination school drawing students from across the city.
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What Parents Are Saying
Mixed reviews - Niche shows 4.2/5 rating with 256 reviews (79% rated 4-5 stars) praising welcoming community, strong academics, and caring staff; Yelp has 4.2/5 rating with 11 reviews; GreatSchools shows 2.6/5 from 5 reviews with some concerns about academic rigor
Synthesized from public parent reviews · Apr 2026
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- Published quality ratings aren't available for BISHOP LOUGHLIN MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL yet on Motley. It's a private school serving grades 9 to 12 in Clinton Hill.
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- BISHOP LOUGHLIN MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL serves grades 9 to 12.
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- BISHOP LOUGHLIN MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL runs its own private admissions process — typically an application, a visit, and sometimes testing.
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- BISHOP LOUGHLIN MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL is a private school.
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- BISHOP LOUGHLIN MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL is in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn.