Bushwick Community High School

No state proficiency data is reported here — common for transfer and alternative high schools where students arrive having fallen behind and the focus is on credit recovery rather than standardized tests. Teacher-reported instruction quality of 87% edges above the district average of 86.1%, which is a meaningful signal given the population served.

The climate numbers here are unusually strong for any school, let alone a transfer school: zero suspensions in 2023-24 (down from three the year before), 100% parent satisfaction, and 100% parent-principal trust. Teacher collegial trust at 97% and parent-teacher trust at 99% suggest a tight-knit staff and a parent body that feels heard. The school's own attendance rate isn't in the file, so daily attendance patterns can't be assessed; teacher survey responses were also small (just 10), which tempers confidence in the teacher-side numbers.

The student body is overwhelmingly students of color — 67% Hispanic, 27% Black, 3% Native American, 2% Asian, and 1% White — closely mirroring the surrounding East Bushwick neighborhood, which is largely Hispanic and working-class. With 43% of students classified as having IEPs and an economic need index of 91.4, this is a school serving young people with significant academic and personal challenges. The families who choose this school are looking for a different model than what a larger traditional campus offers.

East Bushwick is a working-class, mostly renter neighborhood where only about one in five households owns their home, even as the median home value pushes $950,000. Median household income sits around $67,000, about a quarter of residents live in poverty, and roughly 11.5% of households include children. Around a third of adults here hold a bachelor's degree — lower than the citywide average.

Subway access is solid: Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs on the M line is about a six-minute walk, with the L line stop at the same station and Knickerbocker Av on the M both about seven minutes away.