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Cyberarts Studio Academy

237 7 AVENUE

At a Glance

A tiny screened arts-and-tech high school where zero suspensions and near-perfect parent trust define the experience.

Best suited for

A creative, self-directed teenager who wants a small school community with serious arts and tech resources, and a family comfortable navigating screened admissions.

Overall Rating

57
Approaching
Not MeetingApproachingMeetingExceeding
4-year graduation87
English Regents 70+41
Regents completion44

Rating = average of 4-year graduation, English Regents college-ready and Regents completion · DOE 2025 report

Bands are Motley's thresholds on a 0–100 scale, not New York State performance levels.

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What stands out

  • Zero suspensions — a genuinely rare climate signal for any NYC high school.
  • Documentary Film, Photography, Drama, Audio & Video Production, and Virtual Reality sit alongside AP Courses — arts and tech are baked into the core, not bolted on.
  • Robotics and Tech Corp give it a STEM-tech identity that matches its name in a way most "arts" schools don't.
  • Strong ELL Support in a screened school, making it accessible to English learners who can clear the admissions bar.
  • Oversubscribed at 147 applicants for 104 seats, with a 100% offer rate — demand is real but selectivity is moderate.

Things to consider

  • No state proficiency data in the snapshot, so academic outcomes are hard to compare head-to-head with other schools.
  • Only 25 teachers responded to the survey — small enough that trust and instruction scores can swing meaningfully from year to year.
  • With 270 students, course offerings, social circles, and extracurricular depth are necessarily narrower than at a 2,000-seat zoned high school.
  • Most students commute in from outside Park Slope, so the immediate neighborhood community won't be your parent network.
  • 85% economic need index means a large share of families are navigating real financial pressure, even though the surrounding blocks are affluent.

Based on 2024-25 data

School SummaryDistrict 15

District 15's standout names (P.S. 172, P.S. 321, the Success Academy Cobble Hill) are all K–8 schools, and Cyberarts occupies a genuinely different niche as a small, screened, arts-and-tech high school with no obvious peer in the district list.

Academics

Limited data

State proficiency numbers weren't included in the snapshot, so what we can read instead is the academic architecture and the internal signals: AP Courses plus a dedicated Humanities track signal a college-prep orientation, and STEM programs (Robotics, Tech Corp, Virtual Reality) give it a tech-forward flavor that matches the school's name. Teachers rate their own instruction quality at 100%, well above the district average of 89%, which is a strong internal vote of confidence from the adults in the building. Dedicated ELL Support means English learners are served explicitly, which is unusual for a screened school.

Culture

Limited data

Zero suspensions is the standout number — exceptionally rare for any NYC high school and a strong signal of either a genuinely warm culture or effective non-punitive discipline practices. Parent satisfaction sits at 99% and both parent-teacher and parent-principal trust hit 100%, with an unusually high 82% family survey response rate that tells you these families are engaged, not just checking a box. Teacher-principal trust is solid at 90%, and teacher collegial trust at 83%, though only 25 teachers responded, which means those numbers can move a lot from one respondent to the next.

Community

The student body is 52% Hispanic, 32% Black, 8% White, and 6% Asian, with 23% of students having IEPs and an economic need index of 85.4 — a population that looks very different from the Park Slope blocks around the school. The surrounding neighborhood is 82% college-educated with a $191K median household income and just 4.9% poverty, so the families sending kids here are mostly commuting in from elsewhere in Brooklyn. That's the standard tradeoff of small screened schools: you get a focused identity and a specific peer group, but the immediate neighborhood isn't who you'll be rubbing shoulders with at drop-off.

Neighborhood

Park Slope

Park Slope around the school is one of the borough's wealthiest census tracts, anchored by high homeownership, a $1.6M median home value, and a deep bench of college-educated residents. Households with children sit at 24.2%, so it's family-oriented without being overrun by strollers. The neighborhood's housing stock and income levels mean most local families are not the ones filling Cyberarts' seats, but the location itself — particularly the F/G access — makes the commute workable for kids coming in from elsewhere.

7 Av on the F and G is about a 5-minute walk; 15 St-Prospect Park (F, G) and Union St (R) are both around 13 minutes on foot.

Survey Results

Family Feedback
Satisfaction
99%
Teacher Trust
100%
Principal Trust
100%
Relationships
n/a
Teacher Perspective
Instruction
100%
Principal Trust
90%
Collegial Trust
83%
Safety
n/a

NYC School Survey (2025) · 216 families responded (82% rate)

Programs & Activities

Academic(2)
AP CoursesHumanities
Arts(4)
Bric Arts Media (School Residencies)Documentary FilmDrama/TheaterPhotography
Sports(10)
BaseballBasketballBoxingCross CountryFlag FootballIndoor TrackOutdoor TrackSoftballSwimmingVolleyball
STEM(2)
RoboticsTech Corp
Language(2)
ELL SupportFrench
Clubs & Activities(8)
Audio & Video ProductionCollege & Career PlanningDigital PublicationsIclubNational Honor SocietyPryTai ChiVirtual Reality

Admissions Demand

CYBERaRTS Studio AcademyAccessible

The CYBERaRTS Studio Academy integrates vigorous STEM, Design Thinking and liberal arts courses to educate talented artist, media specialist, scientists, engineers, and mathematicians--inspiring them to become passionate problem-solvers who understand the impact of their work on society. We believe technology divorced from humanity is worse than no technology at all.

Seats104
Applicants147
Apps/Seat1.4
Offer Rate100%
Fill Raten/a

Racial & Ethnic Diversity

Diverse
52%Hispanic/Latino
32%Black
8%White
6%Asian
1%Native American

NYC DOE InfoHub · 2022-23

Discipline

0suspensions

NYSED Student & Educator Database

Economic Need & Special Populations

Economic Need Index
85.4%
IEP Students
22.6%

How to get in, step by step

High school (9th grade)

High school is one citywide application, made in 8th grade. Cyberarts Studio Academy admits through one program, and each one has its own admissions method:

  • Secondary School for JournalismScreened125 seats

High school application

Opened
Tue, Oct 6
Closes
Fri, Dec 4
Offers
Wed, Mar 3

The DOE’s published dates.

  1. 1Apply on MySchools during the high school application, in 8th grade.
  2. 2Screened programs rank the 7th-grade core-course average, so last year's final grades are the ones that count.
  3. 3Rank programs in true preference order — the match places your child in the highest-ranked one that offers a seat.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is Cyberarts Studio Academy a good school?
On Motley, Cyberarts Studio Academy earns an overall rating of 57/100 — the average of the school's four-year graduation rate, the share of its students scoring college-ready (70+) on the English Regents, and its Regents completion rate, shown out of 100.
What grades does Cyberarts Studio Academy serve?
Cyberarts Studio Academy serves grades 9 to 12.
How do students get into Cyberarts Studio Academy?
Cyberarts Studio Academy is a screened school — it admits by application, ranking applicants on their course grades (4th grade for middle school, the 7th-grade core-course average for high school); a few schools add an assessment, writing sample, or interview.
Is Cyberarts Studio Academy public, charter, or private?
Cyberarts Studio Academy is a public school in NYC Community School District 15.
What neighborhood is Cyberarts Studio Academy in?
Cyberarts Studio Academy is in Park Slope, Brooklyn.