High School for Innovation in Advertising and Media

Academic proficiency data is not available in this dataset, so we can't compare the school's ELA, math, or science outcomes to the district averages of roughly 58% ELA proficiency and 61% math proficiency. The school offers AP courses, ELL support, and Spanish, and its program richness score of 66.2/100 suggests a reasonably full course catalog for a school this size. With a 29% IEP population and an economic need index of 75, the student body brings real academic diversity, but without the scores we can't say how that's translating into outcomes.

Zero suspensions is a genuinely strong signal — this school isn't relying on removal to manage behavior, which is rare and worth noting. Family survey results are excellent on trust (96% parent-teacher, 93% parent-principal) and satisfaction (91%, just under the district average of ~93%), but only 11% of families responded, so those numbers reflect a self-selecting group. The teacher numbers tell a different story: only 72% rate instruction quality positively versus a district average of 89.8%, and teacher-principal trust sits at 58% — a notable gap that suggests internal staff friction worth asking about on a tour. The day-to-day feel is likely calm and orderly, but the staff-side numbers suggest not everyone in the building is on the same page.

Students here are 85% Black, 6% Hispanic, 5% White, and 3% Asian — a diversity index of 35% reflects a fairly homogeneous student body that mirrors the surrounding Canarsie neighborhood more than Brooklyn as a whole. The economic need index of 75 indicates most students come from lower-income households, and with 29% of students classified as IEP, this is a school that serves a meaningfully diverse range of learners. The 293 applicants for 67 seats tells you families across the district are seeking this school out — it's not a school kids fall into by default.

Canarsie is a family-rooted Brooklyn neighborhood where half of households own their homes and the median home value sits around $688,000 — a sign of established, multigenerational stability. Median household income is about $82,000 with a 12.8% poverty rate, and 28.7% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Just under 15% of households have children at home, so the school-age population exists but isn't overwhelming the area. It's a working- and middle-class community where many families have been here for decades.

Most families will arrive via the L train — the Canarsie-Rockaway Pkwy stop is about a 10-minute walk, and East 105 St is roughly 14 minutes on foot. Bus service also covers the area, but the L is the main subway connection.