High School for Service & Learning at Erasmus

No state proficiency data was reported for this school in the figures provided, so academic performance against the district cannot be assessed from test scores alone. The course catalog tells part of the story: AP courses, humanities tracks, world languages, and ELL support suggest a college-prep orientation, though families should ask directly about recent Regents outcomes and graduation rates. Without proficiency numbers, it's hard to compare to the district's 60.5% ELA and 57.3% math averages.

The day-to-day feel here is unusually orderly for a NYC high school — zero suspensions in the most recent reporting period, against a district average suspension rate of roughly 0.55%. Parent satisfaction (93%) and parent-teacher trust (95%) sit above district averages, and teacher-principal trust is very high at 96%, suggesting leadership is consistent and staff feel heard. The caveat: teacher survey responses were low (14 teachers), so the picture is partly filtered. Still, the combination of high family trust, strong instructional quality ratings (91%), and a clean discipline record paints a calm, relationship-driven environment.

The student body is 70% Black and 21% Hispanic, with smaller shares of Asian, White, and Native American students — a diversity index of 49%, which makes this a more racially concentrated school than the citywide average. The economic need index of 79.3% indicates a high share of students from low-income households, and 22% of students have IEPs. The neighborhood around the school has a median household income near $71,700 and a 15.8% poverty rate, so the school draws from a working-class, predominantly Black Caribbean and African American community that's largely renter households (only 17% own).

East Flatbush-Erasmus is a working-class, predominantly immigrant West Indian neighborhood where about a third of adults hold a bachelor's degree and most families rent rather than own their homes. The block-to-block feel is dense residential, with single-family houses and small apartment buildings sitting alongside the Erasmus campus's cluster of small schools. Households with children make up 12.7% of the area, which is on the low side — meaning many families sending kids here may commute in from elsewhere in the district.

Three subway options within walking distance: the Church Av B and Q stop about 7 minutes away, the Church Av 2 and 5 stop about 9 minutes, and Parkside Av on the Q line about 10 minutes on foot.