At a Glance
A large, highly selective Brooklyn high school mixing a tech-arts focus with a strikingly calm discipline climate.
Best suited for
Families who've done the selective admissions homework and want a diverse, well-disciplined large school with real AP and ELL offerings — and who are comfortable being one of more than a thousand students rather than knowing every teacher by name.
Overall Rating
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.
How this is scored→What stands out
- Zero total suspensions — well below the district average suspension rate of 0.32%
- Highly selective admissions: 2,882 applicants for 246 seats (8.3% offer rate)
- Long-tenured partnership with the Charles Hayden Foundation enriching programming
- Unusually broad club menu including GSA, Women in Science, Model UN, culinary, video games, and RPG
- AP coursework plus dedicated ELL support in a school where nearly half of students are Hispanic
Things to consider
- With 1,274 students, this is a large school — anyone wanting a tight-knit community should ask about advisories or house structures
- PTA fundraising is essentially symbolic at $2 per student versus the district average of $61.10 — enrichment costs may fall on families
- Teacher-principal trust sits at 76%, meaningfully lower than parent-principal trust at 95% — that mismatch is worth exploring
- Economic need index of 73.5% means most students arrive with significant financial disadvantage, which shapes school culture and resources
- 18% IEP enrollment is a real consideration for any family evaluating special education services
Based on 2024-25 data
School SummaryDistrict 20
Telecommunications sits in District 20 alongside a strong cluster of elementary and middle schools, but it's one of the larger specialized high school options for older students in the area. Class size matches the district average exactly at 25 students, and the school lands just shy on parent satisfaction (92% vs district 94.3%) and teacher instruction quality (91% vs 92.2%). Discipline is where it most clearly outperforms its peer schools.
Academics
The school offers AP coursework, ELL support, humanities electives, and world languages — and runs classes at the district average size of 25 students. Specific proficiency scores aren't reported in this dataset, so a parent who cares about measurable outcomes will want to ask the school directly. What the numbers do show is a program-rich offering (77.8/100) that suggests students have meaningful academic pathways beyond the basics.
Culture
The discipline climate is the standout: zero total suspensions against a district average suspension rate of 0.32%. Parents report strong trust with teachers (94%) and even stronger trust with the principal (95%), and 92% of parents say they're satisfied overall — slightly below the district's 94.3% parent satisfaction average but still healthy. There's a noticeable internal gap, though: only 76% of teachers say they trust the principal, while 88% say they trust each other. That gap is worth asking about on a tour.
Community
Students here are 47% Hispanic, 28% Asian, 19% White, 4% Black, with a small mix of multiracial and Native American students, and an economic need index of 73.5% signaling substantial poverty. The school's diversity index sits at 67% — solidly mixed, though Black representation is low. That mix is notably different from the surrounding Bay Ridge neighborhood, where the median household income is near $89,000 and roughly half of working-age residents hold a bachelor's degree — telling you the school draws students from well beyond its immediate zip code.
Neighborhood
Bay Ridge is a stable, family-rooted Brooklyn neighborhood where about half of working-age residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher, median household income sits near $89,000, and 37.5% of households own their homes — among the higher homeownership rates in the borough. Roughly 19% of households have children under 18, and the local poverty rate is 11.5%. The school sits close to several R and N line stops, making it realistic for students coming from elsewhere in Brooklyn to commute in.
Three subway options are within easy reach: Bay Ridge Av (R) about 3 minutes on foot, 59 St (N, R) about 9 minutes, and 77 St (R) about 10 minutes.
Survey Results
NYC School Survey (2025) · 328 families responded (28% rate)
Programs & Activities
Admissions Demand
A college preparatory institution offering a wide range of challenging academic courses. Computers are used as a tool to enhance the academic lives of our students.
Racial & Ethnic Diversity
NYC DOE InfoHub · 2022-23
PTA Fundraising
Source: DOE Local Law 171 disclosure
Discipline
NYSED Student & Educator Database
Economic Need & Special Populations
How to get in, step by step
High school (9th grade)
High school is one citywide application, made in 8th grade. High School of Telecommunication Arts and Technology admits through one program, and each one has its own admissions method:
- Telecommunication Arts and TechnologyEd. Opt.
High school application
- Opened
- Tue, Oct 6
- Closes
- Fri, Dec 4
- Offers
- Wed, Mar 3
The DOE’s published dates.
- 1Apply on MySchools during the high school application, in 8th grade.
- 2Educational Option programs fill in equal shares across three reading levels, half by the school's ranking and half by lottery.
- 3Rank programs in true preference order — the match places your child in the highest-ranked one that offers a seat.
ASD Nest
High School of Telecommunication Arts and Technology runs an ASD Nest program (K59Y), listed in the DOE high school directory.
ASD Nest and ASD Horizon are special education programs inside regular district schools, for some students whose IEP carries an autism classification. Both teach the same New York State standards as every other public school.
ASD Nest runs Integrated Co-Teaching classes: a special education teacher and a general education teacher, with students with and without disabilities, plus a social curriculum developed at NYU.
Program descriptions: NYC Public Schools' Autism Family Resource Guide (last updated January 9, 2025).
A seat starts with your child's IEP team: ask them whether a program fits and how to apply.
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Frequently Asked Questions
- Is High School of Telecommunication Arts and Technology a good school?
- On Motley, High School of Telecommunication Arts and Technology earns an overall rating of 70/100 — 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 High School of Telecommunication Arts and Technology serve?
- High School of Telecommunication Arts and Technology serves grades 9 to 12.
- How do students get into High School of Telecommunication Arts and Technology?
- High School of Telecommunication Arts and Technology uses the Educational Option (Ed-Opt) method, ranking applicants across performance levels so seats go to a mix of abilities.
- Is High School of Telecommunication Arts and Technology public, charter, or private?
- High School of Telecommunication Arts and Technology is a public school in NYC Community School District 20.
- What neighborhood is High School of Telecommunication Arts and Technology in?
- High School of Telecommunication Arts and Technology is in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn.