At a Glance
A fiercely screened Park Slope high school where almost every family that lands a seat stays deeply engaged
Best suited for
Academically motivated students who thrive in structured, screened environments and families who want a tight-knit, high-trust school community with easy subway access in a family-dense Brooklyn neighborhood.
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
- A 2.9% offer rate from 5,061 applicants makes this one of the most selective public high schools in NYC
- Zero suspensions in a 672-student high school is genuinely rare and points to a culture-led discipline approach
- Parent-principal trust at 99% and parent-teacher trust at 98% — essentially ceiling-level scores for any public school
- ELL support coexists with AP coursework, signaling a real range of student needs served within a screened setting
- An unusually broad athletics menu including fencing, swimming, and stunt alongside traditional team sports
Things to consider
- Screened admissions mean families need to plan early and prepare for a highly selective process
- PTA fundraising at $272/student runs below the district average of $491 — unusual given the neighborhood's affluence and worth asking about directly
- Average class size of 25 is slightly above the district average of 25, so don't expect unusually small classes
- 17% IEP students in a screened school — families should ask specifically how special education services are structured at this level
- Academic outcomes aren't detailed in the dataset provided, so families should confirm results through additional sources before committing
Based on 2024-25 data
School SummaryDistrict 15
District 15 is best known for sought-after elementary schools — the peer schools listed all score 90+ out of 100 — but Millennium Brooklyn stands out as the district's premier screened high school option, drawing applicants from across the city.
Academics
Survey-reported teacher instruction quality lands at 96%, well above the district average of 89% — a strong signal about classroom rigor from the adults who actually work there. With screened admissions selecting from 5,061 applicants and specializations spanning AP coursework, humanities, and ELL support, the school is built around a competitive cohort. The program richness score of 69.3/100 is solid, with an unusually broad athletics menu (fencing, swimming, stunt alongside basketball and soccer) and language pathways in French and Spanish.
Culture
Zero suspensions in a 672-student high school is genuinely rare and tells you this school runs on culture, not consequences. Parent-principal trust sits at 99% and parent-teacher trust at 98%, essentially at ceiling for any public school, while teachers report 96% collegial trust and 95% trust in their principal — meaning faculty buy-in matches family buy-in. With teacher-reported instruction quality at 96%, the day-to-day feel here is one where adults and parents are aligned and students aren't being pulled out of class for disciplinary reasons.
Community
The student body is 42% White, 21% Asian, 15% Hispanic, 11% Black, and 2% multiracial — a mix that's notably whiter than the typical NYC public school but still genuinely diverse. The economic need index of 45.4 puts roughly half of students in economically disadvantaged categories, meaning this screened school draws from across the city and doesn't perfectly mirror Park Slope's affluence. With 17% of students classified as IEP and dedicated ELL support, the school serves a real range of needs within its selective frame.
Neighborhood
Park Slope is one of Brooklyn's wealthiest, most family-dense neighborhoods — a median household income over $191,000, a poverty rate under 5%, and nearly a quarter of households with kids. The 82% bachelor's-degree rate and $1.6M median home value tell you this is a place where college-educated parents cluster, and the school sits squarely in the middle of it. The setting shapes both who applies and how the school feels day-to-day.
The 7 Av F and G stop is about a 5-minute walk, with the 15 St-Prospect Park F and G and Union St R stations each around 13 minutes away — three solid transit options for families commuting from across Brooklyn.
Survey Results
NYC School Survey (2025) · 168 families responded (25% rate)
Programs & Activities
Admissions Demand
Priority given to students who are eligible for Free or Reduced Price Lunch (based on family income) for up to 50% of seats.
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. Millennium Brooklyn HS admits through one program, and each one has its own admissions method:
- Millennium BrooklynScreened
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.
- 2Screened programs rank the 7th-grade core-course average, so last year's final grades are the ones that count.
- 3Rank programs in true preference order — the match places your child in the highest-ranked one that offers a seat.
ASD Nest
Millennium Brooklyn HS runs an ASD Nest program (L63Y), 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 Millennium Brooklyn HS a good school?
- On Motley, Millennium Brooklyn HS earns an overall rating of 94/100 — 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 Millennium Brooklyn HS serve?
- Millennium Brooklyn HS serves grades 9 to 12.
- How do students get into Millennium Brooklyn HS?
- Millennium Brooklyn HS 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 Millennium Brooklyn HS public, charter, or private?
- Millennium Brooklyn HS is a public school in NYC Community School District 15.
- What neighborhood is Millennium Brooklyn HS in?
- Millennium Brooklyn HS is in Park Slope, Brooklyn.