The Academy of Urban Planning and Engineering

The school offers AP courses, ELL support, and Spanish, with a program richness score of 73.2/100 — meaningfully above typical district high schools. Teachers rate instruction quality at 95%, well above the district average of 86%, which is one of the strongest signals in the data about how classroom time actually feels. The school's thematic focus on urban planning and engineering — including dedicated Urban Planning Classes and Urban Ecology — gives it an academic identity most zoned high schools lack. State proficiency figures aren't part of this profile, so direct comparison to the district's 46% ELA and 43% math averages isn't possible here.

The headline number here is zero — zero suspensions across the entire school year, which is genuinely rare and worth parents asking about directly. Trust is the second headline: 96% of parents trust the principal and 96% trust teachers, while 94% of teachers trust the principal and 93% report collegial trust with peers. Parent satisfaction sits at 93%, essentially matching the district average, and teachers rate instruction quality at 95% (vs. district 86%). The school survey response rates are worth flagging — only 37 teachers and 31% of families weighed in — so what we hear is the loudest signal, not the full picture.

Hispanic students make up 70% of the school, with Black students at 21%, White at 5%, Asian at 2%, and a small Native American share — a body that mirrors East Bushwick's immigrant and working-class character. The economic need index of 84.8% means the vast majority of students come from low-income households, and 22% have IEPs, a meaningful share that parents of students with special needs should ask about specifically. East Bushwick's median household income of about $67,000 and 24% poverty rate mean the families sending kids here largely come from similar economic circumstances as the surrounding block.

East Bushwick is a working-class, predominantly renter neighborhood where nearly a quarter of households live below the poverty line and median household income sits around $67,000 — modest by city standards. About 11.5% of households include children, and roughly a third of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The neighborhood skews young, immigrant, and densely packed, with homeownership at just 20.5% and a high median home value reflecting market pressure rather than local wealth.

Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs is about a 5-minute walk and serves both the M and L lines, putting the school on a major transit corridor with quick access to Manhattan and Williamsburg; the Seneca Av M stop is roughly 10 minutes away on foot for families coming from the eastern side.