The Brooklyn Academy of Global Finance

The school offers AP Courses alongside ELL Support and Spanish, giving a small student body a window into college-level work that many larger Brooklyn high schools also provide. No school-level proficiency scores were reported for this profile, so academic performance is hard to benchmark, but the program richness score of 51.5 out of 100 sits in the moderate range — meaning there is college-prep content but not a deep menu of electives. Average class size of about 18 students mirrors the district average, so students should expect typical-sized rooms rather than unusually intimate ones.

The standout feature here is discipline: zero total suspensions is genuinely rare and suggests a calm, well-managed environment. Parent satisfaction runs at 89%, just slightly below the district average of 91%, but parent trust in teachers (94%) and the principal (95%) is strong — families feel heard by leadership. Teachers give principal trust an 87% and collegial trust a 91%, indicating staff cohesion, though teacher-rated instruction quality of 84% lands a touch below the district average of 86%. Day-to-day feel: a small school where adults know families and the corridors stay settled.

Sixty-one percent of students identify as Black and 29% as Hispanic, with smaller Asian, White, and Native American populations — closely mirroring the broader Bedford-Stuyvesant community the school serves. The economic need index of 91.2% signals that most students come from households with significant financial pressure, which shapes what the school has to provide in supports like ELL services for the 28% of students with IEPs. Twenty-eight percent of students have IEPs, well above what you would see at many screened city high schools, reflecting the open ed-opt admissions policy.

Bedford-Stuyvesant (East) is a predominantly renter neighborhood with a median household income near $71,000, a poverty rate of 23%, and a homeownership rate under 27%. About 12% of households have children at home, and roughly 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree — a working-class community with a growing professional presence, also reflected in a median home value of about $1.18 million. Families here rely on the local subway and bus network to reach jobs, appointments, and after-school programs.

The school is about a 5-minute walk from the Kosciuszko St J stop, a 9-minute walk from Myrtle Av, served by the M, J, and Z lines, and roughly 11 minutes on foot from Central Av on the M. Three train lines within easy walking radius give students from Bushwick, Williamsburg, and Crown Heights reasonable commute options.