At a Glance
A tiny healthcare-focused high school in East New York where 174 teens compete for 56 nursing seats
Best suited for
Brooklyn families — especially East New York residents — with a teenager drawn to nursing or health sciences, who want a small, career-focused school and don't need a sprawling campus or a deep AP catalog to feel satisfied.
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 working healthcare pipeline: students can leave with a CNA certification, not just a diploma
- One of the smallest public high schools in Brooklyn at 148 students, which usually means real adult-student relationships
- A 100/100 program richness score — the most extracurricular variety you can get on the rubric, from Arista to stunt cheerleading
- Zero suspensions reported, which is rare for any high school and worth noticing
- Three subway lines within a seven-minute walk — practical for families without a car
Things to consider
- The Medical Science program offered seats to only 25% of applicants — admission is genuinely competitive, not a default option
- Only 9 teachers responded to the climate survey, so the 78% instruction quality and 76% teacher-principal trust numbers come from a thin sample
- With 24% of students on IEPs and an 85.7 economic need index, families should ask how the school supports high-need learners day-to-day
- A school of 148 students means a narrow social circle and fewer course sections — some kids thrive in this, others find it claustrophobic
- Academic proficiency data wasn't part of the available dataset, so families will want to ask directly about recent Regents results before deciding
Based on 2024-25 data
School SummaryDistrict 19
District 19 covers East New York and Brownsville, and the peer schools in the dataset are overwhelmingly elementary and middle schools, making direct high school comparisons thin. Within that landscape, this school carves out a distinctive career-and-healthcare niche rather than competing on the traditional test-score axis.
Academics
This school's academic identity is built around career-connected pathways rather than headline test scores. The course catalog includes AP Courses, STEM, World Languages, and ELL Support, but the marquee offerings are the CNA and Medical Science programs — both significantly oversubscribed, with offer rates of 33.3% and 25% respectively. The school's small size and health-care focus mean students get a structured route into nursing-adjacent careers, though the available dataset did not include proficiency rates to benchmark against the district averages of roughly 49% in ELA and 48% in math.
Culture
Families feel heard here: parent-teacher and parent-principal trust both sit at 94%, even though overall parent satisfaction (89%) lands slightly below the district average of 91.4%. Teacher-side signals are softer — only 78% rate instruction quality positively versus a district average of 87.9%, and teacher-principal trust is 76%. The teacher survey drew just 9 responses, a small sample that's worth weighing carefully. On the upside, the school reported zero suspensions, a meaningful marker for any high school.
Community
With 148 students total, this is a genuinely small community. The student body is 64% Black and 28% Hispanic, with a 52% diversity index reflecting some heterogeneity beneath those two dominant groups. The economic need index of 85.7 signals that most students come from low-income households, and 24% have IEPs — meaningfully higher than the district norm. The neighborhood around the school has a median household income near $58,000 and a 25% poverty rate, so the school's population mirrors its surroundings rather than diverging from them.
Neighborhood
East New York's northern stretch is a working-class, transit-served pocket of Brooklyn. Median household income sits near $58,000 and roughly a quarter of residents live below the poverty line. Only 17% of households include children — relatively low for the city, pointing to a population heavy on renters and adult-only households. Homeownership is just 30%, though the median home value of about $617,000 reflects the area's ongoing price pressure. Only 15.7% of adults here hold a bachelor's degree, so families navigating high school admissions are often first-generation guides.
The school is a 4-minute walk from Pennsylvania Av (3) and a 7-minute walk from both Van Siclen Av (3) and Livonia Av (L) — three nearby stations on two lines.
Survey Results
NYC School Survey (2025) · 117 families responded (64% rate)
Programs & Activities
Admissions Demand
CTE Curriculum provides a pathway for students to transition from high school to post secondary opportunities in health careers. Students will engage in hands-on experience by providing patients with health care needs in various medical settings through clinical internship programs.
Students will discover the science of protecting and improving the health of the entire population. The goal is to acquire the knowledge to address concerns within the physical environment, research and investigate risk factors, providing motivations for changes in lifestyles, and develop services for the maintenance of healthy lifestyles. Students will engage in service learning opportunities to further their interest in careers such as public health administration and health care.
Racial & Ethnic Diversity
NYC DOE InfoHub · 2022-23
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. World Academy for Total Community Health High School admits through 2 programs, and each one has its own admissions method:
- CNA Certified Nursing Assistant Program with Phlebotomy and EKG TechnicianLimited UnscreenedEvent priority34 seats
- Medical ScienceUnscreened
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.
- 2Programs marked “Event priority” put families who attended an open house, tour or information session first — sign in when you go.
- 3Unscreened programs fill by random lottery among the families who rank them.
- 4Rank programs in true preference order — the match places your child in the highest-ranked one that offers a seat.
Open houses and tours
We haven’t seen open-house dates for this school yet.
A program here gives priority to families who attended an event — sign in when you go.
From the MySchools admissions calendar, checked weekly.
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Frequently Asked Questions
- Is World Academy for Total Community Health High School a good school?
- On Motley, World Academy for Total Community Health High School earns an overall rating of 40/100 — 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 World Academy for Total Community Health High School serve?
- World Academy for Total Community Health High School serves grades 9 to 12.
- How do students get into World Academy for Total Community Health High School?
- World Academy for Total Community Health High School admits mostly by lottery, with a modest preference for students who show interest (a tour or info session).
- Is World Academy for Total Community Health High School public, charter, or private?
- World Academy for Total Community Health High School is a public school in NYC Community School District 19.
- What neighborhood is World Academy for Total Community Health High School in?
- World Academy for Total Community Health High School is in East New York (North), Brooklyn.