ACORN Community High School
09,10,11,12 - Brooklyn, District 17
561 GRAND AVENUE (get directions)
ACORN Community High School is a high school school (grades 09,10,11,12) in Brooklyn, Community School District 17.
| School year | Total enrollment |
|---|---|
| 2013-14 | 623 |
| 2014-15 | 504 |
| 2015-16 | 373 |
| 2016-17 | 262 |
% female: 44.7% (2016-17)
% poverty: 79.8% (2016-17)
% students with disabilities: 30.2% (2016-17)
% English language learners: 5% (2016-17)
Race / ethnicity
DOE reports race and ethnicity. It does not publish country of nationality.Asian: 1.9% (2016-17)
Black: 79.4% (2016-17)
Hispanic: 14.9% (2016-17)
White: 2.7% (2016-17)
Multi-racial: not reported
Native American: not reported
| Year | Metric | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Attendance | 64.3% |
| 2019 | 4-year graduation | 57.6% |
| 2019 | SAT math mean | 391 |
| 2019 | SAT reading & writing mean | 414 |
| 2018 | Attendance | 70.1% |
| 2018 | 4-year graduation | 72.7% |
| 2018 | SAT math mean | 436.3 |
| 2018 | SAT reading & writing mean | 443.1 |
| 2017 | 4-year graduation | 72.5% |
| 2017 | SAT math mean | 421 |
| 2017 | SAT reading & writing mean | 439.4 |
| 2016 | 4-year graduation | 74.3% |
| 2015 | 4-year graduation | 69.8% |
Mean scale score on the New York State test for the grades this school serves. The percent is students at level 3 or 4, not a percentile rank. Scores from 2023 on use the current standards and are not comparable to earlier years. High school SAT section scores stay in Academic / quality.
No grade 3-8 state test row is published for the grades this school serves.
No SHSAT feeder-school row is published for this school. DOE reports this for middle schools whose 8th graders entered high-school admissions.
No DOE Galaxy budget is published for this school.
PTA $ not reported
PTA/PA fundraising per enrolled student - higher generally means a more active parent fundraising community, not a DOE quality signal.PTA funding not reported for this school.
Sources & methodology
PTA/PA financial reporting: NYC DOE Local Law 171 report - last updated 2026-10-23
Enrollment & demographics: NYC DOE Demographic Snapshot - last updated 2026-10-23
School directory: NYC Open Data School Locations - last updated 2026-10-23
Quality report: NYC DOE School Quality Reports - last updated 2026-10-23
School budget: NYC DOE Galaxy Allocations - last updated 2026-10-23
Specialized high school offers: NYC Open Data SHSAT results by feeder school - last updated 2026-10-23
Other schools in this building
Gotham Professional Arts Academy (13K594)Data from NYC Department of Education and NYC Open Data. Free and public - no accounts, no paid ranking data.