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Academy for Young Writers

19K404

06,07,08,09,10,11,12 - Brooklyn, District 19

1065 ELTON STREET (get directions)

$0.00/student (PTA & enrollment SY2024-25)

366 students (SY2025-26)

[email protected] budget $4,885,872 ($13,349/student)

Attendance: 86.9%

ELA Course Pass Rate: 92.5%

Math Course Pass Rate: 86.9%

Overview

Academy for Young Writers is a secondary school school (grades 06,07,08,09,10,11,12) in Brooklyn, Community School District 19.

Enrollment & demographics

School year	Total enrollment
2013-14	502
2014-15	547
2015-16	584
2016-17	566
2017-18	546
2018-19	551
2019-20	542
2020-21	540
2021-22	529
2022-23	491
2023-24	452
2024-25	395
2025-26	366

% female: 54.1% (2025-26)

% poverty: 88.3% (2025-26)

% students with disabilities: 30.6% (2025-26)

% English language learners: 1.6% (2025-26)

Data year

Mixed years. Each share is the newest year this school published it, shown next to the number.

Race / ethnicity

DOE reports race and ethnicity. It does not publish country of nationality.

Asian: 1.6% (2025-26)

Black: 65.3% (2025-26)

Hispanic: 29.2% (2025-26)

White: 0.8% (2025-26)

Multi-racial: 0.3% (2025-26)

Native American: 0.5% (2025-26)

Economic Need Index: 0.88 (DOE's poverty/need composite score, 0-1)

Academic / quality

Attendance: 86.9%

ELA Course Pass Rate: 92.5%

Math Course Pass Rate: 86.9%

Year	Metric	Value
2024	Attendance	81.6%
2024	Attendance	86.9%
2024	College and career ready	39.4
2024	4-year graduation	87.3%
2024	SAT math mean	398
2024	SAT reading & writing mean	426
2024	ELA course pass rate	92.5%
2024	Math course pass rate	86.9%
2023	Attendance	80.4%
2023	Attendance	86.9%
2023	College and career ready	44.3
2023	4-year graduation	87.8%
2023	SAT math mean	397
2023	SAT reading & writing mean	428
2023	ELA course pass rate	84%
2023	Math course pass rate	82.4%
2022	Attendance	79.1%
2022	Attendance	88.6%
2022	4-year graduation	94.9%
2022	SAT math mean	402
2022	SAT reading & writing mean	443
2022	ELA course pass rate	87.1%
2022	Math course pass rate	89.7%
2021	Attendance	76.6%
2021	Attendance	89.6%
2021	4-year graduation	95.3%
2021	SAT math mean	413
2021	SAT reading & writing mean	451
2021	ELA course pass rate	61.8%
2021	Math course pass rate	94.4%
2020	Attendance	78.9%
2020	Attendance	87%
2020	4-year graduation	90.9%
2020	SAT math mean	429
2020	SAT reading & writing mean	454
2020	Math course pass rate	88.7%
2019	Attendance	87.6%
2019	Attendance	91.6%
2019	4-year graduation	89.7%
2019	SAT math mean	436
2019	SAT reading & writing mean	471
2019	ELA course pass rate	92.1%
2019	Math course pass rate	98%
2018	Attendance	87.3%
2018	Attendance	90.7%
2018	4-year graduation	91.7%
2018	SAT math mean	450.4
2018	SAT reading & writing mean	479.6
2018	ELA course pass rate	89.9%
2018	Math course pass rate	92.8%
2017	4-year graduation	86.4%
2017	SAT math mean	432.7
2017	SAT reading & writing mean	461
2017	ELA course pass rate	24.5%
2017	Math course pass rate	93.1%
2016	4-year graduation	88.9%
2016	ELA course pass rate	88.7%
2016	Math course pass rate	94.1%
2015	4-year graduation	86.3%
2015	ELA course pass rate	95.4%
2015	Math course pass rate	96.4%

See the full report on DOE's site for every metric this dataset publishes.

State tests

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.

Year	Grade	Test	Mean scale score	Level 3+4	Tested
2026	6	ELA	443	63%	27
2026	6	Math	436	28%	25
2026	7	ELA	447	48.5%	33
2026	7	Math	438	24.2%	33
2026	8	ELA	444	33.3%	39
2026	8	Science	445	35.1%	37
2025	6	ELA	439	27.6%	29
2025	6	Math	426	3.6%	28
2025	7	ELA	449	57.9%	38
2025	7	Math	442	24.2%	33
2025	8	ELA	447	48.7%	39
2025	8	Math	423	5.9%	17
2025	8	Science	442	33.3%	33
2024	6	ELA	438	38.1%	21
2024	6	Math	431	12.5%	40
2024	7	ELA	454	60%	30
2024	7	Math	440	22.2%	27
2024	8	ELA	445	43.2%	37
2024	8	Math	437	25%	36
2024	8	Science	440	32.4%	34
2023	6	ELA	447	43.9%	41
2023	6	Math	429	17.1%	41
2023	7	ELA	447	50%	42
2023	7	Math	443	28.2%	39
2023	8	ELA	451	48.4%	31
2023	8	Math	438	36%	25
2022	6	ELA	598	45.5%	44
2022	6	Math	585	4.7%	43
2022	7	ELA	602	31.4%	35
2022	7	Math	584	3.1%	32
2022	8	ELA	596	38.6%	57
2022	8	Math	579	0%	51
2019	6	ELA	587	24.3%	74
2019	6	Math	581	11.1%	72
2019	7	ELA	598	28.8%	59
2019	7	Math	597	31%	58
2019	8	ELA	598	44.3%	70
2019	8	Math	592	14.1%	71
2018	6	ELA	597	42.9%	56
2018	6	Math	589	20.4%	54
2018	7	ELA	595	23.1%	78
2018	7	Math	583	9.1%	77
2018	8	ELA	600	42%	69
2018	8	Math	592	17.6%	68

Specialized high school offers

Share of 8th graders in high-school admissions who received an offer to a testing specialized high school. A cell of 0-5 is DOE's suppression for a small count, so that year has no percent.

Year	In HS admissions	Took SHSAT	Offers	Offer rate
2025	41	9	0-5	not reported
2024	41	not reported	0-5	not reported
2023	33	not reported	0-5	not reported
2022	64	6	0-5	not reported

School budget (Galaxy)

Allocated school budget from DOE Galaxy. Fair Student Funding is the main flexible allocation. This is the budget, not dollars already spent. Per student uses the latest enrollment, which can be a different year than the fiscal year. Figures as of 2026-10-23.

Fiscal year	Total budget	Fair Student Funding	Per student
FY 2027	$4,885,872	$3,098,051	$13,349
FY 2026	$1,022,025	not reported	$2,792

FY 2027 line items

Allocation	Amount
TL Fair Student Funding HS	$3,098,051
TL Initial Allocation Hold Harmless FY 2027	$712,967
Title I SWP	$413,224
TL CB School Staff	$111,385
Contract for Excellence FY 09 HS	$92,857
C4E Class Size Transition HS	$76,910
Contract for Excellence FY 2024 HS	$67,045
Title I SWP STH	$59,409
TL C4E FSF	$53,931
TL 09 C4E ICT HS	$49,757
Class Size Reduction C4E Phase In HS	$38,815
TL ELA/Math Student Support	$25,717
Contract for Excellence FY 2025 HS	$25,624
TL 12-Month AP HS	$19,115
High Need Support for Title I	$10,628
TL CB School Staff SAPIS	$9,513
TL Computer Maintenance HS	$6,849
Title IV Summer Rising Pathways Initiatives	$6,350
Title I SWP Parent and Family Engagement	$4,132
Title I SWP Translation Services	$2,065
High Need Support for Title I STH	$1,528

PTA funding (LL171)

$0.00/student (PTA & enrollment SY2024-25)

PTA/PA fundraising per enrolled student - higher generally means a more active parent fundraising community, not a DOE quality signal.

School year	Beginning balance	Total income	Total expenses	Ending balance
2024-25	$0	$0	$0	$0

Sources & methodology

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