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Liberation Diploma Plus

21K728

09,10,11,12 - Brooklyn, District 21

2865 WEST 19TH STREET (get directions)

PTA $ not reported

227 students (SY2025-26)

[email protected] budget $3,769,252 ($16,605/student)

No DOE Quality Report for this school type

Overview

Liberation Diploma Plus is a high school school (grades 09,10,11,12) in Brooklyn, Community School District 21.

Enrollment & demographics

School year	Total enrollment
2013-14	196
2014-15	199
2015-16	206
2016-17	206
2017-18	225
2018-19	245
2019-20	223
2020-21	213
2021-22	194
2022-23	205
2023-24	209
2024-25	225
2025-26	227

% female: 40.1% (2025-26)

% poverty: 93% (2025-26)

% students with disabilities: 44.9% (2025-26)

% English language learners: 10.1% (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: 4% (2025-26)

Black: 33.9% (2025-26)

Hispanic: 44.1% (2025-26)

White: 16.7% (2025-26)

Multi-racial: 0.4% (2025-26)

Native American: 0.9% (2025-26)

Economic Need Index: 0.91 (DOE's poverty/need composite score, 0-1)

Academic / quality

No DOE Quality Report for this school type

Year	Metric	Value
2024	SAT math mean	384
2024	SAT reading & writing mean	387
2022	SAT math mean	370
2022	SAT reading & writing mean	398
2021	SAT math mean	391
2021	SAT reading & writing mean	414
2020	SAT math mean	407
2020	SAT reading & writing mean	414
2019	SAT math mean	396
2019	SAT reading & writing mean	417

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.

No grade 3-8 state test row is published for the grades this school serves.

Specialized high school offers

No SHSAT feeder-school row is published for this school. DOE reports this for middle schools whose 8th graders entered high-school admissions.

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	$3,769,252	$3,020,165	$16,605
FY 2026	$502,059	not reported	$2,212

FY 2027 line items

Allocation	Amount
TL Fair Student Funding HS	$3,020,165
Title I SWP	$262,721
C4E Class Size Reduction Planning HS	$188,358
Class Size Reduction Planning HS	$95,074
C4E Class Size Transition HS	$27,333
Contract for Excellence FY 2024 HS	$23,827
Title I SWP STH	$21,123
Contract for Excellence FY 09 HS	$20,677
TL ELA/Math Student Support	$19,284
TL C4E FSF	$19,166
TL 12-Month AP HS	$19,115
Class Size Reduction C4E Phase In HS	$13,794
TL CB School Staff	$10,855
Contract for Excellence FY 2025 HS	$9,107
High Need Support for Title I	$6,757
TL Computer Maintenance HS	$4,615
Title I SWP Parent and Family Engagement	$2,627
TL NYC Solves Support	$1,862
Title I SWP Translation Services	$1,809
High Need Support for Title I STH	$543
TL HS Computer Science	$440

PTA funding (LL171)

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

A free, DOE / NYC Open Data-only tool. No paid ranking data (GreatSchools, Niche, or similar) anywhere on this site.

Data from NYC Department of Education and NYC Open Data. Free and public - no accounts, no paid ranking data.