Academy for Young Writers

1065 Elton Street, Brooklyn, NY 11239 · Brooklyn · Secondary School

DBN: 19K404

Secondary School

Unzoned

SchoolDigger Middle: 1141 (of 1500)

SchoolDigger High: 1081 (of 1234)

Academic quality

Graduation rate -- share of a cohort who earned a diploma within 4 (or 6) years of starting 9th grade.
College/career readiness -- DOE's stricter bar: graduated AND met at least one benchmark (course credits, exam scores, etc.) showing they're on track for college or a career.
Regents pass rate -- share of students who took that exam this year and scored 65+, NY State's passing threshold.

Attendance: 81.6%

36.6% attend 90%+ of days

Graduation & college readiness

4-year graduation rate

87.3%(citywide avg: 84.2%)

6-year graduation rate

96.2%(citywide avg: 93.5%)

4-year college/career readiness

39.4%(citywide avg: 44.9%)

6-year college/career readiness

46.2%(citywide avg: 42.7%)

Regents exam pass rates (scored 65+)

English

64.2%

Algebra I

32.3%

Living Environment (Biology)

25%

Global History

59.5%

US History

58.2%

Citywide comparisons are the average across high schools. Small cohorts are flagged since a handful of students can swing a percentage a lot; cells too small to report are omitted by DOE for student privacy.Source: NYC Open Data: School Quality Reports Data (2023-24 school year)

See full grade-by-grade test results (ELA, Math, Science) →

Demographics

529 students enrolled

Economic Need Index: 86.1%

Race & ethnicity

Asian

2.5%

Black

62.8%

Hispanic or Latino

31.8%

White

1.7%

Multiracial

0.2%

Native American

0.9%

Other groups

Students with disabilities

24.4%

English Language Learners

3.4%

Living in poverty

90%

Female

56.7%

Male

43.3%

Economic Need Index is DOE's estimate of the share of students facing economic hardship, based on eligibility for public assistance, temporary housing status, and household income relative to the poverty line. Some very high values are reported by DOE only as "Above 95%" for student privacy and are shown here as 95%.Source: NYC Open Data: Demographic Snapshot (2021-22 school year)

Middle School admissions priority breakdown

Admissions cycle

Open

37 seats

1 applicants per seat

Not all seats filled last year

Priority groups, in the order NYC DOE offers seats. Tap a group for NYC DOE's exact wording.

1. Priority to applicants whose sibling(s) will be enrolled in this school next year

~100% admitted

There were less than 10 applicants in this group and all received offers last year.This group's offers alone accounted for ~24% of the program's seats -- not the same as this group's own admit rate above, since offers can exceed seats (not everyone who gets one enrolls).

2. Then to students and residents of District 19

~100% admitted

There were about 10 applicants in this group and all received offers last year.This group's offers alone accounted for ~27% of the program's seats -- not the same as this group's own admit rate above, since offers can exceed seats (not everyone who gets one enrolls).

3. Then to New York City residents

~100% admitted

Estimates derived from NYC DOE's own wording, which rounds and fuzzes small numbers for privacy. Each group's applicant count is independent of the others -- schools are usually oversubscribed, so applicant counts across groups often add up to more than the total seats. That's expected, not an error.Source: NYC DOE MySchools Admissions Data (2025-26 admissions cycle)