Rachel Carson High School for Coastal Studies

521 WEST AVENUE, BROOKLYN, NY 11224 · Brooklyn · High school

DBN: 21K344

High school

Unzoned

SchoolDigger: 698 (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: 87.6%

60.3% attend 90%+ of days

Graduation & college readiness

4-year graduation rate

89.8%(citywide avg: 90.4%)

6-year graduation rate

96.2%(citywide avg: 94.3%)

4-year college/career readiness

49.7%(citywide avg: 55.5%)

6-year college/career readiness

51.1%(citywide avg: 52.8%)

Regents exam pass rates (scored 65+)

English

74.9%

Algebra I

52.6%

Living Environment (Biology)

54.3%

Global History

88.5%

US History

78.4%

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)

Demographics

594 students enrolled

Economic Need Index: 79.1%

Race & ethnicity

Asian

16.8%

Black

10.1%

Hispanic or Latino

20.7%

White

48.5%

Multiracial

0.7%

Native American

1.2%

Other groups

Students with disabilities

15.7%

English Language Learners

20.2%

Living in poverty

69.7%

Female

46.3%

Male

53.7%

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)