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Brooklyn Independent

38 LAFAYETTE AVE AVE-5TH FL, BROOKLYN, NY 11217

Compared to its its local public school district, where the student body was predominantly Hispanic or Latino, this school had a lower share of such students during the 2021–22 school year.

However, the school’s student body had about the same racial diversity as the district’s. What does this mean?

Brooklyn Independent (2021–22)
New York City Department Of Education (2021–22)
  • White
  • Black
  • Hisp.
  • Asian Am.
  • Am. Ind. / Ala. Nat.
  • Haw. / Pac. Isl.
  • Multi.
  • Not spec.

Sources: Private School Survey, Common Core of Data

Information about this school comes from the Private School Universe Survey, a national dataset collected by the National Center for Education Statistics since 1989 that is aimed at gathering information about private schools across the United States. Brooklyn Independent has completed the survey once, most recently for the 2021–22 school year. As the information is reported by the school, there may be errors.

Private School Survey Responses

School Year Enrollment White Black Hisp. Asian Am. Am. Ind. / Ala. Nat. Haw. / Pac. Isl. Multi. Teachers Student-Teacher Ratio
2021–2022 84 28.6% 38.1% 23.8% 9.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 5 17:1

Other Nearby Private Schools

School School Type Grades Religion Distance
Hanson Place Elementary School Regular elementary or secondary PK–8th Seventh-Day Adventist 17 ft.
Muse Academy Special program emphasis PK–2nd Nonsectarian 246 ft.
Science Language & Arts Regular elementary or secondary PK–5th Nonsectarian 246 ft.
German School Brooklyn Regular elementary or secondary KG–3rd Nonsectarian 0.3 mi.
Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School Regular elementary or secondary 9th–12th Roman Catholic 0.42 mi.

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Most of the data we use comes from the National Center for Education Statistics’ Private School Universe Survey, which has aimed to gather information about U.S. private schools every other year since 1989. Because the regulation of private schools is handled differently by state, there is no comprehensive list of every private school in the country. The PSS attempts to approximate such a list using various sources, including state education departments, private school associations and religious organizations, and, in some areas, online yellow pages and local government offices.

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