Is W H Maxwell Career And Technical Education High School a good school?

W H Maxwell Career And Technical Education High School ranks 858 th of 1242 New York high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

How many students attend W H Maxwell Career And Technical Education High School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 464 students attended W H Maxwell Career And Technical Education High School.

What is the racial makeup of W H Maxwell Career And Technical Education High School?

Students at W H Maxwell Career And Technical Education High School are 55% African American, 34% Hispanic, 5% Two or more races, 2% White, 2% Asian, 2% American Indian.

W H Maxwell Career And Technical Education High School

Summary:

W H Maxwell Career And Technical Education High School is a public high school in Brooklyn, New York, serving 408 students in grades 9-12. The school is part of the New York City Geographic District #19, which is ranked 745 out of 865 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

W H Maxwell has some notable strengths, including relatively strong test scores compared to the district and state averages, particularly in Regents/Common Core Algebra I (61.76% proficient vs. 22.34% district and 31.42% state), Regents/Common Core Algebra II (92.86% proficient), and Regents/Common Core English Language Arts (68.7% proficient). The school also maintains a higher four-year graduation rate, ranging from 74% to 85.1% over the past few years, which is higher than the district average. Additionally, W H Maxwell performs better than the district and state averages for certain student subgroups, such as African American and Hispanic students, as well as English Language Learners.

However, the school faces significant challenges, including high chronic absenteeism rates ranging from 34.1% to 72.8% over the past few years, which is much higher than the district and state averages. While W H Maxwell outperforms nearby schools in the same district, such as Brooklyn Collegiate: A College Board School, the nearby schools in the neighboring New York City Geographic District #23 also demonstrate strong performance in certain areas, particularly in English Language Arts and Math proficiency. Additionally, the school serves a high-needs population, with 89.95% to 90.18% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, which may contribute to the school's challenges.

Detail:

Public 9-12

145 Pennsylvania Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11207-3017

(718) 345-9100

District: New York City Geographic District #19

SchoolDigger Rank:
858^th of 1,242 New York High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $29,608

Student/teacher ratio: 9.6

Number of students: 464

Racial breakdown:

African American:

54.7%

Hispanic:

34.3%

Two or more races:

4.5%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 90.7%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details W H Maxwell Career And Technical Education High School ranks worse than 69.1% of high schools in New York. It also ranks 2^nd among 16 ranked high schools in the New York City Geographic District #19. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 29.35. (See more...)

The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at W H Maxwell Career And Technical Education High School who earn a standard high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.

The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

Compare Details Racial makeup is: African American (54.7%), Hispanic (34.3%), two or more races (4.5%). (See more...)

Compare Details 90.7% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at W H Maxwell Career And Technical Education High School is 9.6, which is the 4^th best among 16 high schools in the New York City Geographic District #19. (See more...)

Compare W H Maxwell Career And Technical Education High School employs 48.2 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at W H Maxwell Career And Technical Education High School is $29,608, which is the 2^nd highest among 16 high schools in the New York City Geographic District #19.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

W H Maxwell Career And Technical Education High School:

SchoolDigger ranks W H Maxwell Career And Technical Education High School 858^th of 1242 New York public high schools. (See W H Maxwell Career And Technical Education High School in the ranking list.)

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New York City Geographic District #19:

SchoolDigger ranks New York City Geographic District #19 745^th of 865 New York school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for W H Maxwell Career And Technical Education High School

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Rank History for all students at W H Maxwell Career And Technical Education High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2005	2.42	913^th	935	2.4%
2006	7.44	921^st	986	6.6%
2007	3.28	978^th	1002	2.4%
2008	2.66	1017^th	1027	1.0%
2009	5.43	1065^th	1086	1.9%
2010	12.63	1015^th	1117	9.1%
2011	25.28	896^th	1165	23.1%
2012	31.34	835^th	1198	30.3%
2013	12.18	1035^th	1217	15.0%
2014	18.45	986^th	1237	20.3%
2015	22.55	988^th	1255	21.3%
2016	24.01	985^th	1255	21.5%
2017	7.32	1147^th	1221	6.1%
2018	28.14	860^th	1210	28.9%
2019	8.72	1094^th	1207	9.4%
2021	1.19	516^th	519	0.6%
2022	6.47	1112^th	1190	6.6%
2023	7.56	1151^st	1228	6.3%
2024	29.35	858^th	1242	30.9%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at W H Maxwell Career And Technical Education High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	4.03	270^th	272	0.7%
2024	38.73	206^th	306	32.7%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at W H Maxwell Career And Technical Education High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	66.19	134^th	546	75.5%
2019	36.73	357^th	565	36.8%
2022	37.02	307^th	481	36.2%
2023	36.94	387^th	583	33.6%
2024	81.60	45^th	637	92.9%

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Rank History for Special Education students at W H Maxwell Career And Technical Education High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	54.69	434^th	1095	60.4%
2019	19.50	976^th	1132	13.8%
2022	27.84	763^rd	1038	26.5%
2023	28.98	827^th	1130	26.8%
2024	53.05	440^th	1144	61.5%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at W H Maxwell Career And Technical Education High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	32.37	809^th	1154	29.9%
2019	8.50	1093^rd	1179	7.3%
2022	6.32	1051^st	1101	4.5%
2023	8.26	1092^nd	1155	5.5%
2024	31.32	813^th	1170	30.5%

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Rank History for Homeless students at W H Maxwell Career And Technical Education High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	51.18	217^th	498	56.4%
2019	27.11	399^th	493	19.1%
2022	15.93	372^nd	389	4.4%
2023	25.54	446^th	531	16.0%
2024	59.20	155^th	564	72.5%

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Rank History for Female students at W H Maxwell Career And Technical Education High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	30.04	850^th	1176	27.7%
2019	7.30	1119^th	1193	6.2%
2021	0.60	289^th	290	0.3%
2022	7.03	1084^th	1155	6.1%
2023	7.69	1129^th	1197	5.7%
2024	30.05	856^th	1219	29.8%

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Rank History for Male students at W H Maxwell Career And Technical Education High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	23.66	893^rd	1176	24.1%
2019	9.61	1075^th	1190	9.7%
2021	3.07	349^th	354	1.4%
2022	5.09	1100^th	1154	4.7%
2023	8.12	1115^th	1191	6.4%
2024	28.80	856^th	1211	29.3%

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Rank History for African American students at W H Maxwell Career And Technical Education High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	43.69	357^th	679	47.4%
2019	16.60	610^th	686	11.1%
2021	13.67	40^th	42	4.8%
2022	14.58	549^th	593	7.4%
2023	17.91	597^th	671	11.0%
2024	44.11	357^th	690	48.3%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at W H Maxwell Career And Technical Education High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	34.27	520^th	791	34.3%
2019	11.12	745^th	815	8.6%
2022	17.19	655^th	760	13.8%
2023	14.55	764^th	851	10.2%
2024	41.88	462^nd	865	46.6%

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Rank History for White students at W H Maxwell Career And Technical Education High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2022	5.09	711^th	738	3.7%
2023	34.70	565^th	776	27.2%

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Data source: test scores: NY State Education Department, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: NY State Education Department

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Enrollment information for W H Maxwell Career And Technical Education High School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Total
1989	4	747	7	354	0	n/a	n/a	1112
1990	4	852	12	407	2	n/a	n/a	1277
1991	2	896	8	375	0	n/a	n/a	1281
1992	5	886	12	365	1	n/a	n/a	1269
1993	4	911	4	360	0	n/a	n/a	1279
1994	5	924	4	328	1	n/a	n/a	1262
1995	5	919	7	319	1	n/a	n/a	1251
1996	5	919	7	319	1	n/a	n/a	1251
1997	6	943	6	351	3	n/a	n/a	1309
1998	5	947	9	369	3	n/a	n/a	1333
1999	4	932	12	363	6	n/a	n/a	1317
2000	6	942	11	346	5	n/a	n/a	1310
2001	6	962	12	359	2	n/a	n/a	1341
2002	18	1061	17	390	4	n/a	n/a	1490
2003	18	1061	17	390	4	n/a	n/a	1490
2004	24	1081	23	439	5	n/a	n/a	1572
2005	22	1098	27	460	4	n/a	n/a	1611
2006	20	975	22	446	4	n/a	n/a	1467
2007	14	850	18	371	4	n/a	n/a	1257
2008	12	783	17	307	8	n/a	n/a	1127
2009	9	699	12	257	11	n/a	n/a	988
2010	11	693	12	235	14	n/a	n/a	965
2011	7	545	6	192	12	0	0	762
2012	4	426	2	150	9	1	0	592
2013	8	318	1	130	4	1	0	462
2014	5	321	4	136	3	0	1	470
2015	3	349	5	141	3	0	1	502
2016	4	341	8	143	2	0	4	502
2017	1	306	10	126	0	1	4	448
2018	5	276	8	111	2	2	4	408
2019	8	245	7	104	3	2	4	373
2020	11	247	6	123	5	2	1	395
2021	12	232	7	127	5	3	1	387
2022	11	226	7	159	3	2	3	411
2023	13	222	8	137	9	2	17	408
2024	10	254	9	159	9	2	21	464

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at W H Maxwell Career And Technical Education High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	1112	71.9	15.4	n/a
1990	1277	80.9	15.7	n/a
1991	1281	70.9	18.0	n/a
1992	1269	68.9	18.4	n/a
1993	1279	69.8	18.3	n/a
1994	1262	73.0	17.3	n/a
1995	1251	63.0	19.9	n/a
1996	1251	63.0	19.9	n/a
1997	1309	74.0	17.7	37.4
1998	1333	83.1	16.0	31.4
1999	1317	79.0	16.7	66.5
2000	1310	85.1	15.4	66.6
2001	1341	87.0	15.4	75.5
2002	1490	n/a	n/a	n/a
2003	1490	n/a	n/a	n/a
2004	1572	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	1611	104.5	15.4	0
2006	1467	91.0	16.1	89.2
2007	1257	76.3	16.5	80.7
2008	1127	64.4	17.5	82.3
2009	988	64.6	15.3	78
2010	965	45.3	21.3	n/a
2011	762	40.2	18.9	84.6
2012	592	34.7	17.0	84.8
2013	462	33.8	13.6	84.4
2014	470	26.1	17.9	87.7
2015	502	36.0	13.9	87.1
2016	502	38.0	13.2	83.9
2017	448	35.8	12.5	92.4
2018	408	40.0	10.2	88.7
2019	373	32.0	11.6	89.3
2020	395	39.9	9.8	93.7
2021	387	42.9	9.0	90.2
2022	411	49.9	8.2	86.9
2023	408	51.8	7.8	90
2024	464	48.2	9.6	90.7

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio W H Maxwell Career And Technical Education High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	1112	71.9	15.4	n/a
1990	1277	80.9	15.7	n/a
1991	1281	70.9	18.0	n/a
1992	1269	68.9	18.4	n/a
1993	1279	69.8	18.3	n/a
1994	1262	73.0	17.3	n/a
1995	1251	63.0	19.9	n/a
1996	1251	63.0	19.9	n/a
1997	1309	74.0	17.7	37.4
1998	1333	83.1	16.0	31.4
1999	1317	79.0	16.7	66.5
2000	1310	85.1	15.4	66.6
2001	1341	87.0	15.4	75.5
2002	1490	n/a	n/a	n/a
2003	1490	n/a	n/a	n/a
2004	1572	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	1611	104.5	15.4	0
2006	1467	91.0	16.1	89.2
2007	1257	76.3	16.5	80.7
2008	1127	64.4	17.5	82.3
2009	988	64.6	15.3	78
2010	965	45.3	21.3	n/a
2011	762	40.2	18.9	84.6
2012	592	34.7	17.0	84.8
2013	462	33.8	13.6	84.4
2014	470	26.1	17.9	87.7
2015	502	36.0	13.9	87.1
2016	502	38.0	13.2	83.9
2017	448	35.8	12.5	92.4
2018	408	40.0	10.2	88.7
2019	373	32.0	11.6	89.3
2020	395	39.9	9.8	93.7
2021	387	42.9	9.0	90.2
2022	411	49.9	8.2	86.9
2023	408	51.8	7.8	90
2024	464	48.2	9.6	90.7

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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