Brooklyn Institute for Liberal Arts
600 KINGSTON AVENUE
District 17 · NYC Public Schools · High school · Grades 9–12 (2025–2026)
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Enrollment
401 students in school year 2025–2026. Change since 2018–2019: -14 students (-3.4%).
School reorganization: Absorbed School for Human Rights, The (17K531) in 2024–2025. Panel for Educational Policy vote: Feb 27, 2024.
| School year | Students |
|---|---|
| 2018–2019 | 415 |
| 2019–2020 | 461 |
| 2020–2021 | 523 |
| 2021–2022 | 540 |
| 2022–2023 | 475 |
| 2023–2024 | 445 |
| 2024–2025 | 482 |
| 2025–2026 | 401 |
Spending per student
Latest reported, school year 2024–2025: $34,563 per student (state & local $31,579 · federal $2,983).
Same-year medians: District 17 $37,628 · citywide $33,315
| School year | Total | Federal | State & local | Students (state count) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018–2019 | $13,429 | $1,034 | $12,396 | 410 |
| 2019–2020 | $13,157 | $821 | $12,336 | 465 |
| 2020–2021 | $12,884 | $803 | $12,081 | 522 |
| 2021–2022 | $15,014 | $2,562 | $12,452 | 544 |
| 2022–2023 | $16,996 | $1,919 | $15,077 | 478 |
| From 2023–2024, figures include a share of citywide costs, such as central offices. Not comparable with earlier years. | ||||
| 2023–2024 | $29,178 | $3,760 | $25,418 | 444 |
| 2024–2025 | $34,563 | $2,983 | $31,579 | 479 |
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- Brooklyn Arts and Science Elementary School
- Brooklyn School for Music & Theatre
- Brownsville Academy High School
- Central Brooklyn Literacy Academy (CBLA)
- Clara Barton High School
- Dr. Jacqueline Peek-Davis School
- Ebbets Field Middle School
- High School for Public Service: Heroes of Tomorrow
- High School for Service & Learning at Erasmus
- High School for Youth and Community Development at
- I.S. 340
- International High School at Prospect Heights
- M.S. 061 Dr. Gladstone H. Atwell
- M.S. 246 Walt Whitman
- M.S. K394
- Medgar Evers College Preparatory School
- New Bridges Elementary
- New Heights Middle School
- Norma Adams Clemons Academy
- P.S. 091 The Albany Avenue School
- P.S. 092 Adrian Hegeman
- P.S. 161 The Crown
- P.S. 181 Brooklyn
- P.S. 189 The Bilingual Center
- P.S. 191 Paul Robeson
- P.S. 221 Toussaint L'Ouverture
- P.S. 241 Emma L. Johnston
- P.S. 249 The Caton
- P.S. 289 George V. Brower
- P.S. 316 Elijah Stroud
- P.S. 375 Jackie Robinson School
- P.S. 397 Foster-Laurie
- P.S. 398 Walter Weaver
- P.S. 399 Stanley Eugene Clark
- P.S. 770 New American Academy
- Parkside Preparatory Academy
- Pathways in Technology Early College High School (
- Ronald Edmonds Learning Center II
- School for Human Rights, The
- Science, Technology and Research Early College Hig
- The Academy for Collaborative Exploration
- The Dr. Jean Pierre-Louis School of Excellence
- The High School for Global Citizenship
- The School of Integrated Learning
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Sources: New York City Public Schools enrollment data and spending per student reported by the New York State Education Department. Missing years are not zero. Enrollment and spending are not school-quality ratings. How we check the data