School Performance
Graduation Rate: 98.000002% (at the end of the school year before last, the percent of students who graduated "on time" by earning a diploma four years after they entered 9th grade).
Daily Attendance Rate: 88.999999% of the school's students in the school year before last.
Percentage of Students Enough Variety: 80.000001% students feel that this school offers a wide enough variety of programs, classes, and activities to keep them interested in school.
College Career Rate: 75.999999% of students enroll in college or career programs within 6 months.
Percentage of Students Safe: 81.999999% students feel safe in the hallways, bathrooms, locker room and cafeteria. (Student opinions on school safety, as reported on the NYC School Survey.)
Programs offered
Program 1: Humanities
Code: K71B
Program description: For students interested in all facets of learning; extensive literary, writing, and research courses to sample; interdisciplinary curriculum that includes technology, humanities, and social sciences.
Interest: Law & Government
Method: Screened
Seats 9 GE: 50
Grade 9 GE filled flag: Y
Grade 9 GE applicants: 1083
Grade 9 GE applicants per seat: 22
Seats 9 SWD: 10
Grade 9 SWD filled flag: Y
Grade 9 SWD applicants: 166
Grade 9 SWD applicants per seat: 17
Seats 10: 1
Admissions priority 1: Priority to Districts 13, 14, 15, and 16 students or residents
Admissions priority 2: Then to Brooklyn students or residents
Admissions priority 3: Then to New York City residents
Activities
Extracurricular Activities
Extracurricular activities and clubs offered by the school that do not fall under one of the Sports categories (PSAL Sports or School Sports): No data
PSAL Sports Boys
Male PSAL (Public School Athletics League) sports offered at the school, listed under Extracurricular Activities and Clubs in the HS Directory: Baseball, Basketball, Bowling, Cross Country, Fencing, Indoor Track, Soccer
PSAL Sports Girls
Female PSAL (Public School Athletics League) sports offered at the school, listed under Extracurricular Activities and Clubs in the HS Directory: Basketball, Fencing, Outdoor Track, Soccer, Softball, Tennis, Volleyball
PSAL Sports Coed
Co-ed PSAL (Public School Athletics League) sports offered at the school, listed under Extracurricular Activities and Clubs in the HS Directory: No data
School Sports
Sports offered by the school outside PSAL (Public School Athletics League): No data
Flag for female only school: No data
Flag for male only school: No data
Other info
Total students: 815
Start time: 8:15am
End time: 2:35pm
Final grades: 9 to 12
Language classes: Spanish
Advancedplacement courses: AP Physics 1, AP 2-D Art and Design, AP Biology, AP Computer Science Principles, AP Environmental Science, AP Calculus BC, AP World History: Modern, AP United States History, AP Calculus AB, AP Drawing, AP 3-D Art and Design, AP Macroeconomics, AP Spanish Language and Culture, AP Research, AP Seminar, AP Psychology, AP Human Geography, AP Music Theory, AP Chemistry, AP English Literature and Composition, AP U.S. Government and Politics
Additional info: 10th Grade Seats Available
School accessibility description: Fully Accessible
Flag for schools that offer 10th grade seats: Y
More info
Borough: Brooklyn
NTA: Clinton Hill
Neighborhood: Clinton Hill
School Number: K914
Community board: 302
Council district: 35
Census tract: 191
BIN: 3054323
BBL: 3018880034
About Benjamin Banneker Academy
Contacts
Address: 71-77 Clinton Avenue, Brooklyn NY 11205 (40.695389,-73.968759)
Latitude: 40.695332
Longitude: -73.969243
Phone number: 718-797-3702
Fax number: 718-797-3862
School email: [email protected]
Website: Benjaminbanneker.nyc
Subway lines near the school: N/A
Bus lines near the school: B38, B48, B54, B57, B62, B67, B69
Hotels near Benjamin Banneker Academy
Pre-Engineering, Pre-Medicine, Humanities, Media Communication, New York University (NYU) BEST Program, Collaborative Team Teaching
AP Courses: American and World History, Biol, Cal BC & AB, Eng Liter and Lang, Gov't, Span, Music, Phys, Psych, Micro-eco, Environmental and Capstone
College Partnerships: College Now, Medgar Evers College, LIU (SAT Prep and College Readiness) St. Joseph's College, SUNY Stony Brook, Monroe College
Community Partnerships: Brooklyn Navy Yard (STEAM), NY Cares (College Readiness, SAT Prep) Brooklyn Plaza Medical Center Inc. (Internship)
Tutorial Services weekly, Saturday Academy, Regents Prep (Nine to Nine)