School Performance
Graduation Rate: 79.000002% (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: 81.999999% of the school's students in the school year before last.
Percentage of Students Enough Variety: 67.000002% students feel that this school offers a wide enough variety of programs, classes, and activities to keep them interested in school.
College Career Rate: 54.000002% of students enroll in college or career programs within 6 months.
Percentage of Students Safe: 91.000003% 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: El Puente Academy for Peace and Justice
Code: K75A
Program description: Project-focused curriculum including portfolio-based assessment in all four disciplines, peer mentoring, and leadership development, integrated arts across the curriculum, CUNY Early College Dual Credit, SAT/PSAT college and ELA Common Core prep.
Interest: Humanities & Interdisciplinary
Method: Ed. Opt.
Seats 9 GE: 46
Grade 9 GE filled flag: N
Grade 9 GE applicants: 187
Grade 9 GE applicants per seat: 4
Seats 9 SWD: 9
Grade 9 SWD filled flag: Y
Grade 9 SWD applicants: 82
Grade 9 SWD applicants per seat: 9
Seats 10: 0
Admissions priority 1: Priority to Brooklyn students or residents
Admissions priority 2: 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: No data
PSAL Sports Girls
Female PSAL (Public School Athletics League) sports offered at the school, listed under Extracurricular Activities and Clubs in the HS Directory: No data
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: 226
Start time: 9:00am
End time: 3:35pm
Final grades: 9 to 12
Language classes: Spanish
Additional info: College Trips,Community Service Expected,Extended Day Program,Internship Expected,Internships Available,Online Grading System,Orientation
Bbat: 1
School accessibility description: Not Accessible
More info
Borough: Brooklyn
NTA: Williamsburg
Neighborhood: Williamsburg
School Number: K778
Community board: 301
Council district: 33
Census tract: 529
BIN: 3379706
BBL: 3022070002
About El Puente Academy for Peace and Justice
Contacts
Address: 250 Hooper Street, Brooklyn NY 11211 (40.70554,-73.955741)
Latitude: 40.705898
Longitude: -73.955611
Phone number: 718-387-1125
Fax number: 718-387-4229
School email: [email protected]
Website: elpuente.us
Subway lines near the school: G to Broadway; J, M, Z to Hewes St
Bus lines near the school: B24, B32, B39, B44, B44-SBS, B46, B48, B57, B60, B62, Q54, Q59
Hotels near El Puente Academy for Peace and Justice
Students complete four academic Portfolio-Based Assessments Tasks (PBATs) and NYS ELA Common Core assessment as part of graduation compliance
CUNY Medgar Evers and Touro College courses on premises, iLearnNYC: Program for expanded online coursework and self-paced learning
Accelerated Credit Accumulation, SAT Preparatory Course, Individualized College Counseling, Early College Awareness & Preparatory Program
Visits to college campuses in NYC and outside NYC in partnership with the El Puente Leadership Center, Internships, Community-Based Projects
Electives: Drama, Dance, Debate partnership w/Tufts University, Band, Quilting, Mural Painting, Bike Club, Peer Mentoring and Leadership Development