International High School at Lafayette

Overview written by the school: The International High School at Lafayette welcomes students who are recently arrived to the United States and learning English. We provide a supportive environment, incorporating language development into all classes, engaging students in projects, and preparing students for college and career. Our students have multiple opportunities to earn college credit, participate in different sports, join extra-curricular activities, and engage in the community through internship, service learning, arts, and more. Students complete and present a series of portfolio projects as part of the graduation requirements, and all students have an individual mentor that helps guide them through the college and scholarship application process.

School Performance

Graduation Rate: 63% (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% of the school's students in the school year before last.
Percentage of Students Enough Variety: 85.000002% students feel that this school offers a wide enough variety of programs, classes, and activities to keep them interested in school.
College Career Rate: 44% of students enroll in college or career programs within 6 months.
Percentage of Students Safe: 83.999997% 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: International High School at Lafayette
Code: K38R

Interest: Project-Based Learning
Method: Screened: Language

Seats 9 GE: 75
Grade 9 GE filled flag: N
Grade 9 GE applicants: 182
Grade 9 GE applicants per seat: 2
Seats 9 SWD: 15
Grade 9 SWD filled flag: Y
Grade 9 SWD applicants: 31
Grade 9 SWD applicants per seat: 2
Eligibility: Open only to New York City residents living in the continental United States four years or fewer who currently identify as English Language Learners per New York City Department of Education guidelines scoring at the Entering, Emerging, or Transitioning levels on the NYSESLAT, NYSITELL, or LAB-R.

Seats 10: 1

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): Minds Matter, Architecture Construction Engineering (ACE), Hackathon, Computer Clubs, AP Classes, Computer Science, Safe Space (GSA), Dream Team, Field Trips, Internships, SEO
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, Football, Handball, Indoor Track, Outdoor Track, Soccer, Table Tennis, Tennis, Volleyball, Wrestling
PSAL Sports Girls
Female PSAL (Public School Athletics League) sports offered at the school, listed under Extracurricular Activities and Clubs in the HS Directory: Badminton, Basketball, Bowling, Flag Football, Soccer, Softball, Table 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: Cricket
School Sports
Sports offered by the school outside PSAL (Public School Athletics League): Tennis, Yoga, Fitness Club, Weight Room, Volleyball
Flag for female only school: No data
Flag for male only school: No data

Other info

Total students: 365
Start time: 9:10am
End time: 3:45pm

Final grades: 9 to 12

Advancedplacement courses: AP Computer Science Principles
Additional info: 10th Grade Seats Available,College Trips,Extended Day Tutoring,Health Center,Internship Expected,Online Grading System,Orientation,Summer Bridge,Summer Orientation,Weekend Programs
Bbat: 1
International: 1

School accessibility description: Partially Accessible
Flag for schools that offer 10th grade seats: Y

More info

Borough: Brooklyn
NTA: Gravesend
Neighborhood: Gravesend
Campus name: Lafayette Educational Campus
School Number: K400
Shared space: Yes
Community board: 313
Council district: 47
Census tract: 306
BIN: 3186454
BBL: 3068830001

About International High School at Lafayette

Contacts

Address: 2630 Benson Avenue, Brooklyn NY 11214 (40.593028,-73.986313)
Latitude: 40.594291
Longitude: -73.98577
Phone number: 718-333-7860
Fax number: 718-333-7861
School email: [email protected]
Website: www.inths.org
Subway lines near the school: D to Bay 50th St; N to 86th St
Bus lines near the school: B1, B3, B4, B6, B64, B82, X28, X38

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