Statistical P S i i l Profile of S h l on fil f Schools DOE s DOEs 2012 Closure List

INDEPENDENT BUDGET OFFICE EDUCATION RESEARCH TEAM FEBRUARY 2012

DOEs 2012 School Closure List

25 Total*:

8 High Schools 16 Elementary and Middle Schools** 1 School Serving Grades 6-12 1 in 2003 4 in 2004 3 in 2005 1 each in 2006, 2007 and 2008 Students would remain, but principals and many teachers would go

11 of these schools opened after 2003:

Does not include 33 other schools slated for Turnaround

* Two school closure recommendations were rescinded after this analysis was complete; Wadleigh Secondary School and KAPPA VI remain in the tables that follow, although they are no l longer candidates f closure. did t for l ** Two of these schools contain both an elementary and middle school program and four contain both a middle and high school program. DOE is proposing to close only the middle school programs and leave the elementary or high schools in operation, a process known as grade truncation.

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High Schools on Closure List Had A Higher Percentage of Incoming 9th Graders With Low Achievement in 2010-2011 Than 2003-2004

School

8th Grade ELA Score in Lowest Third Citywide 2003-04 2010-11 61.2% 49.5% 61.2% 61 2% 52.4% 61.9% 48.8%

8th Grade Math Score in Lowest Third Citywide 2003-04 46.3% 33.3% 46.3% 46 3% 56.3% 42.4% 39.4% 2010-11 55.9% 42.3% 50.6% 50 6% 61.9% 56.6% 51.6%

Grace Dodge CTE International Arts Business School Jane Addams J dd A Legacy School for Integrated Studies Samuel Gompers CTE Washington Irving

47.0% 33.3% 48.9% 48 9% 54.4% 47.0% 33.8%

Excludes two high schools on the closing list that opened after 2003-2004. In all but one of the remaining schools, the percentage of incoming students who performed in the lowest third on both i i h l h f i i d h f d i h l hi d bh their eighth grade ELA and math tests was higher in 2010-11 than in 2003-2004.
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Demographic Characteristics of Schools on the Closure List

Student Type Special S i l Education

High g Schools on Closing List

All High Schools

Elementary and Middle Schools on Closing List

All Elementary and Middle Schools

20.3% % 13.7% 77.1% % 40.4% 55.4% 1.1% 10.3%

12.8% 8% 12.2% 67.2% 6 % 31.6% 39.2% 12.9% 6.1%

16.1% 6 % 8.4% 86.2% 86 % 63.2% 31.1% 2.0% --

15.0% % 15.7% 78.1% 8 % 28.0% 40.7% 15.2% --

E.L.L. Poverty P t Black Hispanic White Overage

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Note: E.L.L. is English Language Learner. All averages are weighted by student enrollment.

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Demographic Composition of High Schools on Closure List, 2010-2011

0% Academy of Business and Community Development Gateway School for Environment Grace Dodge CTE International Arts Business School Jane Addams Legacy School for Integrated Studies Manhattan Theatre Lab Samuel Gompers CTE S l G Washington Irving CITYWIDE HIGH SCHOOLS Black Hispanic White Other 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

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Note: The citywide average is weighted by student enrollment.

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Demographic Composition of Elementary and Middle Schools on Closure List, 2010-2011

0% Academy for Scholarship and Entrepreneurship Academy of Business and Community Development Aspire Preparatory Middle School Brooklyn Collegiate Frederick Douglass Academy IV g y General D. Chappie James Elementary School JHS 296 The Anna Gonzalez Community School Knowledge and Power Preparatory Academy VII Middle School for the Arts PS 14 Cornelius Vanderbilt PS 19 Roberto Clemente PS 22 Brooklyn PS 161 The Crown School PS 215 Lucretia Mott PS 298 Dr. Betty Shabazz Satellite Three Wadleigh Secondary School CITYWIDE ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS Black Hispanic White Other 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

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Note: The citywide average is weighted by student enrollment.

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Graduation Rates and Student Performance Lower for High Schools on Closure List

Indicator (2010-2011) (2010 2011) Attendance Average 8th Grade Proficiency Percent of Freshmen on Track to Graduate in Four Years Regents Completion Rate Four-Year Graduation Rate Six-Year Graduation Rate Progress Report Grade

Schools on Closing List 76.6% 2.4 61.2%

All High Schools 86.4% 2.8 78.3%

28.4% 44.7% 5 9 58.9% F

56.4% 72.3% 77 3 77.3% B

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Note: All averages are weighted by student enrollment.

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Four-Year and Six-Year Graduation Rates 2010-2011, High Schools on Closure List
0% Gateway School f E i G t Sh l for Environment t 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

Grace Dodge CTE

International Arts Business School

Jane Addams

g y g Legacy School for Integrated Studies

Manhattan Theatre Lab

Samuel Gompers CTE

Washington Irving

CITYWIDE HIGH SCHOOLS

4-year graduation rate

6-year graduation rate

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Note: The citywide average is weighted by student enrollment. The six-year graduation rate can be lower than the four-year graduation rate if, for example, students that were discharged prior to their fourth year came back to school and then dropped out.

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Student Performance is Lower for Elementary and Middle Schools on Closure List

Indicator (2010-2011)
Attendance Percent of Students Proficient in ELA Percent of Students Proficient in Math Progress in ELA Progress in Math Progress Report Grade

Schools on Closing List

90.6% 23.3% 23 3% 29.5% 55.5 46.4 F

All Elementary and Middle Schools

93.1% 46.2% 46 2% 59.4% 66.3 64.8 B

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Note: All averages are weighted by student enrollment.

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Proficiency on State Test Scores 2010-2011, Elementary and Middle Schools on Closure List
0% Academy for Scholarship and Entrepreneurship Academy of Business and Community Development Aspire Preparatory Middle School Brooklyn Collegiate Frederick Douglass Academy IV General D. Chappie James Elementary School JHS 296 The Anna Gonzalez Community School Knowledge and Power Preparatory Academy VII Middle School for the Arts PS 14 Cornelius Vanderbilt PS 19 Roberto Clemente PS 22 Brooklyn PS 161 The Crown School h h l PS 215 Lucretia Mott PS 298 Dr. Betty Shabazz Satellite Three Wadleigh Secondary School CITYWIDE ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS ELA Math 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

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Note: The citywide average is weighted by student enrollment.

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Schools on Closure List Had Higher Per Student Funding in 2010-2011

Funding Source

H.S. on Closing List

All H.S.

Elementary y and Middle Schools on Closing List

All Elementary and Middle Schools

F.S.F. FSF City Federal Title I Other Federal

C.F.E. CFE

$4,685 $4 685 $1,668 $1,127 $ $584 $314 $ $180 $1 $8,558

$4,500 $4 500 $1,177 $750 $ $370 $178 $ 8 $124 $11 $7,109

$4,635 $4 635 $1,571 $874 $8 $635 $256 $ 6 $281 $1 $8,254

$4,582 $4 582 $1,601 $789 $ 8 $587 $232 $ $254 $22 $8,068

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Other State Private TOTAL

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Note: F.S.F. is Fair Student Funding and C.F.E. is Contracts for Excellence funding., Title I is federal funding targeted for students in high poverty areas. All averages are weighted by student enrollment.

Sources of Funding as a Percent of Total Funding, 2010-2011, Schools on Closure List

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

H.S. on Closing List

F.S.F All H.S. City Federal Title I Other Federal C.F.E Other State Elementary and Middle Schools on Closing List Private

All Elementary and Middle Schools

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Note: F.S.F. is Fair Student Funding and C.F.E. is Contracts for Excellence funding. Title I is federal funding targeted for students in high poverty areas.

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Closing Schools Especially High Schools Spent More Per Student on Teachers and Other Personnel in 2010-2011
Elementary and Middle Schools on Closing List
$4,812 $589 $528 $490 $449 $341 $151 $893 $8,254 All Elementary and Middl d Middle Schools

Spending Category Teachers h Leadership Other Staff Paraprofessionals Counseling Related Services

H.S. H S on Closing List $4,832 $803 $745 $284 $522 $184

All H.S. $4,042 $615 $597 $221 $424 $120 $264 $826 $7,109

$4,782 $507 $443 $514 $359 $412 $207 $846 $8,068

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Equipment & Supplies Other TOTAL

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$231 $957 $8,558

Note: Related Services cover speech and other therapy services. All averages are weighted by student enrollment.

Uses of Funding as a Percent of Total Funding, 2010-2011

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

H.S. on Closing List

Teachers All H.S. Leadership Other Staff Paraprofessionals Counseling Related Services Elementary and Middle Schools on Closing List Equipment & Supplies Other

All Elementary and Middle Schools

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