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DOEs 2012 School Closure List

25 Total*:

16 Elementary and Middle Schools** 1 School Serving Grades 6-12

11 of these schools opened after 2003:

4 in 2004 3 in 2005

1 each in 2006, 2007 and 2008 Does not include other schools slated for Turnaround

Students would remain, but principals and many teachers would go

* Two school closure recommendations were rescinded after this analysis was complete;Wadleigh Secondary School and KAPPA VI remain in the tables that follow, although they

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are no longer candidates for closure.** Two of these schools contain both an elementary and middle school program and fourcontain both a middle and high school program. DOE is proposing to close only the middleschool programs and leave the elementary or high schools in operation, a process known asgrade 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

th th

Sc h o o l

Th i rd Ci tywide

Th i rd Ci tywide

20 0 3-0 4 20 10 -11 20 0 3-0 4 20 10 -11

Grace Dodge CTE 47.0% 61.2% 46.3% 55.9%

International Arts Business

School33.3% 49.5% 33.3% 42.3%

ane ams 4 . . 4 .3 5 .

Legacy School for IntegratedStudies

54.4% 52.4% 56.3% 61.9%

Samuel Gompers CTE 47.0% 61.9% 42.4% 56.6%

Washington Irving 33.8% 48.8% 39.4% 51.6%

Excludes two high schools on the closing list that opened after 2003-2004. In all but one of the

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rema n ng sc oo s, t e percentage o ncom ng stu ents w o per orme n t e owest t r on ottheir 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

High

S t u d e n t

Type

Sch o o ls o n

Clos ing

List

All H igh

School s

E le m e n t a r y a n d

M id d le S ch o o l s

on Clos ing Lis t

All E le m e n t a r y

a n d M id d le

School s

pec aEducation

20.3 12. 1 .1 15.0

E.L.L. 13.7% 12.2% 8.4% 15.7%over y 77.1 7.2 .2 7 .1

Black 40.4% 31.6% 63.2% 28.0%

Hispanic 55.4% 39.2% 31.1% 40.7%

White 1.1% 12.9% 2.0% 15.2%

Overage 10.3% 6.1% -- --

February 2012IBO 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% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

Gateway School for Environment

Grace Dodge CTE

International Arts Business School

Jane Addams

Legacy School for Integrated Studies

Manhattan Theatre Lab

amue ompers

Washington Irving

CITYWIDE HIGH SCHOOLS

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Black Hispanic White Other


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Demographic Composition of Elementary and

Middle Schools on Closure List, 2010-2011

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

Academy of Business and Community Development

Aspire Preparatory Middle School

Brooklyn Collegiate

Frederick Dou lass Academ IV

General D. Chappie James Elementary School

JHS 296 The Anna Gonzalez Community School

Knowledge and Power Preparatory Academy VIIMiddle 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


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Graduation Rates and Student Performance Lower for High

Schools on Closure List

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Attendance 76.6% 86.4%

Average 8th Grade 2.4 2.8

Percent of Freshmen onTrack to Graduate in Four

Years

61.2% 78.3%

Regents Completion Rate 28.4% 56.4%

Four-Year Graduation Rate 44.7% 72.3%

Six-Year Graduation Rate 8. % . %

Progress Report Grade F B

February 2012IBO 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% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

a eway c oo or nv ronmen

Grace Dodge CTE

Jane Addams

Le ac School for Inte rated Studies

Manhattan Theatre Lab

Samuel Gompers CTE

Washington Irving

CITYWIDE HIGH SCHOOLS

February 2012IBONote: The citywide average is weighted by student enrollment. The six-year graduation rate can be lower than the four-yeargraduation rate if, for example, students that were discharged prior to their fourth year came back to school and then dropped out.

4-year graduation rate 6-year graduation rate


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Student Performance is Lower for Elementary and Middle

Schools on Closure List

In d ica to r (20 10 -20 11) o n Clo s in g Lis t

Midd le Sch oo l sAttendance 90.6% 93.1%

Proficient in ELA

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Percent of StudentsProficient in Math

29.5% 59.4%

Progress in ELA 55.5 66.3

Progress in Math 46.4 64.8

Pro ress Re ort Grade F B

February 2012IBO 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% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

Academy for Scholarship and Entrepreneurship

Academy of Business and Community Development

Aspire Preparatory Middle School

Brooklyn Collegiate

Frederick Dou lass Academ IV

General D. Chappie James Elementary School

JHS 296 The Anna Gonzalez Community School

Knowledge and Power Preparatory Academy VII

ELA

PS 14 Cornelius Vanderbilt

PS 19 Roberto Clemente

PS 22 Brooklyn

Math

PS 161 The Crown School

PS 215 Lucretia Mott

PS 298 Dr. Betty Shabazz

Satellite Three


Wadleigh Secondary School

CITYWIDE ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS


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

Elementa ry Al l

F u n d i n gS o u r c e

H .S. on

Clos ingLis t All H .S.

a n d M id d le

Sch ool s onClosing List

E l e m e n t a r y

a n d M id d leSchool s

. . . 4, 5 4,5 4, 35 4,5 2

City $1,668 $1,177 $1,571 $1,601

Federal1,127 750 74 7 9

OtherFederal $584 $370 $635 $587

. . . 314 17 25 232Other State $180 $124 $281 $254

Private $1 $11 $1 $22

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TOTAL $8,558 $7,109 $8,254 $8,068

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


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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

All H.S.

F.S.F

City

Federal Title I

Elementary and Middle Schools on Closing List

Other Federal

C.F.E

Other State

Private

All Elementary and Middle Schools

February 2012IBO Note: F.S.F. is Fair Student Funding and C.F.E. is Contracts for Excellence funding. Title I is federal fundingtargeted for students in high poverty areas.


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Closing Schools Especially High Schools Spent More PerStudent on Teachers and Other Personnel in 2010-2011

E l e m e n t a r y All E le m e n t a r y

S p e n d i n gCa tegory

H .S. on

Clos ingLis t All H .S.

a n d M id d le

Sch oo l s onClos ing List

a n d M id d le

School s

Teachers $4,832 $4,042 $4,812 $4,782

Leadership $803 $615 $589 $507

Other Staff $745 $597 $528 $443

Paraprofessionals $284 $221 $490 $514

Counseling $522 $424 $449 $359

Related Services

1 4 12 41 412Equipment &Supplies $231 $264 $151 $207

Other

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TOTAL $8,558 $7,109 $8,254 $8,068

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


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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

All H.S.

Teachers

Leadership

Other Staff

Elementary and Middle Schools on Closing List

Counseling

Related Services

Equipment & Supplies

Other

All Elementary and Middle Schools

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