El Puente Academy for Peace and Justice (14K685)

250 Hooper Street, Brooklyn, NY 11211, Brooklyn
Phone: 718-387-1125
Hours: 9:00am - 3:35pm
School Website: https://elpuente.us
NYCDOE Website: https://www.myschools.nyc/en/schools/high-school/14K685/
Quality Snapshot: View snapshot
School Leader: Tina Lee (tlee21@schools.nyc.gov)
Parent Coordinator: Roselyn Fenton (rfenton2@schools.nyc.gov)
Respect for All Liaison: Bunny Torres (btorres14@schools.nyc.gov)
Sexual Harassment Prevention Liaison: Josie Mota (jmota@schools.nyc.gov)
504 Coordinator: Charmenes Pulido-Worrell (cpulidoworrell@schools.nyc.gov)
504 Coordinator: Debra Cabret (dcabret@schools.nyc.gov)
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About

We are a small, innovative learning community with a focus on comprehensive education while inspiring and nurturing leadership for peace and justice. As a NYS Performance Standards Consortium schools, our curriculum and program is designed to create an intellectual and challenging environment where every student thrives. Our project-based curriculum prepares students to be active and independent thinkers who share a passion for transforming communities and the world. Our trimester system allows students to complete most of their high school credits by 11th grade, leaving opportunities for focused work on their graduation portfolio assessment, accredited college opportunities, research, financial aid workshops, tours, and internships.

Reports: School Budget | PTA Financials | Room Utilization

Teachers with more than 3 years of experience: 82%

Academic Highlights: Performance-Based Assessment Tasks (PBATs)

Other Features: 10th Grade Seats Available, College Trips, Community Service Expected, Expert College and Career Advisor On Staff, Extended Day Program, Internship Expected, Internships Available, Online Grading System, Orientation

School Features:

  • Performance Assessment School, which base graduation requirements on the successful completion of performance assessments in major subject areas in lieu of one or more Regents exams
  • Offers 10th Grade Seats
  • Guidance Counselors, Social Workers

AP Courses, Languages, Sports, Art
AP Courses
Algebra II (Advanced Math), Chemistry (Advanced Science), Econ/Gov (CPCC), ELA (CPCC), Science (College Course [Credited]), World Languages (Advanced World Languages), World Languages (College Course [Credited])
Languages Offered
Spanish
Boys PSAL Sports
Baseball, Basketball, Handball, Soccer
Girls PSAL Sports
Basketball, Softball, Volleyball
PSAL Team
Juan Morel Campos Secondary School
This school is part of a PSAL team comprised of the following schools:
El Puente Academy for Peace and Justice (14K685)
Juan Morel Campos Secondary School (14K071)
Clubs
Basketball, Gender Sexuality Alliance (GSA), Green Team, Handball, Muralistas-art and mural club, PSAL SPORTS - GIRLS Basketball, Softball, Volleyball PSAL SPORTS - BOYS Baseball
Art
The arts program at El Puente Academy for Peace and Justice centers interdisciplinary approaches to art making while examining themes of identity, community, and social justice all while building and advancing student's technical art skills. El Puente Academy's visual arts program is largely broken down into two courses: Sankofa Art for 9th and 10th grade students and Art as Liberation for 11th and 12th grade students. In the Sankofa Art, students explore their own roots, traditions and histories as well as those of a diverse group of cultures to get a better understanding of the rich variety of human experience. In the Art as Liberation course, students explore creating works of visual art that reflect their views on social & political issues and participate in events and actions connected to movements for peace and justice. El Puente's arts program also consists of many opportunities for students to showcase their talents and hard work during our schoolwide arts days, through either a student-led workshop or a performance on the main stage. Los Muralistas de El Puente is another big part of the culture at EPA and consists of student-led researching, designing and painting large scale murals both for school events and in the community. Our continued goal is to provide arts programming that is rooted in our school's principles and connected to the community. This upcoming year our goal is to continue to provide new opportunities to our students through more community partnerships with teaching artists and organizations.
Program Details
El Puente Academy for Peace and Justice(K75A)
Humanities & Interdisciplinary

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.

10th Grade seats available

Method:
Requirement:
Ed. Opt. programs admit students across all academic levels. Students are grouped into Low, Middle, and High categories based on a composite of their academic data. One-third of offers are made to students in each category.
Priority:
  • (Group 1) Brooklyn students or residents
  • (Group 2) New York City residents

Applicant Analysis
2023-242022-23
GE applicants/seats:16 / 57 (0.28)33 / 57 (0.58)
SWD applicants/seats:9 / 13 (0.69)15 / 13 (1.15)
Rank Avg: 5.09
OffersOffers - Waitlist
School Student & Admissions Statistics
School Year
2024-25
2023-24
2022-23
Total Students Across All Grades
182
182
189
    Grade 12 Students
40
46
41
    Grade 11 Students
46
38
43
    Grade 10 Students
62
44
44
    Grade 9 Students
34
54
61
Avg. Class Size
21.5
21.5
18.4
Pupil-Teacher Ratio
12.0
11.4
10.5
Safety Comp. / Susp. / NYPD
0 / 0 / 0
<5 / 9 / 3
<5 / 16 / 1
Attendance %
77%
74%
Graduation %
81%
61%
College %
33%
32%
Total Applicants / Seats
Total Offers
134 (25) / 70
0
168 (48) / 70
0

This data was gathered from various NYC DOE reports: https://infohub.nyced.org/reports/students-and-schools/school-quality/information-and-data-overview

Survey Summary & Data (2024-25)
Student Responses 59% responded
Academic Rigor 
  75.83%
Academic Engagement 
  70.91%
Safety 
  80.50%
Bully Prevention 
  71.88%
Inclusivity 
  86.55%
Mental Support 
  82.13%
Environment 
  70.21%
Post-School Support 
  83.90%
Teacher Responses 94% responded
Academic Rigor 
  73.50%
School Satisfaction 
  78.50%
Student Behavior 
  54.56%
Student Support 
  92.20%
School Leadership 
  86.80%
Instructional Clarity 
  83.40%
Instructional Development 
  86.44%
Post-School Support 
  92.33%
Family Responses 25% responded
Education 
  94.50%
Teacher Support 
  97.67%
Safety 
  96.67%
School Community 
  79.43%
School Leadership 
  87.50%
Post-School Support 
  95.50%
IEP Support 
  100.00%

Note: Yellow bars indicate city-wide averages for the associated category

View Full NYC DOE Survey Results:

This data was gathered from the NYC DOE's yearly school surveys: https://infohub.nyced.org/reports/students-and-schools/school-quality/nyc-school-survey

Academic Summary & Data (2023-24)
Academic Proficiency
4-Year Grad. %
  81.30%
CC Regents
  77
Impact Score
  0.56
Performance Score
  0.43
College Aptitude
CCR
  36.00%
SAT Math
  389
SAT R/W
  423
Postsecondary
2-Year College 10.90%
4-Year College 19.60%
Unknown 69.50%

View Full Academic Data:

This data was gathered from the NYC DOE's yearly quality reports: https://infohub.nyced.org/reports/students-and-schools/school-quality/school-quality-reports-and-resources

School Demographics (2024-25)
Student Population:
Male 49.50%
Female 50.50%
English Language Learners:
  24.20%
Students with Disabilities:
  34.10%
Economic Need Index: 
  95.00%
Student Ethnicity:
Black 14.30%
Hispanic 83.50%
White 0.50%
Other 1.70%
Teacher Ethnicity:
Hispanic 47.10%
Other 52.90%

This data was gathered from the NYC DOE's demographic snapshots: https://infohub.nyced.org/reports/students-and-schools/school-quality/information-and-data-overview

IEP Statistics (2023-24)
IEP Services
Students with IEPs
  33.00%
Students with SETSS
  0.50%
Students with ICT
  22.00%
Students with SC
  0.00%
Has all programs
  100.00%
Has some programs
  0.00%
Has no programs
  0.00%
Has all services
  89.00%
Has some services
  0.00%
Has no services
  11.00%
IEP Student Performance
4-Year Grad. Rate
  66.70%
IEP Movement
Excellent
IEP Support 
  100.00%

This data was gathered from the NYC DOE's yearly quality reports: https://infohub.nyced.org/reports/students-and-schools/school-quality/school-quality-reports-and-resources

Special Education Programs & Services (2024-25)
ProgramFully ReceivingPartially ReceivingNot Receiving
Integrated Co-Teaching Services22 (48%)24 (52%)0 (0%)
ServiceFully ReceivingPartially ReceivingNot Receiving
Counseling Services>5 (97%)N/A (N/A)<=5 (3%)
Occupational Therapy0 (0%)N/A (N/A)<=5 (100%)
Speech-Language Therapy16 (100%)N/A (N/A)0 (0%)
TransportationNumber Receiving
Curb to School6 (86%)
Stop to School<=5 (?)
Unassigned<=5 (?)

This data was gathered from the NYC DOE's Special Education Reports: https://infohub.nyced.org/reports/government-reports/special-education-reports

ELL Performance (2023-24)
ELL Progress
  57

This data was gathered from the NYC DOE's yearly quality reports: https://infohub.nyced.org/reports/students-and-schools/school-quality/school-quality-reports-and-resources

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