# FDNY-CAPTAIN VERNON A RICHARDS HS *Machine-readable school profile — served at https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/fdny-captain-vernon-a-richards-hs-brooklyn/llm* Full profile (human-readable): https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/fdny-captain-vernon-a-richards-hs-brooklyn --- ## Core identification - **NCES School ID**: `360012005716` - **School name**: FDNY-CAPTAIN VERNON A RICHARDS HS - **Location**: BROOKLYN, NY 11207 - **Address**: 400 PENNSYLVANIA AVE - **District**: NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #19 (LEAID `3600120`) - **Sector**: Public - **School type**: Regular - **School level**: High - **Grade range**: 9–12 - **Coordinates**: 40.66690, -73.89490 - **Phone**: (718)688-7930 - **Wikidata QID**: Q105647467 ## Enrollment (2024) - **Students**: 417 - **Teachers (FTE)**: 35 - **Student-teacher ratio**: 11.9:1 - **Free/reduced lunch**: 90.9% ## State accountability rating - **System**: NY ESSA - **Year**: 2025 - **Overall rating**: Local Support and Improvement - **Indicators**: - HS Attendance: 2 - HS CCCR: 2 - HS ELP: 2 - HS Weight Performance: 2 - HS Core Performance: 2 - HS Grad Rate: 2 - overall_status: Local Support and Improvement ## Academic performance (state assessments) ### 2025 - **Overall (NY ESSA)**: 62.0% proficient - **Overall Status (NY ESSA)**: 62.0% proficient ## Graduation rates - **2024**: 82.0% (cohort of 88) - **2021**: 74.5% (cohort of 60) - **2019**: 84.0% (cohort of 54) - **2018**: 72.0% (cohort of 90) - **2017**: 74.0% (cohort of 56) ## Attendance - **2020**: chronic absence 53.3% (144 students) [source: crdc_2020] - **2020**: chronic absence 15.1% (35 students) [source: crdc] - **2017**: chronic absence 17.2% (40 students) [source: crdc] - **2015**: chronic absence 66.0% (153 students) [source: crdc] ## Discipline (latest CRDC year) - **Year**: 2020 - **In-school suspensions**: 0 - **Out-of-school suspensions**: 0 - **Expulsions**: 0 - **Restraint incidents**: 0 - **Seclusion incidents**: 0 - **Referrals to law enforcement**: 0 - **Bullying allegations**: 0 ## Demographics (2023) - **White**: 1.9% - **Hispanic/Latino**: 30.6% - **Black/African American**: 1.9% - **Asian**: 61.9% - **American Indian/Alaska Native**: 2.6% - **Pacific Islander**: 0.4% - **Two or more races**: 0.8% - **Free/reduced lunch eligible**: 85.8% ## Inclusion — IDEA & English Learners (2017) - **Students with IEP (IDEA)**: 36.6% — 85 students - **English Learners**: 5.2% — 12 students ## Disability category breakdown (CRDC) - **Specific Learning Disability**: 53 students - **Speech/Language Impairment**: 12 students - **Emotional Disturbance**: 9 students - **Other Health Impairment**: 6 students - **Intellectual Disability**: 3 students - **Autism**: 1 students - **Traumatic Brain Injury**: 1 students ## Programs & enrichment - Advanced Placement (AP) ## Finance ### School-level (ESSA 2024-2025) - **Total per-pupil expenditure**: $38,858 - **Federal share**: $8,159 - **State + local share**: $30,699 - **Enrolled for PPE calc**: 231 ### District F-33 (2020) - **District per-pupil revenue**: $1,000 - **Federal share**: 100.0% - **State share**: 100.0% - **Local share**: 100.0% - **Instructional spending per pupil**: $1,000 ## Neighbourhood (ACS 2019-2023) - **Median household income**: $21,238 - **Poverty rate**: 44.3% - **Bachelor's degree or higher**: 4.7% - **Unemployment**: 5.6% - **Median gross rent**: $877 - **Foreign-born residents**: 25.2% - **Single-parent households**: 44.5% ## Environmental context - **Nearest Superfund (NPL)**: 1.8 miles (WOLFF ALPORT CHEMICAL COMPANY) - **Toxic Release Inventory sites within 1 mile**: 4 - **TRI sites within 5 miles**: 80 - **Nearest brownfield**: 0.29 miles (402 SNEDIKER AVE BEVERLY S PLACE) ### Water safety - **Public water system**: CORNER STONE COURT - **SDWA health violations (10 yr)**: 3 - **Acute violations (10 yr)**: 0 - **Most recent violation**: 2025-01-01 ### Air quality - **PM2.5 annual average**: 8.36016 μg/m³ (EPA std: 9) - **Nearest monitor**: 2.6 miles ## Nearby schools performing better ### chronic absence - **PERFORMING ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY HIGH SCHOOL** — 0.0 mi away, 4.59% (this school: 15.09%) - **WORLD ACADEMY FOR TOTAL COMMUNITY HEALTH HIGH SCHOOL** — 0.0 mi away, 13.77% (this school: 15.09%) - **BROOKLYN GARDENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL** — 0.2 mi away, 10.61% (this school: 15.09%) - **SCHOOL OF THE FUTURE BROOKLYN** — 0.2 mi away, 11.02% (this school: 15.09%) - **PS 328 PHYLLIS WHEATLEY** — 0.2 mi away, 11.41% (this school: 15.09%) ### graduation rate - **ACHIEVEMENT FIRST EAST NEW YORK CHARTER SCHOOL** — 0.2 mi away, 87% (this school: 82%) - **EAST NEW YORK FAMILY ACADEMY** — 0.6 mi away, 93% (this school: 82%) - **LEADERSHIP PREPARATORY OCEAN HILL CHARTER SCHOOL** — 0.7 mi away, 92% (this school: 82%) - **SCHOOL FOR CLASSICS HIGH SCHOOL** — 1.1 mi away, 94% (this school: 82%) - **ACADEMY FOR YOUNG WRITERS** — 1.3 mi away, 88% (this school: 82%) ## Related data feeds - **Profile (human)**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/fdny-captain-vernon-a-richards-hs-brooklyn - **Performance**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/fdny-captain-vernon-a-richards-hs-brooklyn/performance - **Finance**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/fdny-captain-vernon-a-richards-hs-brooklyn/finance - **Demographics**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/fdny-captain-vernon-a-richards-hs-brooklyn/demographics - **Inclusion**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/fdny-captain-vernon-a-richards-hs-brooklyn/inclusion - **Context (neighbourhood)**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/fdny-captain-vernon-a-richards-hs-brooklyn/context - **Attendance**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/fdny-captain-vernon-a-richards-hs-brooklyn/attendance - **Discipline**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/fdny-captain-vernon-a-richards-hs-brooklyn/discipline - **Outcomes**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/fdny-captain-vernon-a-richards-hs-brooklyn/outcomes - **Workforce**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/fdny-captain-vernon-a-richards-hs-brooklyn/workforce --- *Source: US Dept of Education CCD, EDFacts, CRDC, F-33; US Census ACS; EPA SDWIS, TRI, NPL, AQS; state DOE portals (CA CDE, TX TEA, FL DOE, NY NYSED, IL ISBE, WA OSPI). 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