Some awfully big schools

See the list of the largest high schools in New York City, using ‘data’ from the NYC Department of Education’s new class size report?

Brooklyn Tech, 19601? That’s the school’s population, according to the new report. I’ve listed the top 40, below, and there’s more surprises. Each school is listed at 2, 3, 4 times its actual size.

No, Brooklyn Tech has not moved to Reading, PA 19601

Yes, these numbers make no sense. Is there anyone left at Tweed who knows anything, anything at all, about the school system? No one with any actual experience looked and said, um, we don’t have schools with 20,000 kids?

Brooklyn Technical HS 19601 ⋅Francis Lewis HS 19016
Benjamin N. Cardozo HS 16425 ⋅John Adams HS 15847
James Madison HS 15846 ⋅ Edward R. Murrow HS 15614
Dewitt Clinton HS 15557⋅ Boys And Girls HS 14805
Forest Hills HS 14748 ⋅ Bayside HS 14725
Hillcrest HS 14490⋅ Fort Hamilton HS 14478
Richmond Hill HS 13786⋅ Herbert H. Lehman HS 13603
Franklin Delano Roosevelt HS 13478⋅ Tottenville HS 13251
Midwood HS 12758⋅ Martin Van Buren HS 12557
John Bowne HS 12556⋅ John Dewey HS 12223
William Cullen Bryant HS 11978⋅ Murry Bergtraum HS 11836
Thomas A. Edison Career And Tech Ed HS 11669⋅ Long Island City HS 11632
Bronx HS Of Science 11535⋅ Grover Cleveland HS 11230
Fiorello H. Laguardia HS Of Music & Art A 10745⋅ Flushing HS 10745
Curtis HS 10556⋅ Newtown HS 10478
New Utrecht HS 10294⋅ Louis D. Brandeis HS 10205
Susan E. Wagner HS 10114⋅ Stuyvesant HS 9367
Clara Barton HS 9095⋅ Harry S. Truman HS 8867
Port Richmond HS 8448⋅ New Dorp HS 8227
Sheepshead Bay HS 8144⋅ Franklin K. Lane HS 8122

(Brooklyn Tech’s actual register is a bit under 4500)