MIDWOOD
HIGH SCHOOL AT BROOKLYN COLLEGE
Steven Zwisohn, Principal
S
C H O O L P R O F I L E
JUNE 2005
THE SCHOOL
Selected for the Second Time as a
National School of Excellence by the United States Department of Education
Selected
as one of the 100 Outstanding High Schools in the United States by U. S. News
and World Reports
Type
of Institution:
Public, Urban, Co-Ed
Location:
Brooklyn, New York
Community:
Mixed socio-economic urban community
Accreditation:
New York State Department of Education
Total
Enrollment:
3,750
Ethnic
Distribution:
Native American - .23%; Asian - 22.05%; African
American - 40.53%; Hispanic - 8.53%; “Other” - 28.65%
Candidates/Graduates:
681
Percentage
Going on to Further Education: 99.0% (4 year - 93.9%; 2 year - 5.1%);
“Other” - 1.0%
National
Merit Commended Students:
eight (8)
National
Achievement Semi-Finalists:
one (1)
National
Achievement Commended Students:
eight (8)
National
Hispanic Recognition Scholars:
two (2)
United
Federation of Teachers Scholarship Winners:
three (3)
Intel
ScienceTalent Search Winners:
Semi-finalists: three (3)
Siemens-Westinghouse
Science & Technology Competition:
Semi-finalists:
three (3)
Advanced
Placement Scholars:
40
Advanced
Placement Courses: 15
(By Recommendation Only, grades 11 and 12)
Mean
SAT Scores:
Verbal: 526; Math: 560
THE
STAFF
Assistant
Principals:
13 Number
of College Counselors: 2
Number
of Teaching Faculty: 180
Number of
Guidance Counselors: 11
SPECIAL
FEATURES OF CURRICULUM
CAMPUS
SCHOOL OF BROOKLYN COLLEGE
MEDICAL-SCIENCE
INSTITUTE
“Gifted”
programs open to residents of NYC. Admitted students selected on the basis
of intermediate school grades and standardized test
scores.
Advanced Placement and/or
HUMANITIES
PROGRAM
Honors courses available
in all academic subject disciplines. Selected
students take courses at
Brooklyn College
.
GRADUATION
REQUIREMENTS: 44
CREDITS*
8 English
6
Laboratory Science 1
Health
8 Social Studies
2
Foreign Language 7
Physical Education**
6 Mathematics
1
Art, 1 Music 7
Option Sequences and Electives
*Gifted
Programs - additional requirements apply
**.58 credit per term
GRADING
POLICY:
65
- 100 Passing
A - 90-100 C
- 70-79
F -
Below 65
Below
65 Failing
B -
80- 89
D - 65-69
POLICY
ON REPORTING GRADE POINT AVERAGE AND RANK:
Non-Weighted G.P.A. and Class Rank
COMPUTATION
OF GRADE AVERAGES: All
subjects included in G.P.A. except physical education
Class
of 2006
Distribution of
Grade
Averages***
Thirds***
Quartiles***
Quintiles***
Top
1% = 97.09
Top 1/3 = 88.61 Top
1/4 = 90.49 Top 1/5 =
91.80
5% = 95.07
2nd 1/3 = 76.79 2nd
1/4 = 83.60 2nd 1/5 =
86.80
10%
= 93.57
3rd 1/4 = 73.63
3rd 1/5 = 79.46
4th 1/5 = 71.26
***Grades
given are bottom cut-off for each percentile.