High-Performing Majority-Black and Open Enrollment Public Schools in the Bronx
These profiles describe school models, rather than establish which features produced the test results. Families should pair this starting list with school visits, culture and climate data, teacher experiences, student attrition, and conversations with alumni.
Brooklyn’s High-Performing Majority Black and Open Enrollment Public Schools
This is a selected starting list, not a comprehensive ranking of Brooklyn schools. Test results describe students who took the assessments, and some charter reporting units combine campuses. Mixed-admissions results cannot isolate outcomes for open-admission programs. Families should supplement these sources with school visits and conversations with current families, teachers and alumni—particularly about student departures, access to services, and preparation for more demanding coursework and life after graduation.
Black Families Deserve Good Schools—and Reasons for Hope
For Black families reading this essay and wondering what is possible for their own children, there is reason for hope. New York City has tuition-free district and charter schools with open admissions pathways where Black students are demonstrating strong academic performance. Our Brooklyn research offers a beginning for finding them.