How safe is the school, really?
Based on state data and the city’s 2024–25 school survey as Insideschools reports it, Brooklyn Tech’s discipline and climate figures are strong: New York State records 0% of students suspended for a full day, 95% of students say they feel safe in hallways, bathrooms and locker rooms (87% citywide), and 22% say bullying happens most or all of the time (40% citywide). News archives show an evacuation on December 5, 2019 after an emailed threat, and the 2015 guilty plea of a former teacher.
| Source | What it shows | Date |
|---|---|---|
| State data | 0% of students suspended for at least one full day; 16.8% chronically absent; 93% student attendance | 2024–25 |
| City school survey, via Insideschools | 95% of students feel safe in hallways, bathrooms and locker rooms (city 87%); 22% say bullying happens most or all of the time (city 40%); 14% of students miss 18 or more days (city 41%) | 2024–25 |
| News report | The NYPD received an email at 8:45 a.m. on December 5 threatening the school; students were moved to Long Island University while police searched the building, and police issued an all-clear | December 2019 |
| News report | A former math and science teacher pleaded guilty in a case of sexual abuse of female students between 2011 and 2014, among the charges second-degree kidnapping; NY1 reported a five-year prison term and that he may not teach again | December 2015 |
The survey figures are what students report, not counts of incidents, and the state and Insideschools measure absence differently (16.8% chronically absent against 14% missing 18 or more days). A school of 5,850 students is a large building to supervise, so a family should ask how entry and movement through it are managed. We found no incident report for 2025–26; the absence of reports is not proof that none occurred.
How do students perform on state assessments in reading and math?
Based on Niche’s relay of New York State’s 2024–25 testing, 100% of Brooklyn Tech students tested were proficient in both math and reading. Plain Schools, relaying federal data, shows 97% proficient in math in 2022–23, against 52% across New York, and no whole-school reading result for that year.
| Measure | Figure | Source and year |
|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency | 100% (Niche); 97% against 52% for New York (Plain Schools) | Niche, 2024–25; Plain Schools, 2022–23 |
| Reading proficiency | 100% (Niche); Plain Schools shows no whole-school reading result for 2021–22 or 2022–23 | Niche, 2024–25; Plain Schools |
| SAT | 1420 on average (math 730, verbal 690) from 3,949 user reports; math 706 and reading and writing 675 in the city figures | Niche, undated; NYC Sift, 2022–23 |
| ACT | 32 on average from 307 user reports; English 30.3, math 30.5, reading 31.5 and science 28.9 in the city figures | Niche, undated; NYC Sift, 2022–23 |
Brooklyn Tech admits students by one entrance test, the Specialized High Schools Admissions Test, so scores at this level say who is admitted as much as what the school adds, and we found no growth measure. The SAT and ACT are admission tests, not state assessments, and Niche’s averages come from users who chose to report them. The Regents exams are New York’s own high-school tests, and we found no school-level results by exam.
Does the school offer distinct STEM programs, and how have teams placed in competition?
Based on the student newspaper’s majors guide, FIRST’s records and Alumni Foundation reports, Brooklyn Tech has distinct STEM programmes and competition results: 18 majors, among them Mechatronics & Robotics, Aerospace, Civil, Electrical and Software Engineering; FIRST Team 334 won the Judges’ Award at the 2025 New York City Regional and the Innovation in Control Award at the 2026 one; and the math team was named the second most outstanding high school of 3,000 registered at the 2026 MathCON finals.
| Strand | What is published | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Majors | 18 majors, including Mechatronics & Robotics, Aerospace Engineering, Electrical, Civil and Architectural Engineering, Software Engineering, Biological Science, Chemistry and Neuroscience | The Survey, February 2024 |
| FIRST Robotics | 2023: Regional Finalists at both the FIRST Long Island Regional and the New York City Regional. 2024: no awards. 2025: Judges’ Award at the New York City Regional, after a 0–9 record at the New York Tech Valley Regional | FIRST event records, 2023–2025 |
| Mathematics | MathCON Finals at the University of Chicago on May 23, 2026: the Second Most Outstanding High School honor, one gold and one bronze medal, and four honorable mentions | Alumni Foundation, 2026 |
| Research | Weston Research Scholars Program: 112 students in four classes in 2024–25; 38 projects at the Terra NYC STEM Fair, 16 of them finalists; one project at the International Science and Engineering Fair final; seven manuscripts published or in review | Alumni Foundation, October 2025 |
Results vary by year: Team 334 won no FIRST award in 2024. The Weston programme is selective, with 40 places offered from 218 nominations for the class of 2028. We found no cybersecurity competition record for the school, and no robotics team size.
What's the graduation rate, and how college-ready are graduates?
Based on New York State data, 98% of Brooklyn Tech’s 2021 cohort graduated in four years (1,510 of 1,541, as of August 2025), and Insideschools reports 98% against 89% citywide for 2024–25, with 93% of graduates staying in college for at least three semesters (city 69%).
| Measure | Figure | Source and year |
|---|---|---|
| Four-year graduation | 98% (1,510 of 1,541) for the 2021 cohort; 97% in 2023–24 and 96% in 2022–23 and 2021–22 | State data, as of August 2025; NYC Sift |
| Diploma type | 1,410 students (91%) earned a Regents diploma with advanced designation and 100 (6%) a Regents diploma; 24 were still enrolled and 5 dropped out | State data, 2021 cohort |
| College and Career Readiness score | 96, against 48 citywide | Insideschools, 2024–25 School Quality Guide |
| College enrollment | 84% in 2023–24; for 2022–23, 81.3% in four-year colleges, 2.8% in two-year colleges and 15.8% unknown | NYC Sift |
Students are admitted by entrance test, so these results describe a selected group. Insideschools counts 176 students per guidance counselor or social worker against 119 citywide, says college counselors carry caseloads of roughly 300 seniors, and lists individual attention as hard to receive; a family should ask how a student reaches a counselor.
How strong is this school in AI, data science and computer science compared with other schools?
Based on our review, computer science grades at Level 4 of 5 (4.0/5, Excellent) and AI & data science at Level 3 (3.0/5, Developing). Computer science rests on a six-course Software Engineering major and on AP Computer Science Principles, which 1,353 sophomores sat in 2024–25 with 94% scoring 3 or higher; for AI and data science we found a senior Big Data course and a mathematics major that teaches Python, but no AI course.
| Field | Grade | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| Computer science | 4.0/5 | Software Engineering major: AP Computer Science A, Fundamentals of IT Infrastructure, Web Development, Cyber Security, PLTW Digital Electronics and Big Data: Warehousing & Analytics; AP Computer Science A passed at 3 or higher by 96% of 220 grade 11 candidates and 81% of 57 grade 12 candidates; the Foundation says every sophomore takes a college-level computer science class |
| AI & data science | 3.0/5 | Big Data: Warehousing & Analytics, which the Foundation calls a college-level senior course invented at and taught only at Brooklyn Tech; the Applied Mathematics major (Python, linear algebra, AP Statistics); no AI or machine-learning course, club or competition found |
The AP figures are the state’s 2024–25 report, which districts can still verify. The school’s own site refused automated access, so a newer AI course on its current catalogue cannot be ruled out; a family should ask whether one runs. We have not set Brooklyn Tech beside another named school here; the grades can be set beside any other school’s on this platform.
How strong is it in robotics, engineering and hands-on problem solving?
Based on our review, robotics grades at Level 4 of 5 (4.0/5, Excellent). Students can take a Mechatronics & Robotics major taught largely in a robotics laboratory, and FIRST Team 334 was a Regional Finalist at both the Long Island and New York City regionals in 2023, won the Judges’ Award at the 2025 New York City Regional and won the Innovation in Control Award at the 2026 one; engineering runs through five more majors, from aerospace to civil and electrical.
| Strand | What is published | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Robotics major | AP Physics, Digital Electronics, Robotics Engineering, Computer Integrated Manufacturing and Mechatronics; most classes meet in the robotics laboratory on the south side of the building | The Survey, February 2024 |
| Competition | Team 334, the TechKnights, rookie year 1999: 2023 Regional Finalists at two regionals; 2024 no awards; 2025 Judges’ Award at the New York City Regional; 2026 Team Sustainability Award at the Gotham Regional and, at the New York City Regional, rank 5 of 51, Alliance 3 captain and the Innovation in Control Award | FIRST event records |
| Other engineering majors | Aerospace (Flight School with a flight simulator, PLTW Principles of Engineering), Electrical (Digital Systems Design), Civil (Engineering Statics, AutoCAD, surveying), Architectural and Industrial Design (fabrication) | The Survey, February 2024 |
| Facilities | Room 1S12 is a robotics laboratory created through a donation from the late alumnus Isaac Heller; room 1N8 is the Civil Engineering major’s space | Alumni Foundation tour |
The team’s results vary: no FIRST award in 2024, an 0–9 qualification record at one 2025 regional before the Judges’ Award at the next, and a 2–8 record at the 2026 FIRST Championship division. We found no team size. A course list does not show how much students design themselves, so a family should ask what a student builds in each year of the major.
Does STEM translate into recognised qualifications, university preparation and credible next-step pathways?
Based on New York State’s 2024–25 AP report and the majors guide, Brooklyn Tech’s routes are courses, certifications and research: 32 AP courses, certifications in three majors (AutoCAD, American Concrete Institute, surveying and Inventor), the Weston Research Scholars Program, with student projects done with Columbia University and NYU Tandon collaborators, and a Con Edison summer internship that ran for the 22nd time in 2025.
| Route | What is published | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Advanced Placement | 32 AP courses in 2024–25, from Computer Science A and Principles to Calculus BC, Chemistry, Physics C, Research and Seminar | State AP report |
| Certifications | AutoCAD (Architectural Engineering), American Concrete Institute and Surveying (Civil Engineering), Inventor (Industrial Design) | The Survey, February 2024 |
| Research | 112 students in 2024–25; student projects with Columbia University and NYU Tandon collaborators; seven manuscripts published or in review; 244 graduates over eleven classes accepted to more than 90 colleges | Alumni Foundation, October 2025 |
| Internship | Con Edison summer internship: the 22nd annual cohort presented on August 26, 2025, with 12 students named, and the program has welcomed more than 270 Brooklyn Tech students since 2000 | Alumni Foundation, September 2025 |
These routes are inside the school, and the research route is selective: the Weston programme offered 40 places from 218 nominations for the class of 2028. The school’s own text names dual-enrolment credit through Rochester Institute of Technology; that university publishes a credit route for Project Lead The Way courses that depends on a class average of at least 85% and a national assessment score, and no source we could read shows how many Brooklyn Tech students earn it. We found no cybersecurity, AI or biotechnology credential. A family should ask which courses carry college credit and how many students reach the internship.
Which future-critical STEM fields is this school genuinely strong in—and which ones are major gaps?
Based on our review, none of the ten fields reaches Level 5. Robotics, computer science and biotechnology are the strengths at Excellent (4.0/5); AI & data science, cybersecurity, Earth systems, aerospace and advanced manufacturing sit at Developing (3.0/5); clean energy is Weak (2.0/5), and battery storage is the major gap, where we found nothing (0.0/5).
| Field | Score | Standing |
|---|---|---|
| Robotics & Autonomous Systems | 4.0/5 | Excellent |
| Computer Science & Computational Thinking | 4.0/5 | Excellent |
| Biotechnology & Synthetic Biology | 4.0/5 | Excellent |
| AI & Data Science | 3.0/5 | Developing |
| Cybersecurity & Digital Safety | 3.0/5 | Developing |
| Earth Systems & Geospatial | 3.0/5 | Developing |
| Aerospace & Space Technology | 3.0/5 | Developing |
| Advanced Manufacturing | 3.0/5 | Developing |
| Clean Energy & Climate Technology | 2.0/5 | Weak |
| Batteries & Energy Storage | 0.0/5 | Weak |
Will your child be ready for jobs that don’t exist yet?
Here’s what the evidence actually shows for Brooklyn Technical High School — not what the brochure claims.
74/100 — Developing overall. Robotics, biotechnology and computer science are Brooklyn Tech’s furthest developed fields: students take a Mechatronics & Robotics major and join FIRST Team 334, which won the Judges’ Award at the 2025 New York City Regional, choose Biological Science, Chemistry, Neuroscience or pharmacy majors beside the Weston Research Scholars Program and its 112 students, and follow a Software Engineering major that runs from AP Computer Science A to a senior Big Data course.
But: battery storage is absent and clean energy is thin.
Best positioned forRobotics, Biotechnology, Computer Science
Underdeveloped inBatteries, Clean Energy
Future-critical exposure8/15 domains
Very strong
- None
Strong
- Robotics
- Computer Science
- Biotechnology
Limited
- AI & Data
- Cybersecurity
- Earth & Geospatial
- Aerospace
- Advanced Manufacturing
Little / no pathway
- Clean Energy
- Batteries
Best fit for
Less ideal for
Where the marketing exceeds the evidence
No source confirms the model-school status or any Brooklyn Tech student’s Rochester Institute of Technology credit.
Where the school is stronger than its marketing suggests
No AI or machine-learning course identified in the sequence.
Curriculum
- Big Data: Warehousing & Analytics, the senior course of the Software Engineering major; the Brooklyn Tech Alumni Foundation (October 2022) calls it a college-level course for senior majors, invented at and taught only at Brooklyn Tech
- Applied Mathematics major: Introduction to Math Research & Python Programming, Linear Algebra and AP Statistics (The Survey, February 2024)
Research
- Topics at the Weston Research Brooklyn Tech Science Fair in June 2026 included machine learning for detecting neurodegenerative disease and computational drug discovery (Foundation)
What’s missing
- No course, club or competition named for AI or machine learning found; a January 2026 article in The Survey on AI describes no school course
- Graded Level 3 on the data-science course and the mathematics major, and held there because the provision is data and statistics rather than AI itself
- The school’s own site refused automated access, so a course on its current catalogue cannot be ruled out
Curriculum
- Cyber Security is a course in the Software Engineering major, taken before Big Data; the Brooklyn Tech Alumni Foundation (October 2022) describes it as an industry-focused course offered only at Tech, and says the major’s seniors have already mastered two AP computer science courses, Java, Web Development and Fundamentals of IT Infrastructure
- The Survey’s majors guide (February 2024) lists Cyber Security among the major’s courses
What’s missing
- No cybersecurity club, CyberPatriot team or capture-the-flag entry found
- No cybersecurity credential found, although the guide names credentials for other majors
- Graded Level 3, a structured course sequence with no competition or credential record
Curriculum
- Mechatronics & Robotics major: AP Physics, Digital Electronics, Robotics Engineering, Computer Integrated Manufacturing and Mechatronics (The Survey, February 2024)
- The Foundation’s school tour describes room 1S12 as a robotics laboratory created through a donation from the late alumnus Isaac Heller
Competitions
- FIRST lists Team 334, the TechKnights, from Brooklyn Technical High School, rookie year 1999
- 2023: Regional Finalists at both the FIRST Long Island Regional and the New York City Regional
- 2025: Judges’ Award at the New York City Regional; 2024: no FIRST awards
- 2026: Team Sustainability Award at the Gotham Regional; at the New York City Regional ranked 5 of 51, captained Alliance 3 and won the Innovation in Control Award
What’s missing
- Results vary by event: the 2025 New York Tech Valley Regional ended 0–9, ranked 56 of 56, and the 2026 FIRST Championship Johnson Division 2–8, ranked 69 of 75
- No team size found
- Graded Level 4, an advanced major with an award-winning team, and held below Level 5 because no robotics employer or university partnership was found
Activity
- Environmental Science major: AP Environmental Science, Environmental Engineering and AP Human Geography, with an environmental laboratory (terrariums, fish tanks and plants, The Survey) and a Con Edison laboratory with an aquaponics system and aquariums, plus a greenhouse where students grow up to 500 lbs of food a year (Foundation school tour)
- Con Edison summer internship, 22nd cohort in 2025; project topics included distributed energy resource asset management and an AI process answering customer enquiries about installing solar panels and batteries (Foundation, September 2025)
- KidWind among the 19 competition presentations of the Weston programme in 2024–25, and a three-part Energy & Sustainability lecture series in 2026 (Foundation)
What’s missing
- No solar, wind, energy-systems or climate-technology course or laboratory found
- The Environmental Science major teaches environmental science, not energy technology, so it is counted as the nearest provision
- Graded Level 2, internship, competition and lecture activity without a structured energy curriculum
Curriculum
- Biological Science (AP Biology, Human Anatomy, AP Psychology, Genetics), Chemistry (AP Chemistry through Biochemistry), a pharmacy major with Long Island University and a Neuroscience major that began in 2024–25 (The Survey, February 2024)
- Long Island University’s cadaver human anatomy laboratory, used by the Biological Science major (The Survey)
Research
- Weston Research Scholars Program: 112 students in four classes in 2024–25, with student projects done with Columbia University and NYU Tandon collaborators, one finalist at the International Science and Engineering Fair, and seven manuscripts published or in review (Foundation, fall 2025)
- The Foundation reported in October 2026 that six students took part in the RISE UP physician-scientist immersion programme
What’s missing
- No biotechnology laboratory-technique course, such as PCR, electrophoresis or cloning, named in the majors guide, and no industry internship host or credential found
- Graded Level 4, advanced major sequences with a university research route, and held below Level 5 because the research programme is selective and no biotechnology industry pathway was found
Curriculum
- Software Engineering major: AP Computer Science A, Fundamentals of IT Infrastructure, Web Development, Cyber Security, PLTW Digital Electronics and Big Data: Warehousing & Analytics (The Survey, February 2024)
- The Foundation (October 2022) says every Tech sophomore takes a college-level computer science class, that the curriculum is updated by as much as 30% a year, and that enrolment in the computer majors has quadrupled since 2015
Exam record
- New York State’s 2024–25 AP report: 1,353 sophomores sat AP Computer Science Principles and 94% scored 3 or higher; in AP Computer Science A, 96% of 220 grade 11 candidates and 81% of 57 grade 12 candidates scored 3 or higher; the report says districts can still verify its data
What’s missing
- No computer science competition or programming team found; the 2018–19 activities list names a Web Design club
- Graded Level 4, a multi-year sequence with AP courses and a senior Big Data course, and held below Level 5 because no software employer or university partnership was found
Creativity cannot be graded the way a course can. It can only be evidenced through what students made.
| Criterion | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Art + technology | ||||
| Design | ||||
| Architecture | ||||
| Engineering design | ||||
| Media / digital production | ||||
| Maker learning | ||||
| Interdisciplinary projects |
Three strands run for three years or more; the others run for fewer. 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026 are the densest, at 5 of 7 criteria.
The record — 5 artefacts
Industrial Design students make glass and neon work through the Thomas Volpe ’53 UrbanGlass Initiative, launched in 2020: juniors completed a nine-week glass course in spring 2023, seniors showed their neon designs at the UrbanGlass gallery on December 19, 2024, seniors took a fall 2025 neon project from concept to fabrication, and the 2025–26 year added wearable and flameworked pieces and a public fashion show at the UrbanGlass studio.
Brooklyn Tech Alumni Foundation, April 2023–October 2026
Students on Team 334, the TechKnights, build a competition robot each season: FIRST’s records show Regional Finalist results at both the Long Island and New York City regionals in 2023, play at two regionals in 2024, the Judges’ Award at the New York City Regional in 2025, and in 2026 the Team Sustainability Award at the Gotham Regional and the Innovation in Control Award at the New York City Regional, where the team ranked fifth of 51 and captained Alliance 3.
FIRST event records for Team 334, 2023–2026
Brooklyn Tech’s student newspaper publishes news, opinion and features under student bylines such as Editor-in-Chief, Senior Executive Editor and News Writer, with articles on surveybths.com dated from February 2023 to September 2026; the Brooklyn Tech Alumni Foundation says the paper has been published since 1922.
The Survey, surveybths.com, February 2023–September 2026 · Brooklyn Tech Alumni Foundation
Nineteen students form one of eight InvenTeams that Lemelson-MIT named for 2025–26, building an invention that targets harmful airborne pollutants on construction sites, with Brooklyn Tech faculty mentors and a research advisor.
Lemelson-MIT, October 2025 · Brooklyn Tech Alumni Foundation, February 2026
A Weston Research Scholar built prototypes of an Arduino-based carbon monoxide detection system that shuts off a boiler, tested at an average sensing error of about 5 ppm and a response of about 31 seconds for about $27 in materials; it took first place at the W!se Quality of Life INNOVATIONS awards at Cooper Union on June 16, 2026.
W!se Quality of Life INNOVATIONS, June 2026 · Brooklyn Tech Alumni Foundation, September 2026
Nothing found for
No student work was found evidencing these. For a school this well documented, an unrecorded programme is unlikely to be a large one.
What a family should ask about directly
- Batteries have no record at all, clean energy rests on an internship, competitions and lectures rather than a course, and AI has no course of its own. The school’s own site refused automated access, so its current course catalogue was not read: ask for it, and ask which of these gaps the school is closing.
- Size shapes the experience. New York State counts 5,850 students; federal data relayed by Plain Schools give 19.9 students per full-time teacher in 2024–25 against 10.8 for New York high schools, and average class size was 29.7 in 2023–24 (NYC Sift, relaying city data). Insideschools reports 176 students per guidance counsellor or social worker against 119 citywide, and describes individual attention as hard to receive. Ask how majors are assigned (students rank them, and placement comes in the second semester of sophomore year), what happens when a student does not get a first choice, and how a student reaches a counsellor.
- The strongest research route is selective. The Weston Research Scholars Program had 112 students in 2024–25 in a school of 5,850, and the class of 2028 was 40 places from 218 nominations. Ask how students are chosen and what research route exists for the rest.
- Two statements in the school’s 2018–19 entry with the New York City Department of Education could not be tested: “the largest Advanced Placement program in the world” (New York State’s 2024–25 report shows 32 AP courses with students enrolled and 35 AP exams taken, no ranking of programmes by size was found, and The Survey reported in March 2025 that from fall 2025 students are limited to three AP courses a year) and “10 courses in one of 19 different majors” (sources from 2022 to 2024 count 18 majors). Ask which colleges give credit for the Project Lead The Way courses.
- New York State lists the school as Local Support and Improvement for 2024–25 without a reason on the page we read, 16.8% of students were chronically absent, and school-level state test results could not be read. Niche reviewers describe a competitive, sometimes stressful environment and an older building with heating, cooling and maintenance problems. Ask for the school’s current results and to see the laboratories and shops a student’s major would use.
- Several sources could not be read: the school’s own site and the federal school-search page both refuse automated access. Grades therefore rest on the school’s 2018–19 entry with the Department of Education, New York State reports, the student newspaper The Survey, the Brooklyn Tech Alumni Foundation’s pages, FIRST event records and press, which is why confidence on AI, cybersecurity and clean energy is not higher.
| Domain | Evidence class | Key sources |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Data | Corroborated | Big Data course (The Survey, February 2024; Brooklyn Tech Alumni Foundation, October 2022); Applied Mathematics major; Weston science fair topics (Foundation, June 2026); no AI course, club or competition record found |
| Computer Science | Corroborated · Officially recorded | Software Engineering major (The Survey, February 2024; Brooklyn Tech Alumni Foundation, October 2022); New York State 2024–25 AP report (AP Computer Science A and Principles, enrolments and pass rates) |
| Robotics | Officially recorded · Corroborated | FIRST event records for Team 334, 2023–2026; Mechatronics & Robotics major (The Survey); Foundation school tour; no team size found |
| Biotechnology | Corroborated | Biology, Chemistry, Neuroscience and pharmacy majors (The Survey); Weston Research Scholars reports (Foundation, fall 2025 and June 2026); no industry host or credential record found |
| Clean Energy | Corroborated | Environmental Science major (The Survey); Con Edison internship, September 2025, and energy lecture series, March 2026 (Foundation); no energy course record found |
| Aerospace | Corroborated | Aerospace Engineering major with flight simulator (The Survey); faculty grant for a simulator upgrade (Foundation); no competition record found |
| Earth & Geospatial | Corroborated · Officially recorded | Environmental Science major (The Survey); AP Environmental Science and AP Human Geography on the New York State 2024–25 AP report; Civil Engineering surveying certification; no geospatial or climate-data record found |
| Advanced Manufacturing | Corroborated | Computer Integrated Manufacturing courses across three majors and Industrial Design fabrication and 3D printing (The Survey); Materials Testing Laboratory (Foundation school tour); no automation or credential record found |
| Cybersecurity | Corroborated | Cyber Security course in the Software Engineering sequence (The Survey; Foundation, October 2022); no club, competition or credential record found |
| Batteries & Energy Storage | Unsubstantiated | No coursework, laboratory, club or competition record found; the school’s own site could not be read |
Academics
We are a national model for excellence.
We are a specialized high school for students in grades 9–12, and admission to us is based solely on the score obtained on the Specialized High Schools Admissions Test (SHSAT). Here are our programs and majors, our language classes and the Advanced Placement courses our students take.
Brooklyn Technical High School
Our students are provided an immersive experience that includes 10 courses in one of 19 different majors, as well as the opportunity to participate in the largest Advanced Placement program in the world! We are a Project Lead The Way model school for dual enrollment credit through Rochester Institute of Technology and an iLearn school for online classes.
- Our CTE programs: Architecture; Engineering (Aerospace, Civil, Electrical, Industrial Design, Mechatronics, and Robotics) and Law; Media/Digital Animation
- Our Gateway to Medicine, Biological Science, LIU Pharm D (which is a gateway program to a doctorate in Pharmacy), and Chemistry majors
- Our humanities focused programs in Social Science Research and Law and Society, as well as a robust arts program
- Additional majors in: Environmental Science, Finance & Economics, Math, Physics, and Software Engineering
- Our language classes: French, Italian, Mandarin and Spanish
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Our Story
We are the nation’s largest high school.
Much of our facilities have been reborn for the 21st century, and we have a stimulating environment that fosters transformational education and personal growth. Here is our history, as our Alumni Foundation tells it, from an idea presented to the Brooklyn Engineers’ Club to our centennial.
Milestones
Albert Colston presents his vision for a technical high school for boys to the Brooklyn Engineers’ Club.
Brooklyn Technical High School is founded. We are established at 49 Flatbush Avenue Extension.
Our new building at 29 Fort Greene Place opens to students.
We welcome female students and convert to a coed high school.
Our Alumni Foundation is founded. Dr. Mathew M. Mandery ’61 is the first and only alumnus to lead Tech as its principal.
CARETECH, our Alumni Hall of Fame, and Project Lead the Way are established.
The Thomas Volpe ’53 UrbanGlass Initiative is established.
We celebrate our centennial.
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Our very active Brooklyn Tech Alumni Foundation enriches the culture of the school, supports student and faculty initiatives, and is an incubator for new school programs. Its mission is to support our continued educational excellence and national leadership as a specialized high school in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) based education.
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