Midwood High School
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2839 Bedford Avenue Brooklyn, New York 11210 United States |
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| Type | Public high school |
| Motto | Verus, Bonus, Et Pulcher (Latin: The True, the Good, and the Beautiful) |
| Established | 1940 |
| School board | New York City Department of Education |
| School number | K405 |
| Principal | Michael McDonnell |
| Faculty | 160.4 FTEs |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 3,785 (as of 2014-15) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 23.6:1 |
| Color(s) | Navy Blue white |
| Team name | Hornets |
| Average SAT scores | 1710 |
| Newspaper | Argus |
| Yearbook | Epilog |
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| Website | www.midwoodhighschool.org |
Midwood High School is a high school located at 2839 Bedford Avenue in Brooklyn, New York City, administered by the New York City Department of Education. It has an enrollment of 3,938 students. Its H-shaped building, with six Ionic columns and a Georgian cupola, was constructed in 1940 as part of the Works Projects Administration.
Students from the two selective programs often attend top-ranked colleges, many on significant scholarships. Typically, the school sends around 3% of its seniors to Ivy League colleges, and 10% of seniors to colleges such as New York University, Boston College, and Johns Hopkins University. The average SAT scores in Midwood High School (2015) were 530 Verbal, 610 Math, and 570 Writing.
The New York Times reported in 1986, that:
"Getting into Midwood High School ... is about as easy as getting into an Ivy League college. More than 12,000 eager eighth graders applied this year for 450 fall openings in Midwood's highly touted programs in the medical sciences and humanities."
In the 1986-87 and 1997-98 school years, Midwood High School was recognized as a Blue Ribbon School of Excellence by the United States Department of Education and was chosen as a "School of Excellence" by U.S. News & World Report.
As of the 2014-15 school year, the school had an enrollment of 3,785 students and 160.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 23.6:1. There were 1,849 students (48.9% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 180 (4.8% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.
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