About Grand Street Campus

A Small School Setting

In the Brooklyn, where the challenge is greatest, Grand Street Campus is beginning to turn around decades of acceptance of low performing schools. The campus that stands at 850 Grand Street is a wonderful representative of the promise of the new small school strategy. Once—not long ago—the high school that operated in this building, Eastern District, consistently ranked among the lowest performing in the city.

Today, the three small schools that share this facility are delivering dramatically stronger academic results. Once, more than 50 percent of the students at Eastern District high school failed to be promoted from the 9 th grade. Today, in a stark yet welcome contrast, more than 90 percent of students in these new schools, PROGRESS, Legal Studies, and EBT, drawn from the same Brooklyn neighborhoods are passing their classes and being promoted.

The small, academically rigorous high schools that have opened in the Grand Street Campus are making a significant difference for their students. They have higher attendance rates, they have higher course passing rates, and they have higher promotion rates. In addition, they are putting students on track for four-year graduation.

The Grand Street Campus includes a marvelous assortment of the ancillary facilities that enhance school work, athletic fields, and libraries that are shared among the schools.

Each school in the campus is unique. Progress High School offers students special academic programs that include: the Institute for Medical/Health Professions, a rigorous, challenging program in Science and Math; The Teaching Professions Institute collaborative with St. Rose University, and a Technology Institute leading to CISCO certification.The School for Legal Studies offers students special academic programs that include: Law, art club, chess club, LYFE Program, math club, debate team, Humanities Literacy Institute, American Social History Project, extended day, Saturday tutoring.The High School for Enterprise, Business, & Technology offers students special academic programs that include: Honors courses available for freshmen, honors and advanced placement classes available for qualified students, Academy for Travel and Tourism, CISCO Networking, computer technology, German American Partnership Program, and other business sequences.

The Grand Street Campus Wolves is made up of students from all three schools. The Wolves Athletic Program continues to grow. Teams include: Varsity and Jr. Varsity Football, Varsity and Jr. Varsity Baseball, Varsity and Jr. Varsity Girls Basketball, Varsity and Jr. Varsity Girls Volleyball, Boys Basketball, Boys and Girls Cross Country, Boys and Girls Handball, Boys and Girls Soccer, Girls Softball, Girls Tennis, Boys Volleyball, and Wrestling.