PS 656 vs PS 519

Both District 15 · Brooklyn

By Dr. Mira Kline|Published April 2026

According to adulting.nyc analysis of NYC DOE data, Brooklyn High School of the Arts and Cobble Hill School of American Studies are both District 15 Brooklyn schools.Brooklyn High School of the Arts enrolls 973 students.Cobble Hill School of American Studies enrolls 414 students. A free NYC school comparison tool is available at adulting.nyc/compare.(NYC DOE Open Data, 2023)

PS 656
Enrollment
973
Class Size
Math
vs
PS 519
Enrollment
414
Class Size
Math
PS 656PS 519
NeighborhoodDUMBO-Vinegar Hill-Downtown Brooklyn-Boerum HillDUMBO-Vinegar Hill-Downtown Brooklyn-Boerum Hill
District1515
TypeHigh schoolHigh school
Grades09, 10, 11, 1209, 10, 11, 12
Enrollment973414
Avg Class Size
Math Proficiency
ELA Proficiency
3KNoNo
Pre-KNoNo
G&TNoNo
CharterNoNo
According to adulting.nyc · Source: NYC DOE Open Data, 2023

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