Academy of Urban Planning

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Academy of Urban Planning
Address
400 Irving Avenue Brooklyn , New York United States
Coordinates	40°41′49″N 73°54′43″W / 40.69694°N 73.91194°W / 40.69694; -73.91194
Information
Type	Public high school
Established	2003
School board	New York City Public Schools
School number	K552
Principal	Jorge Sandoval
Faculty	21.8 FTEs[1]
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	280 (as of 2014[update]-15)[1]
Student to teacher ratio	12.8:1[1]
Website	http://schools.nyc.gov/schoolportals/32/k552/default.htm

Academy of Urban Planning (AUP) is a small public high school in Brooklyn, New York on the campus of Bushwick High School. It shares a building with Academy of Environmental Leadership, Bushwick School for Social Justice, and New York Harbor School.

Establishment

It was established in 2003 as a partnership between the

, New Visions transformed failing New York City high schools into smaller, more specialized learning communities.

AUP was founded by parents, teachers, students and staff from the school's lead partner, Center for the Urban Environment.^[3]

Statistics

As of the 2014–15 school year, the school had 280 students and 21.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.8:1. 267 students (95.4% of enrollment) were eligible for free lunch and 8 (2.9% of students) for reduced-cost lunch.^[1]

Curriculum

Through the school's theme of urban planning, students take a sequence of courses including art, architecture and urban design, urban sociology,

, college planning and community advocacy.

Recognition

AUP has been featured in local and national media including MTV's Thinkover Your School,

.

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} School data for Academy Of Urban Planning, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 12, 2016.
2. ^ "New Visions for Public Schools". Newvisions.org. Retrieved 2012-10-07.
3. ^ "Education Technology Professional Development". CUE. Retrieved 2012-10-07.

External links

• School website