# Benjamin Banneker Academy > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Benjamin_Banneker_Academy > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Benjamin_Banneker_Academy.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Banneker_Academy > Source revision: 1337350720 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Public school in New York City Benjamin Banneker Academy For Community Development Location 77 Clinton Avenue Brooklyn, New York City 11205 , New York 11205 United States 40°41′43.8″N 73°58′8.4″W / 40.695500°N 73.969000°W / 40.695500; -73.969000 Information Type Public, Empowerment School Established 1987 School district 13 NCES District ID 3600091 School number K670[1] NCES School ID 360009102315[2] Faculty (on an FTE basis)[2] Grades 9–12, SE Enrollment 837 (as of 2021-2022)[2] • Grade 9 188 • Grade 10 223 • Grade 11 232 • Grade 12 194 Student to teacher ratio 14.26[2] Colors Black and gold Mascot Warriors Website Benjamin Banneker Academy **Benjamin Banneker Academy for Community Development** (usually called **Banneker**) is a [public](/source/State_school) [high school](/source/Secondary_education_in_the_United_States) located in the [Clinton Hill](/source/Clinton_Hill%2C_Brooklyn) section of [Brooklyn](/source/Brooklyn), [New York City](/source/New_York_City). The school was originally a [Drake's Cakes](/source/Drake's_Cakes) factory. Still today, different floors of the school are in Drake's colors, blue and yellow. It has a small, but family type atmosphere for a high school. It is usually called a [junior college](/source/Junior_college) because the faculty and students are so focused on college. Banneker, which serves grades 9 through 12+, is operated by the [New York City Department of Education](/source/New_York_City_Department_of_Education). Many of the graduates attend [SUNY](/source/State_University_of_New_York) schools, HBCUs ([historically black colleges and universities](/source/Historically_black_colleges_and_universities)) and [CUNY](/source/CUNY) schools. There are also a few that attend [Ivy League](/source/Ivy_League) schools and a few are recruited for [Posse](/source/Posse_Foundation) schools. The school's graduation rate has been at least 90% since 2002. ## School information The school's colors are black and gold. Each year Banneker holds a homecoming party for the students in which they wear the school colors. This event is usually the final event to their School Spirit Week, which places a different theme on each day of that week. Some of the themes include Twin Day, "Celebrity Look A Like Day", and Flag Day. School Spirit week and Homecoming events are planned by the senior committee and is held the Friday before the Thanksgiving recess. The school was founded in 1987. Its name commemorates [Benjamin Banneker](/source/Benjamin_Banneker), an [African American](/source/African_American) scientist, surveyor, almanac author and farmer. ## Student demographics As of the 2014–15 school year, the school had an enrollment of 920 students and 43.0 classroom teachers (on an [FTE](/source/Full-time_equivalent) basis), for a [student–teacher ratio](/source/Student%E2%80%93teacher_ratio) of 21.4:1. There were 414 students (45.0% of enrollment) eligible for [free lunch](/source/National_School_Lunch_Act) and 49 (5.3% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch. There are 831 students in the school. The demographics are 83.39% African American, 12.03% [Hispanic or Latino](/source/Hispanic_and_Latino_Americans), 2.76% [Asian](/source/Asian_people), 1.5% [White](/source/White_people) (non-Hispanic) and 0.32% [Native American](/source/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States). ## Extracurricular activities Benjamin Banneker Academy is known for its many extracurricular activities, which include a variety of sport teams, clubs and community service organizations. Some special events that happen at Banneker annually are the fashion shows that are presented by the school's fashion clubs, "ETC Fashion Group" and the "Senior Fashion Show" and Homecoming. ### Sports teams - Baseball Boys Varsity - Basketball Boys Varsity - Basketball Boys Jr. Varsity - Basketball Girls Varsity - Basketball Girls Jr. Varsity - Bowling Boys Varsity - Cheerleading - Cross Country Girls Varsity - Cross Country Boys Varsity - Fencing Boys Varsity - Fencing Girls Varsity - Indoor Track Girls Varsity - Indoor Track Boys Varsity - Outdoor Track Girls Varsity - Outdoor Track Boys Varsity - Soccer Girls Varsity - Soccer Boys Varsity - Softball Girls Varsity - Tennis Boys Varsity - Tennis Girls Varsity - Volleyball Girls Varsity - Volleyball Boys Varsity - Rowing ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-NYCDOE1_1-0)** ["Benjamin Banneker Academy"](http://schools.nyc.gov/SchoolPortals/13/K670/default.htm). New York City Department of Education. 2009. Retrieved December 27, 2009. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-NCES_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-NCES_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-NCES_2-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-NCES_2-3) ["Search for Public Schools - Benjamin Banneker Academy (360009102315)"](https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&ID=360009102315). *[National Center for Education Statistics](/source/National_Center_for_Education_Statistics)*. [Institute of Education Sciences](/source/Institute_of_Education_Sciences). Retrieved July 2, 2023. ## See also - [Empowerment school](/source/Empowerment_school) Authority control databases International ISNI Geographic NCES --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Benjamin Banneker Academy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Banneker_Academy) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Banneker_Academy?action=history)). 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