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Academy for Environmental Leadership, United States
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400 Irving AveBrooklyn
NY 11237
USA
undefined, United States Print route » N40° 41' 48.12" W73° 54' 39.6" (40.6967, -73.911)

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The Academy for Environmental Leadership (AEL) is a small high school located in the Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City. It was founded in September, 2006, and is located on the 4th floor of the Bushwick High School Campus. The school has close to 300 students, spread out among four grades.The partner organizations of the Academy for Environmental Leadership include · Advancement Via Individual Determination Brooklyn College, Brooklyn Library Connections Program, College Now, Guardian Life, Make the Road New York, Medger Evers College, Nature Conservancy, New York City College of Technology, SolarOne and Summer Search.
AEL offers Advanced Placement classes in Studio Art, English Language and Composition, English Literature and Composition, Environmental Science, World History and US History.
The school also has a farm, Bushwick Campus Farm, and a Hydroponics Lab.
As of the 2015-16 school year, the school had an enrollment of 279 students and 28.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.4:1. There were 237 students (68.3% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 3 (0.9% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.