Canarsie High School is a public high school in the Brooklyn

Brooklyn

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 neighborhood of Canarsie in New York City

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Student demographics

84.51% Black or African American

African American

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, 11.47% Hispanic

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 or Latino

Latino

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, 2.07% White

White people

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 non-Hispanic, 1.66% Asian

Asian people

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 and 0.28% Native American

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. The student/teacher ratio is 22.0. The school is part of School District #18. Canarsie will soon be phased out because of poor class performance and violence.

Notable alumni

• Warren Cuccurullo
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  , pop and rock guitarist
• World B. Free
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  , NBA basketball player
• Dan Morogiello
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  , major league baseball player
• John "Spider" Salley
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  , NBA basketball player and talk show host
• Howard Schultz
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  , current Chairman and CEO of Starbucks Corporation.
• Curtis Sliwa
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  , Guardian Angels
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   founder and radio talk show host
• Stuart Sternberg
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  , owner of the Tampa Bay Rays
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• Leon Williams
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  NFL player