The city Department of Education identified two dozen public high schools that it’s considering closing or dramatically overhauling based largely on A through F report card grades that were released this afternoon.
Among the schools facing possible closure are the last two remaining large high schools in the Bronx — Dewitt Clinton and Herbert Lehman — as well as four schools that the city rated with C grades.
Overall, the city’s high schools managed to earn better marks this year compared to last year — with 7 percent more schools earning As or Bs and 4 percent fewer earning Ds or Fs.
Just 10 schools earned an F this year — down from 14 last year, while 21 earned a D grade. In 2011, 32 schools got Ds.
Schools with D or F grades are automatically considered for closure or other major overhauls, as are schools that get C grades for three straight years.
For the remainder of the 420 high schools that were rated this year, 142 got an A, 159 got a B, and 88 received a C grade.
For the first time this year, measures of whether schools are preparing their kids to succeed after graduation counted toward 10 percent of a school’s mark.
The measures included a 4-year college-ready graduation rate — which sets a higher bar for student scores on Regents exams or other tests than what’s required for regular graduation — and which the city said had climbed slightly for all schools since last year.
The citywide college-ready rate was 25.8 percent this year, compared to 24.7 percent last year.
The rest of a school’s grade takes into account student progress from year-to-year (55 percent), student performance (20 percent), and school surveys and attendance (15 percent).
The top-rated school was It Takes A Village Academy in East Flatbush — which earned 98.7 out of 100 points.
The lowest performing school was the Academy for Social Action: A College Board School in Harlem. It scored just 19.6 points in going from a C in 2011 to an F this year.
Schools could also earn 16 points in extra credit by moving their lowest-performing kids forward.