College-readiness is high at Midwood.
Six large schools with strong reputations — Brooklyn Technical High School, Stuyvesant High School, the Bronx High School of Science, Francis Lewis High School, Midwood High School and LaGuardia, the performing arts high school — accounted for one-quarter of the city’s college-ready graduates, though these schools combined to make up 7 percent of the freshman class in 2006.”
Otterman, Sharon. (2011, June 14). 37 Percent of New York Graduates Are College-Ready, Data Show. New York Times, p. A23.