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How has ACHIEVEMENT FIRST ASPIRE CHARTER SCHOOL changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
935
Combined
STATE 544
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ACHIEVEMENT FIRST ASPIRE CHARTER SCHOOL·NCES 360110906421
ACHIEVEMENT FIRST ASPIRE CHARTER SCHOOL
982 HEGEMAN AVE, BROOKLYN, NY 11208 · (347) 838-0205 · Kings County
GRADES KG–12COMBINED11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL935 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 70% of New York public K-12 schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New York public K-12 schools
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
54 FTE teachers
STATE 8.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
835 students
STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 53 | 6% |
| Grade 1 | 52 | 6% |
| Grade 2 | 49 | 5% |
| Grade 3 | 62 | 7% |
| Grade 4 | 48 | 5% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 8% |
| Grade 6 | 85 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 75 | 8% |
| Grade 8 | 72 | 8% |
| Grade 9 | 95 | 10% |
| Grade 10 | 105 | 11% |
| Grade 11 | 104 | 11% |
| Grade 12 | 61 | 7% |
This year's kindergarten class (53) is 26% smaller than its 8th grade class (72).
Student demographics
45%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
STATE 72% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
54.3%
NY avg 58.3% . -1.0pp since 2023
Math
53.8%
NY avg 57.4% . -8.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 8 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.3% | 53.8% |
| 2023-24 | 55.3% | 61.9% |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
55.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.1%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New York's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
935
+70 (+8%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
was 45.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 935 | 54 | 17.3:1 | 89% (835) |
| 2023-24 | 815 | 38 | 21.4:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 775 | 59.5 | 13.0:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 865 | 19 | 45.5:1 | 82% (710) |
| 2017-18 | 559 | 50 | 11.2:1 | 81% (454) |
| 2015-16 | 379 | 30 | 12.6:1 | 0% (0) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ACHIEVEMENT FIRST ASPIRE CHARTER SCHOOL.
About ACHIEVEMENT FIRST ASPIRE CHARTER SCHOOL
Located in BROOKLYN, New York, ACHIEVEMENT FIRST ASPIRE CHARTER SCHOOL is a large school serving multiple grade levels. Enrollment stands at 935 students, covering kindergarten through 12. It has 72% more students than the average for combined schools in New York (about 544).
ACHIEVEMENT FIRST ASPIRE CHARTER SCHOOL is its own local education agency in federal data.
The largest group at ACHIEVEMENT FIRST ASPIRE CHARTER SCHOOL is Black students, at 70%. The remaining students are 24% Hispanic. Among people living in Kings County, the Black share is about 28%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, ACHIEVEMENT FIRST ASPIRE CHARTER SCHOOL scores 45%.
For every teacher at ACHIEVEMENT FIRST ASPIRE CHARTER SCHOOL, there are about 17.3 students; the school has 54 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 8.7:1 average for combined schools in New York, this school's ratio is higher. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 89%. Across public schools in Kings County, the average is 79%.
On the allk12 Grade, ACHIEVEMENT FIRST ASPIRE CHARTER SCHOOL lands at B+, ahead of 70% of New York public K-12 schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, ACHIEVEMENT FIRST ASPIRE CHARTER SCHOOL falls in the middle 80% of New York schools: 55.6% actual against 42.1% predicted.
American Community Survey estimates for Kings County show that median household income comes to about $80,263, roughly 42% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Kings County counts 583 public schools with about 291,697 students.
ACHIEVEMENT FIRST ASPIRE CHARTER SCHOOL's closest public school neighbor is PS 202 ERNEST S JENKYNS, less than a tenth of a mile away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 55.6% is above the 31.4% average for nearby schools.
The federal government classifies ACHIEVEMENT FIRST ASPIRE CHARTER SCHOOL's location as City: Large. It is a charter school, open to the public and funded by taxpayers.
Enrollment was 935 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 865. The ratio of students to teachers went from 45.5:1 to 17.3:1 over the same years.
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Kings County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,631,580
Census ACS
Median income
$80,263
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
583
291,697 students
Quick facts
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- PS 202 ERNEST S JENKYNS0.0 mi · 249
- EAST NEW YORK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE0.3 mi · 349
- EAST NEW YORK MIDDLE SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE0.3 mi · 235
- JHS 218 JAMES P SINNOTT0.3 mi · 307
- SCHOOL FOR CLASSICS HIGH SCHOOL0.3 mi · 358
- BROOKLYN SCHOLARS CHARTER SCHOOL0.5 mi · 728
Frequently asked questions
About ACHIEVEMENT FIRST ASPIRE CHARTER SCHOOLHow large is ACHIEVEMENT FIRST ASPIRE CHARTER SCHOOL?
ACHIEVEMENT FIRST ASPIRE CHARTER SCHOOL enrolls approximately 935 students in grades KG-12.
Is ACHIEVEMENT FIRST ASPIRE CHARTER SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
ACHIEVEMENT FIRST ASPIRE CHARTER SCHOOL is a combined-grade school covering grades KG-12.
How many teachers does ACHIEVEMENT FIRST ASPIRE CHARTER SCHOOL have?
ACHIEVEMENT FIRST ASPIRE CHARTER SCHOOL employs 54 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.3:1.
What is the student diversity at ACHIEVEMENT FIRST ASPIRE CHARTER SCHOOL?
Student demographics at ACHIEVEMENT FIRST ASPIRE CHARTER SCHOOL are roughly 1% White, 24% Hispanic, 70% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees ACHIEVEMENT FIRST ASPIRE CHARTER SCHOOL?
ACHIEVEMENT FIRST ASPIRE CHARTER SCHOOL is overseen by ACHIEVEMENT FIRST ASPIRE CHARTER SCHOOL in Kings County.
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