BEGINNING WITH CHILDREN CHARTER SCHOOL II

Located at 215 HEYWARD ST, in BROOKLYN, New York, BEGINNING WITH CHILDREN CHARTER SCHOOL II is an average-sized K-12 campus that instructs 800 students (grades K through 11), overseen by BEGINNING WITH CHILDREN CHARTER SCHOOL II. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 544 students each, so BEGINNING WITH CHILDREN CHARTER SCHOOL II sits 47% larger than that benchmark.

BEGINNING WITH CHILDREN CHARTER SCHOOL II is the operating authority for BEGINNING WITH CHILDREN CHARTER SCHOOL II, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

Looking at the student body, BEGINNING WITH CHILDREN CHARTER SCHOOL II logs that 67% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest consists of 28% Black, 2% White. The wider county runs roughly 19% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 72 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.1:1. The state averages around 8.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 91% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Kings County (around 79%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, BEGINNING WITH CHILDREN CHARTER SCHOOL II ranks in the top 10% of New York public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 41.4%; BEGINNING WITH CHILDREN CHARTER SCHOOL II posts 61.9%, +20.5 points above that line.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Kings County shows median household income runs about $80,263, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Kings County runs 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students), of which BEGINNING WITH CHILDREN CHARTER SCHOOL II is one.

The closest other public school is JUAN MOREL CAMPOS SECONDARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, BEGINNING WITH CHILDREN CHARTER SCHOOL II comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 59.2%.

The school occupies a high-density site. BEGINNING WITH CHILDREN CHARTER SCHOOL II operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Over the past 7-year window. BEGINNING WITH CHILDREN CHARTER SCHOOL II's enrollment has ticked up 133% since 2018, when it stood at 343 (now 800). Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged down from 71% to 67%. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 9.0:1 in 2018 to 11.1:1 today.

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