BROOKLYN ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL 6
About BROOKLYN ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL 6
BROOKLYN ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL 6 operates as a micro-enrollment elementary campus in BROOKLYN, New York, one of the schools within BROOKLYN ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL 6. Current enrollment sits at 141 students spanning grades K through 1. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 68% leaner than typical.
BROOKLYN ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL 6 is the operating authority for BROOKLYN ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL 6, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.
On demographics, BROOKLYN ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL 6 records that 91% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Other groups include 6% Hispanic. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.
In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. About 94% of enrolled students meet the income threshold 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 meaningfully above typical.
Around the school, Kings County reports that median household income runs about $80,263, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. BROOKLYN ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL 6 is one of 583 public schools in Kings County (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students).
EAST BROOKLYN COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.
BROOKLYN ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL 6 operates from a city-core location. As a public charter, BROOKLYN ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL 6 runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.
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