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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BROOKLYN PROSPECT CHARTER SCHOOL - CSD 13.2·NCES 360113406558

BROOKLYN PROSPECT CHARTER SCHOOL - CSD 13.2

272 MACON ST, BROOKLYN, NY 11216 · (718) 305-4199 · Kings County
GRADES KG–07ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL580 STUDENTS
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Scored higher than 91% of New York public elementary schools
  • ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • ABeats 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 elementary schools

Enrollment
580
Elementary
STATE 443
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
46 FTE teachers
STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
283 students
STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.

Enrollment by grade, 2024-25

GradeStudentsShare
Kindergarten7813%
Grade 17914%
Grade 25610%
Grade 37914%
Grade 46211%
Grade 58014%
Grade 68515%
Grade 76010%
Ungraded10%

This year's kindergarten class (78) is 30% larger than its 7th grade class (60).

Student demographics
75%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
STATE 72% · US 70%
White
15326%
STATE 39% · US 43%
Hispanic
15727%
STATE 31% · US 30%
Black
17630%
STATE 16% · US 15%
Asian
244%
STATE 10% · US 6%
Two+
6211%
STATE 4% · US 5%
Native American
51%
STATE 1% · US 1%
Pacific Islander
31%
STATE 0% · US 0%
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
Male
30052%
Female
28048%

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Test scores

NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)
English Language Arts
80.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +3.0pp since 2023
Math
76.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +0.0pp since 2023

What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 80 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 76 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.

NYS Assessments results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2580.0%76.0%
2023-2477.0%76.0%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
74.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.9pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 →

Schools most like BROOKLYN PROSPECT CHARTER SCHOOL - CSD 13.2

BROOKLYN PROSPECT CHARTER SCHOOL - CSD 13.2's state test result (74.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
BROOKLYN PROSPECT CHARTER SCHOOL - CSD 13.2 this school58048.8%74.9%
PS 133 WILLIAM A BUTLER
BROOKLYN
61146.2%63.7%
PS 38 PACIFIC (THE)
BROOKLYN
54644.1%71.4%
PS 889
BROOKLYN
42349.2%55.8%
ELMWOOD VILLAGE CHARTER SCHOOL DAYS PARK
BUFFALO
42955.2%55.2%
KAHLIL GIBRAN SCHOOL
YONKERS
53949.2%60.0%
Matched among New York elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.

Where BROOKLYN PROSPECT CHARTER SCHOOL - CSD 13.2 ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn New YorkIn Kings County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
74.9%#265 of 2,335#35 of 290
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
76.0%#488 of 2,342
▼ 89
#90 of 290
▼ 34
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
80.0%#250 of 2,343
▼ 103
#48 of 290
▼ 26
Enrollment
ranked largest first
580#532 of 2,585#91 of 306
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
12.6:1#1,499 of 2,338#134 of 249
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
75.2%#47 of 2,388#5 of 263
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
48.8%#1,448 of 2,534#266 of 300
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked fastest growth first
+105.7%#18 of 606#4 of 49
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.

4-year change

SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25
Enrollment
580
+171 (+42%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 15.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-255804612.6:149% (283)
2023-2447440.511.7:142% (200)
2022-234043611.2:131% (125)
2020-214092615.7:132% (132)
2017-182822312.3:134% (96)
2015-16111N/AN/A0% (0)
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BROOKLYN PROSPECT CHARTER SCHOOL - CSD 13.2.

About BROOKLYN PROSPECT CHARTER SCHOOL - CSD 13.2

BROOKLYN PROSPECT CHARTER SCHOOL - CSD 13.2 is the name of a medium-sized elementary school in BROOKLYN, New York. Enrolled students number 580 students, in kindergarten through 7. Enrollment is 31% higher than the average for elementary schools in New York, which is about 443.

Federal records list BROOKLYN PROSPECT CHARTER SCHOOL - CSD 13.2 as its own district.

BROOKLYN PROSPECT CHARTER SCHOOL - CSD 13.2 has no majority group; Black students are the largest, at 30%. Other students are 27% Hispanic, 26% White, 11% multiracial, and 4% Asian. The county population is about 28% Black, within a few points of the school. The school's diversity index is 75%, meaning two students picked at random have a 75% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.

BROOKLYN PROSPECT CHARTER SCHOOL - CSD 13.2 employs 46 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 12.6:1. That is close to the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. BROOKLYN PROSPECT CHARTER SCHOOL - CSD 13.2's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 49%. The rate at public schools in Kings County averages 79%, higher than here.

Measured against New York public elementary schools, BROOKLYN PROSPECT CHARTER SCHOOL - CSD 13.2 receives an A. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.

On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, BROOKLYN PROSPECT CHARTER SCHOOL - CSD 13.2 is 17.9 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 74.9% actual, 57.0% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in New York.

BROOKLYN PROSPECT CHARTER SCHOOL - CSD 13.2 is located in Kings County, where the median household income is $80,263, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 15%. Besides BROOKLYN PROSPECT CHARTER SCHOOL - CSD 13.2, Kings County has 582 other public schools.

Of nearby public schools, MS 35 STEPHEN DECATUR is the closest, at about 0.2 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of BROOKLYN PROSPECT CHARTER SCHOOL - CSD 13.2. On proficiency, BROOKLYN PROSPECT CHARTER SCHOOL - CSD 13.2 is ahead of the 50.2% nearby average, ranking 1st of 8.

Under the NCES locale system, BROOKLYN PROSPECT CHARTER SCHOOL - CSD 13.2 is City: Large. BROOKLYN PROSPECT CHARTER SCHOOL - CSD 13.2 is a public charter school.

BROOKLYN PROSPECT CHARTER SCHOOL - CSD 13.2 had 409 students in 2020-21 and 580 in 2024-25, according to federal records. Those counts may cover different grade spans. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 12.6:1, from 15.7:1.

Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at BROOKLYN PROSPECT CHARTER SCHOOL - CSD 13.2. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.

Kings County at a glance

View full county profile
Population
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

School name
BROOKLYN PROSPECT CHARTER SCHOOL - CSD 13.2
District
BROOKLYN PROSPECT CHARTER SCHOOL - CSD 13.2
Address
272 MACON ST, BROOKLYN, NY 11216
Phone
(718) 305-4199
County
Kings County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
KG–07
Total enrollment
580
Teachers (FTE)
46
Student–teacher ratio
12.6:1
Free and reduced lunch
283 (49%)
Locale
11-City: Large
NCES ID
360113406558
Charter school
Yes
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About BROOKLYN PROSPECT CHARTER SCHOOL - CSD 13.2
How large is BROOKLYN PROSPECT CHARTER SCHOOL - CSD 13.2?
BROOKLYN PROSPECT CHARTER SCHOOL - CSD 13.2 enrolls approximately 580 students in grades KG-07.
What age range does BROOKLYN PROSPECT CHARTER SCHOOL - CSD 13.2 serve?
BROOKLYN PROSPECT CHARTER SCHOOL - CSD 13.2 serves students from grade KG through grade 07.
How many students per teacher at BROOKLYN PROSPECT CHARTER SCHOOL - CSD 13.2?
Approximately 12.6:1 students per teacher at BROOKLYN PROSPECT CHARTER SCHOOL - CSD 13.2.
How diverse is BROOKLYN PROSPECT CHARTER SCHOOL - CSD 13.2?
BROOKLYN PROSPECT CHARTER SCHOOL - CSD 13.2 reports a student body of 26% White, 27% Hispanic, 30% Black, 4% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Is BROOKLYN PROSPECT CHARTER SCHOOL - CSD 13.2 public or private?
BROOKLYN PROSPECT CHARTER SCHOOL - CSD 13.2 is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by BROOKLYN PROSPECT CHARTER SCHOOL - CSD 13.2.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.
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