BROOKLYN URBAN GARDEN CHARTER SCHOOL

BROOKLYN URBAN GARDEN CHARTER SCHOOL is a 6-8 campus of tight-knit scale in BROOKLYN, New York, overseen by BROOKLYN URBAN GARDEN CHARTER SCHOOL, enrolling 309 students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 42% below the state mean of about 531.

BROOKLYN URBAN GARDEN CHARTER SCHOOL is a school of BROOKLYN URBAN GARDEN CHARTER SCHOOL, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

On demographics, BROOKLYN URBAN GARDEN CHARTER SCHOOL shows that 51% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 20% Hispanic, 14% Black, 9% multiracial, 5% Asian. By comparison, Kings County as a whole is about 38% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, BROOKLYN URBAN GARDEN CHARTER SCHOOL shows 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 10.3:1 average. About 32% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably below Kings County's rate of about 79%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), BROOKLYN URBAN GARDEN CHARTER SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 63.2%, the actual is 79.1%, a residual of +15.9 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Kings County indicate median household income runs about $80,263, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. Across Kings County's 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students), BROOKLYN URBAN GARDEN CHARTER SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: MS 442 CARROLL GARDENS SCHOOL FOR INNOVATION, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around BROOKLYN URBAN GARDEN CHARTER SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts BROOKLYN URBAN GARDEN CHARTER SCHOOL at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 75.2%.

BROOKLYN URBAN GARDEN CHARTER SCHOOL operates from a downtown location. BROOKLYN URBAN GARDEN CHARTER SCHOOL is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 10%: 281 students in 2018 compared to 309 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 19% to 51% across the same window.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.