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Enrollment
738
Elementary
STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BUSHWICK ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL·NCES 360101706172
BUSHWICK ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL
751 KNICKERBOCKER AVE, BROOKLYN, NY 11221 · (718) 240-9162 · Kings County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL738 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 79% of New York public elementary schools
- B+Test 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
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
42 FTE teachers
STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
681 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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 75 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 87 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 88 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 80 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 79 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 80 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 80 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 94 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (75) is 20% smaller than its 8th grade class (94).
Student demographics
29%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
71.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +23.0pp since 2023
Math
77.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +19.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 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 23 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 19 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 71.0% | 77.0% |
| 2023-24 | 48.0% | 58.0% |
% 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 · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
60.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.1%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+19.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 BUSHWICK ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL
BUSHWICK ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL's state test result (60.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUSHWICK ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL this school | 738 | 92.3% | 60.9% |
| PS 195 BRONX | 713 | 91.0% | 20.8% |
| KIPP NYC WASHINGTON HEIGHTS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL NEW YORK | 790 | 93.3% | 56.3% |
| PS 196 BRONX | 662 | 95.3% | 28.4% |
| ACHIEVEMENT FIRST NORTH BROOKLYN PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 843 | 90.3% | 61.8% |
| PS 108 SAL ABBRACCIAMENTO BROOKLYN | 649 | 89.2% | 70.1% |
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 BUSHWICK ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.9% | #721 of 2,335 | #111 of 290 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 77.0% | #453 of 2,342 ▲ 536 | #81 of 290 ▲ 57 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.0% | #487 of 2,343 ▲ 459 | #94 of 290 ▲ 54 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 738 | #225 of 2,585 | #52 of 306 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.6:1 | #2,243 of 2,338 | #238 of 249 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.1% | #1,898 of 2,388 | #233 of 263 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.3% | #327 of 2,534 | #79 of 300 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.4% | #785 of 1,757 | #150 of 225 |
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 2024-25Enrollment
738
-155 (-17%) vs 2020
+255% since 2010-11, when it was 208
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
was 12.4:1
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 | 738 | 42 | 17.6:1 | 92% (681) |
| 2023-24 | 771 | 48.8 | 15.8:1 | 93% (717) |
| 2022-23 | 799 | 74 | 10.8:1 | 91% (729) |
| 2020-21 | 893 | 72 | 12.4:1 | 78% (694) |
| 2017-18 | 883 | 72 | 12.3:1 | 87% (768) |
| 2015-16 | 745 | 53 | 14.1:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2010-11 | 208 | 10 | 20.8:1 | 78% (163) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BUSHWICK ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL.
About BUSHWICK ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL
Among the schools in BROOKLYN, New York, is BUSHWICK ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL, a large elementary school. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 738 students in kindergarten through 8. The average for elementary schools in New York is about 443 students, so this school is 67% above average.
Federal records list BUSHWICK ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL as its own district.
BUSHWICK ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL enrolls a student body that is 83% Hispanic. Other reported shares: 14% Black. That compares with about 19% Hispanic among all Kings County residents. By the diversity index, BUSHWICK ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL comes in at 29%.
Teachers at BUSHWICK ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL total 42 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 17.6:1. For comparison, elementary schools in New York average 12.8:1. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 92%. The average for public schools in Kings County is 79%.
allk12 grades BUSHWICK ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL an A-. The grade compares the school only with New York public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Compared with New York schools that have similar shares of low-income students, BUSHWICK ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL's results are 19.8 points above predicted: 60.9% against 41.1%.
In Kings County (population about 2,631,580), median household income is 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. BUSHWICK ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL is one of 583 public schools in Kings County, which together enroll about 291,697 students.
Of nearby public schools, PS 151 LYNDON B JOHNSON is the closest, at less than a tenth of a mile. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 41.4% proficiency; BUSHWICK ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL posts 60.9%.
NCES assigns BUSHWICK ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL the locale City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. NCES lists BUSHWICK ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL as a charter school.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 17%, from 893 to 738. The school's ratio rose from 12.4:1 to 17.6:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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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
Related schools
Other schools in BROOKLYN
- BROOKLYN TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 5,848 students
- FORT HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 4,044 students
- JAMES MADISON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,983 students
- MIDWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,657 students
- EDWARD R MURROW HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,503 students
- FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,403 students
Nearby schools
- PS 151 LYNDON B JOHNSON0.0 mi · 268
- PS 106 EDWARD EVERETT HALE0.2 mi · 327
- ACADEMY OF URBAN PLANNING AND ENGINEERING (THE)0.3 mi · 409
- ACADEMY FOR EXCELLENCE IN LEADERSHIP0.3 mi · 277
- BROOKLYN SCHOOL FOR MATH AND RESEARCH (THE)0.3 mi · 342
- BROOKLYN SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE (THE)0.3 mi · 267
Frequently asked questions
About BUSHWICK ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOLHow many students attend BUSHWICK ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL?
BUSHWICK ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL enrolls approximately 738 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does BUSHWICK ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL serve?
BUSHWICK ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL serves grades KG-08.
How many students per teacher at BUSHWICK ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL?
Approximately 17.6:1 students per teacher at BUSHWICK ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL.
How diverse is BUSHWICK ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL?
BUSHWICK ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL reports a student body of 1% White, 83% Hispanic, 14% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees BUSHWICK ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL?
BUSHWICK ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL is overseen by BUSHWICK ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL in Kings County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.