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What's the biggest difference between COMMUNITY ROOTS CHARTER SCHOOL and what you expected?
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Enrollment
473
Elementary
STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COMMUNITY ROOTS CHARTER SCHOOL·NCES 360015905898
COMMUNITY ROOTS CHARTER SCHOOL
51 ST EDWARDS ST-3RD FL, BROOKLYN, NY 11205 · (718) 858-1629 · Kings County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL473 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 89% 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.
- A-Beats 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
11.0:1
43 FTE teachers
STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
149 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 | 52 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 52 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 52 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 52 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 52 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 52 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 55 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 56 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 50 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (52) is about the same size as its 8th grade class (50).
Student demographics
71%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
81.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +7.0pp since 2023
Math
77.9%
NY avg 57.4% . +1.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 81 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 78 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 81.0% | 77.9% |
| 2023-24 | 74.0% | 76.7% |
% 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
75.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 76% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 COMMUNITY ROOTS CHARTER SCHOOL
COMMUNITY ROOTS CHARTER SCHOOL's state test result (75.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| COMMUNITY ROOTS CHARTER SCHOOL this school | 473 | 31.5% | 75.5% |
| GLENDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TONAWANDA | 443 | 32.5% | 43.9% |
| PS 32 SAMUEL MILLS SPROLE BROOKLYN | 481 | 34.9% | 70.0% |
| PS 282 PARK SLOPE BROOKLYN | 569 | 33.9% | 62.1% |
| WILLOW RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AMHERST | 427 | 31.1% | 43.5% |
| PS 261 ZIPPORIAH MILLS BROOKLYN | 564 | 29.3% | 61.6% |
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 COMMUNITY ROOTS CHARTER SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.5% | #251 of 2,335 | #34 of 290 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 77.9% | #435 of 2,342 ▼ 46 | #74 of 290 ▼ 25 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 81.0% | #225 of 2,343 ▼ 41 | #41 of 290 ▼ 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 473 | #947 of 2,585 | #136 of 306 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.0:1 | #827 of 2,338 | #73 of 249 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.9% | #177 of 2,388 | #22 of 263 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.5% | #1,935 of 2,534 | #286 of 300 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.4% | #1,744 of 1,757 | #225 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
473
-1 (0%) vs 2020
+58% since 2010-11, when it was 300
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
was 11.0:1
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 | 473 | 43 | 11.0:1 | 32% (149) |
| 2023-24 | 464 | 45 | 10.3:1 | 32% (147) |
| 2022-23 | 469 | 46 | 10.2:1 | 28% (130) |
| 2020-21 | 474 | 43 | 11.0:1 | 26% (123) |
| 2017-18 | 475 | 55 | 8.6:1 | 28% (132) |
| 2015-16 | 461 | 52 | 8.9:1 | N/A |
| 2010-11 | 300 | 31 | 9.7:1 | 28% (83) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for COMMUNITY ROOTS CHARTER SCHOOL.
About COMMUNITY ROOTS CHARTER SCHOOL
COMMUNITY ROOTS CHARTER SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary school in BROOKLYN, New York. It educates 473 students in kindergarten through 8.
Federal records list COMMUNITY ROOTS CHARTER SCHOOL as its own district.
COMMUNITY ROOTS CHARTER SCHOOL's enrollment has no majority group, and White students are the largest at 45%. Smaller groups are 21% Black, 17% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, and 6% Asian. The chance that two students picked at random at COMMUNITY ROOTS CHARTER SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 71%.
The count of teachers at COMMUNITY ROOTS CHARTER SCHOOL is 43 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 11.0:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in New York is 12.8:1, higher than at this school. Around 32% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. It compares with 79% for public schools in Kings County.
COMMUNITY ROOTS CHARTER SCHOOL is graded A by allk12, scoring above 89% of New York public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On BeatsExpectations, COMMUNITY ROOTS CHARTER SCHOOL is 12.1 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of New York schools.
County data help place the school in context: in Kings County, median household income is about $80,263, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 42%, and roughly 15% of residents are in poverty. COMMUNITY ROOTS CHARTER SCHOOL is among the 583 public schools in Kings County.
The shortest distance from COMMUNITY ROOTS CHARTER SCHOOL to another public school is less than a tenth of a mile, to PS 67 CHARLES A DORSEY. The five-mile area around COMMUNITY ROOTS CHARTER SCHOOL holds at least 8 other public schools. COMMUNITY ROOTS CHARTER SCHOOL comes in 1st of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Large. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. COMMUNITY ROOTS CHARTER SCHOOL is run as a public charter school.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 474 to 473.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for COMMUNITY ROOTS CHARTER SCHOOL covering things like enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 67 CHARLES A DORSEY0.0 mi · 163
- DR SUSAN S MCKINNEY SECONDARY SCHOOL OF THE ARTS0.2 mi · 132
- PS 287 BAILEY K ASHFORD0.3 mi · 112
- PS 46 EDWARD C BLUM0.3 mi · 283
- FORT GREEN PREPARATORY ACADEMY0.3 mi · 228
- BROOKLYN INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL0.4 mi · 290
Frequently asked questions
About COMMUNITY ROOTS CHARTER SCHOOLHow many students attend COMMUNITY ROOTS CHARTER SCHOOL?
COMMUNITY ROOTS CHARTER SCHOOL enrolls approximately 473 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does COMMUNITY ROOTS CHARTER SCHOOL serve?
COMMUNITY ROOTS CHARTER SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at COMMUNITY ROOTS CHARTER SCHOOL?
Approximately 11.0:1 students per teacher at COMMUNITY ROOTS CHARTER SCHOOL.
How diverse is COMMUNITY ROOTS CHARTER SCHOOL?
COMMUNITY ROOTS CHARTER SCHOOL reports a student body of 45% White, 17% Hispanic, 21% Black, 6% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Is COMMUNITY ROOTS CHARTER SCHOOL public or private?
COMMUNITY ROOTS CHARTER SCHOOL is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by COMMUNITY ROOTS CHARTER SCHOOL.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.