COMMUNITY ROOTS CHARTER SCHOOL

COMMUNITY ROOTS CHARTER SCHOOL operates as a mid-tier elementary campus in BROOKLYN, New York, run under COMMUNITY ROOTS CHARTER SCHOOL. Current enrollment sits at 473 students spanning grades K through 8.

Operationally, COMMUNITY ROOTS CHARTER SCHOOL answers to COMMUNITY ROOTS CHARTER SCHOOL, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

On demographics, COMMUNITY ROOTS CHARTER SCHOOL logs that the most-represented group is White (45%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school shows 21% Black, 17% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 6% Asian.

Looking at the economic backdrop, COMMUNITY ROOTS CHARTER SCHOOL logs 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting COMMUNITY ROOTS CHARTER SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 32% of students are eligible 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 south of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, COMMUNITY ROOTS CHARTER SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 63.4%, the actual is 75.5%, a residual of +12.1 points.

Around the school, census data for Kings County shows median household income runs about $80,263, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Kings County runs 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students), of which COMMUNITY ROOTS CHARTER SCHOOL is one.

PS 67 CHARLES A DORSEY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around COMMUNITY ROOTS CHARTER SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, COMMUNITY ROOTS CHARTER SCHOOL comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 37.9%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting. As a public charter, COMMUNITY ROOTS CHARTER SCHOOL runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 475 students in 2018 compared to 473 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment fell from 29% to 21% over that span. Class-load math has grew: from 8.6:1 in 2018 to 11.0:1 in 2025.

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