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What's the biggest difference between CONEY ISLAND PREPARATORY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL and what you expected?
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Enrollment
1,336
Combined
STATE 544
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CONEY ISLAND PREPARATORY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL·NCES 360100406101
CONEY ISLAND PREPARATORY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL
501 WEST AVE, BROOKLYN, NY 11224 · (718) 513-6951 · Kings County
GRADES KG–12COMBINED11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,336 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 67% of New York public K-12 schools
- BTest 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 K-12 schools
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
112 FTE teachers
STATE 8.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
1,205 students
STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 70 | 5% |
| Grade 1 | 96 | 7% |
| Grade 2 | 99 | 7% |
| Grade 3 | 120 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 122 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 114 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 107 | 8% |
| Grade 7 | 113 | 8% |
| Grade 8 | 116 | 9% |
| Grade 9 | 108 | 8% |
| Grade 10 | 100 | 7% |
| Grade 11 | 86 | 6% |
| Grade 12 | 85 | 6% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is 40% smaller than its 8th grade class (116).
Student demographics
68%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
61.4%
NY avg 58.3% . +9.4pp since 2023
Math
59.5%
NY avg 57.4% . +4.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.4% | 59.5% |
| 2023-24 | 52.0% | 55.2% |
% 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
54.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 →
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,336
+306 (+30%) vs 2020
+642% since 2010-11, when it was 180
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 18.1:1
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 | 1,336 | 112 | 11.9:1 | 90% (1,205) |
| 2023-24 | 1,332 | 101 | 13.2:1 | 90% (1,205) |
| 2022-23 | 1,253 | 112.6 | 11.1:1 | 88% (1,105) |
| 2020-21 | 1,030 | 57 | 18.1:1 | 83% (856) |
| 2017-18 | 1,009 | 96 | 10.5:1 | 82% (826) |
| 2015-16 | 785 | 77 | 10.2:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2010-11 | 180 | 13 | 13.8:1 | 74% (133) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CONEY ISLAND PREPARATORY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL.
About CONEY ISLAND PREPARATORY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL
CONEY ISLAND PREPARATORY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL is a large combined-grade school found in BROOKLYN, New York. The school's 1,336 students are in kindergarten through 12. Statewide, combined schools in New York average about 544 students each.
Federal records list CONEY ISLAND PREPARATORY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL as its own district.
CONEY ISLAND PREPARATORY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL has no majority group; Black students are the largest, at 42%. Beyond that, enrollment is 35% Hispanic, 14% White, and 6% Asian. In Kings County overall, about 28% of residents are Black. Pick two students at random and there is a 68% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal data list 112 full-time-equivalent teachers at CONEY ISLAND PREPARATORY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL in 2024-25, for a ratio of 11.9:1. That is 3.2 students per teacher above the 8.7:1 average for combined schools in New York. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 90%. That rate is above the 79% average among public schools in Kings County.
The allk12 Grade for CONEY ISLAND PREPARATORY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL is B+. Compared with New York public K-12 schools, the school scored higher than 67% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Test results at CONEY ISLAND PREPARATORY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL are 12.7 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (54.5% actual, 41.8% predicted).
Among Kings County residents, the median household income is $80,263, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 42%, and about 15% of people live in poverty. Besides CONEY ISLAND PREPARATORY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL, Kings County has 582 other public schools.
IS 303 HERBERT S EISENBERG is the nearest neighboring public school, less than a tenth of a mile away. Within five miles of CONEY ISLAND PREPARATORY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL, there are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 54.5% is below the 55.0% average for nearby schools.
CONEY ISLAND PREPARATORY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. CONEY ISLAND PREPARATORY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL holds a charter, making it a public charter school.
Enrollment is up 30% from 2020-21, when CONEY ISLAND PREPARATORY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL had 1,030 students, to 2024-25, when it had 1,336. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 18.1:1 to 11.9:1.
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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
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- IS 303 HERBERT S EISENBERG0.0 mi · 416
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- ABRAHAM LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 2,210
- PS 100 CONEY ISLAND SCHOOL (THE)0.3 mi · 577
- PS 3700.4 mi · 230
- WILLIAM E GRADY CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL0.5 mi · 646
Frequently asked questions
About CONEY ISLAND PREPARATORY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at CONEY ISLAND PREPARATORY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL?
CONEY ISLAND PREPARATORY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,336 students in grades KG-12.
What age range does CONEY ISLAND PREPARATORY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL serve?
CONEY ISLAND PREPARATORY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at CONEY ISLAND PREPARATORY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL?
Approximately 11.9:1 students per teacher at CONEY ISLAND PREPARATORY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL.
How diverse is CONEY ISLAND PREPARATORY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL?
CONEY ISLAND PREPARATORY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL reports a student body of 14% White, 35% Hispanic, 42% Black, 6% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees CONEY ISLAND PREPARATORY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL?
CONEY ISLAND PREPARATORY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL is overseen by CONEY ISLAND PREPARATORY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL in Kings County.
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