Enrollment
221
Elementary
STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CULTURAL ARTS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL AT SPRING CREEK·NCES 360101406171
CULTURAL ARTS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL AT SPRING CREEK
1400 LINDEN BLVD, BROOKLYN, NY 11212 · (718) 683-3300 · Kings County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL221 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 38% of New York public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
10.5:1
21 FTE teachers
STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
174 students
STATE 58%
Community
0
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 | 27 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 39 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 33 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 40 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 31 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 43 | 19% |
| Grade 6 | 8 | 4% |
Student demographics
33%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
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
49.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +7.0pp since 2023
Math
40.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 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 down about 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.0% | 40.0% |
| 2023-24 | 42.0% | 41.0% |
% 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
40.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 CULTURAL ARTS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL AT SPRING CREEK
CULTURAL ARTS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL AT SPRING CREEK's state test result (40.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CULTURAL ARTS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL AT SPRING CREEK this school | 221 | 78.7% | 40.5% |
| SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-PROSPECT HEIGHTS BROOKLYN | 220 | 76.8% | 92.3% |
| NEW AMERICAN ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL (THE) BROOKLYN | 247 | 77.3% | 59.0% |
| LITTLE WATER PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL POUGHKEEPSIE | 202 | 73.3% | 64.0% |
| ACHIEVEMENT FIRST LEGACY CHARTER SCHOOL SAINT ALBANS | 256 | 82.8% | 65.5% |
| IVY HILL PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 259 | 78.8% | 45.7% |
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 CULTURAL ARTS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL AT SPRING CREEK ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.5% | #1,590 of 2,335 | #219 of 290 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #1,855 of 2,342 ▼ 211 | #244 of 290 ▼ 25 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #1,370 of 2,343 ▼ 180 | #219 of 290 ▼ 44 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 221 | #2,318 of 2,585 | #248 of 306 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.5:1 | #621 of 2,338 | #57 of 249 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.2% | #1,806 of 2,388 | #222 of 263 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.7% | #811 of 2,534 | #216 of 300 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.6% | #413 of 1,757 | #94 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
221
-19 (-8%) vs 2020
+84% since 2010-11, when it was 120
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 | 221 | 21 | 10.5:1 | 79% (174) |
| 2023-24 | 236 | 9 | 26.2:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 208 | 13 | 16.0:1 | 76% (158) |
| 2020-21 | 240 | N/A | N/A | 70% (168) |
| 2017-18 | 297 | 12 | 24.8:1 | 55% (164) |
| 2015-16 | 274 | N/A | N/A | 0% (0) |
| 2010-11 | 120 | 9 | 13.3:1 | 70% (84) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CULTURAL ARTS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL AT SPRING CREEK.
About CULTURAL ARTS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL AT SPRING CREEK
CULTURAL ARTS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL AT SPRING CREEK is a low-enrollment elementary school. Its address is in BROOKLYN, New York. The school enrolls 221 students in kindergarten through 6. On average, elementary schools in New York enroll around 443, and this school is 50% below that mark.
CULTURAL ARTS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL AT SPRING CREEK is not part of a larger district; federal data list it as its own local education agency.
Of every 100 students at CULTURAL ARTS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL AT SPRING CREEK, about 80 are Black. Other students are 16% Hispanic. That is higher than the 28% Black share among all Kings County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 33%.
A staff of 21 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 10.5:1. The gap from the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York is 2.3 students per teacher. By family income, 79% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The figure for public schools in Kings County is close, at 79%.
CULTURAL ARTS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL AT SPRING CREEK earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 38% of New York public elementary schools.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for CULTURAL ARTS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL AT SPRING CREEK is 46.0%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 40.5%.
Census data for Kings County show median household income comes to about $80,263, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 42%, and roughly 15% of residents are in poverty. The county has 583 public schools and about 291,697 students.
A public school about 0.1 miles away, KAPPA V (KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREP ACADEMY), is the closest to CULTURAL ARTS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL AT SPRING CREEK. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The school's 40.5% average proficiency ranks 7th among 9 nearby schools.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Large. Charter status: CULTURAL ARTS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL AT SPRING CREEK is a public charter school.
The school's student count fell 8% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
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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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Frequently asked questions
About CULTURAL ARTS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL AT SPRING CREEKHow many students attend CULTURAL ARTS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL AT SPRING CREEK?
CULTURAL ARTS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL AT SPRING CREEK enrolls approximately 221 students in grades KG-06.
Is CULTURAL ARTS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL AT SPRING CREEK an elementary, middle, or high school?
CULTURAL ARTS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL AT SPRING CREEK is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many teachers does CULTURAL ARTS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL AT SPRING CREEK have?
CULTURAL ARTS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL AT SPRING CREEK employs 21 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.5:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at CULTURAL ARTS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL AT SPRING CREEK?
At CULTURAL ARTS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL AT SPRING CREEK, the student body is approximately 1% White, 16% Hispanic, 80% Black, 1% Two or more.
What district is CULTURAL ARTS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL AT SPRING CREEK in?
CULTURAL ARTS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL AT SPRING CREEK is part of CULTURAL ARTS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL AT SPRING CREEK.
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