Enrollment
485
Elementary
STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CYPRESS HILLS ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL·NCES 360117506654
CYPRESS HILLS ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL
396 GRANT AVE, BROOKLYN, NY 11208 · (646) 644-1714 · Kings County
GRADES KG–07ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL485 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 81% 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
16.2:1
30 FTE teachers
STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
428 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 | 34 | 7% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 43 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 59 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 56 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 90 | 19% |
| Grade 6 | 86 | 18% |
| Grade 7 | 59 | 12% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (34) is 42% smaller than its 7th grade class (59).
Student demographics
41%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
63.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +13.0pp since 2023
Math
73.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +10.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.0% | 73.0% |
| 2023-24 | 50.0% | 63.0% |
% 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
62.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+19.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 CYPRESS HILLS ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL
CYPRESS HILLS ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL's state test result (62.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CYPRESS HILLS ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL this school | 485 | 88.2% | 62.4% |
| BRONX COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL BRONX | 492 | 86.8% | 50.6% |
| PS 69 JOURNEY PREP SCHOOL BRONX | 459 | 89.3% | 34.1% |
| ELLA FITZGERALD ACADEMY YONKERS | 470 | 84.3% | 32.2% |
| BRONX ARTS AND SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL BRONX | 428 | 90.7% | 41.1% |
| PS 19 CURTIS SCHOOL (THE) STATEN ISLAND | 464 | 93.8% | 39.6% |
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 CYPRESS HILLS ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.4% | #658 of 2,335 | #100 of 290 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.0% | #589 of 2,342 ▲ 208 | #108 of 290 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #795 of 2,343 ▲ 65 | #146 of 290 ▼ 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 485 | #898 of 2,585 | #133 of 306 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.2:1 | #2,182 of 2,338 | #223 of 249 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.5% | #1,550 of 2,388 | #198 of 263 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.2% | #484 of 2,534 | #136 of 300 |
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
485
+200 (+70%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
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 | 485 | 30 | 16.2:1 | 88% (428) |
| 2023-24 | 403 | 25.8 | 15.6:1 | 91% (368) |
| 2022-23 | 387 | 30 | 12.9:1 | 90% (350) |
| 2020-21 | 285 | 23 | 12.4:1 | 69% (198) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CYPRESS HILLS ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL.
About CYPRESS HILLS ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL
This page covers CYPRESS HILLS ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL, a medium-sized elementary school in BROOKLYN, New York. Students in kindergarten through 7 attend the school, which enrolls 485 students.
In federal data, the district for CYPRESS HILLS ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL is the school itself.
Hispanic students make up a majority at CYPRESS HILLS ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL, at 75%. The remaining shares are 15% Black, 6% Asian, and 2% Native American. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Kings County's population at about 19%. Pick two students at random and there is a 41% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
A ratio of 16.2:1 comes from the school's 30 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is 3.3 students per teacher above the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 88% in 2024-25. Among public schools in Kings County, the average eligibility rate is 79%.
Measured against New York public elementary schools, CYPRESS HILLS ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL receives an A-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 62.4%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 42.5%.
Census Bureau estimates for Kings County show that the median household income is $80,263, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 42%, and roughly 15% of residents are in poverty. CYPRESS HILLS ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL is one of 583 public schools in the county.
IS 171 ABRAHAM LINCOLN is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles away. Within five miles of CYPRESS HILLS ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL, there are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, CYPRESS HILLS ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL is ahead of the 44.3% nearby average, ranking 2nd of 9.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Large. CYPRESS HILLS ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL holds a charter, making it a public charter school.
Reported enrollment: 285 (2020-21) and 485 (2024-25). These figures may describe different sets of grades. The number of students per teacher rose from 12.4 to 16.2 over 4 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
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Frequently asked questions
About CYPRESS HILLS ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOLHow large is CYPRESS HILLS ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL?
CYPRESS HILLS ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL enrolls approximately 485 students in grades KG-07.
What age range does CYPRESS HILLS ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL serve?
CYPRESS HILLS ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 07.
How many students per teacher at CYPRESS HILLS ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL?
Approximately 16.2:1 students per teacher at CYPRESS HILLS ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at CYPRESS HILLS ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL?
Student demographics at CYPRESS HILLS ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL are roughly 1% White, 75% Hispanic, 15% Black, 6% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is CYPRESS HILLS ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL in?
CYPRESS HILLS ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL is part of CYPRESS HILLS ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL.
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