CYPRESS HILLS ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL

CYPRESS HILLS ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL is an elementary campus of middle-of-the-pack scale in BROOKLYN, New York, run under CYPRESS HILLS ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL, caters to 485 students in grades K through 7.

CYPRESS HILLS ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL sits inside CYPRESS HILLS ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

On demographics, CYPRESS HILLS ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 75% of enrollment. Other groups include 15% Black, 6% Asian, 2% Native American. By comparison, Kings County as a whole is about 19% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting CYPRESS HILLS ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. Around 88% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Kings County's rate of about 79%.

After controlling for student poverty, CYPRESS HILLS ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 42.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 62.4%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Kings County indicate the typical household earns roughly $80,263 per year, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. In all, Kings County runs 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students), of which CYPRESS HILLS ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL is one.

IS 171 ABRAHAM LINCOLN is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around CYPRESS HILLS ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, CYPRESS HILLS ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 44.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area. As a public charter, CYPRESS HILLS ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.