EAST FLATBUSH ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL (EFACS)

Located at 870 ALBANY AVE, in BROOKLYN, New York, EAST FLATBUSH ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL (EFACS) is a tight-knit elementary school that caters to 222 students (grades K through 4), part of EAST FLATBUSH ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL (EFACS). By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so EAST FLATBUSH ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL (EFACS) sits 50% leaner than that benchmark.

EAST FLATBUSH ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL (EFACS) is the operating authority for EAST FLATBUSH ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL (EFACS), handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

On the student-mix side, EAST FLATBUSH ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL (EFACS) reports that 87% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Other groups include 9% Hispanic, 3% White. By comparison, Kings County as a whole is about 28% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, EAST FLATBUSH ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL (EFACS) has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.0:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 88% 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 somewhat above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, EAST FLATBUSH ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL (EFACS) sits in the top 10% of New York schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 42.5%; actual is 71.6%, +29.1 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Kings County put median household earnings sit near $80,263, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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 EAST FLATBUSH ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL (EFACS) is one.

PS 235 JANICE MARIE KNIGHT SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), EAST FLATBUSH ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL (EFACS) ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 45.8%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting. As a public charter, EAST FLATBUSH ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL (EFACS) runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

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