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What's something EXCELLENCE BOYS CHARTER SCHOOL OF BEDFORD STUYVESANT does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
415
Combined
STATE 544
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UNCOMMON EXCELLENCE BOYS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC·NCES 360011405700
UNCOMMON EXCELLENCE BOYS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC
225 PATCHEN AVE, BROOKLYN, NY 11233 · (718) 638-1830 · Kings County
GRADES KG–09COMBINED11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL415 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 78% of New York public K-12 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 K-12 schools
Student : Teacher
9.2:1
45 FTE teachers
STATE 8.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
358 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 | 23 | 6% |
| Grade 1 | 30 | 7% |
| Grade 2 | 36 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 43 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 45 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 44 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 64 | 15% |
| Grade 7 | 51 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 73 | 18% |
| Grade 9 | 6 | 1% |
This year's kindergarten class (23) is 68% smaller than its 8th grade class (73).
Student demographics
36%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
59.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +8.0pp since 2023
Math
69.9%
NY avg 57.4% . -3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.0% | 69.9% |
| 2023-24 | 51.0% | 73.0% |
% 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
59.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% 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 UNCOMMON EXCELLENCE BOYS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC
UNCOMMON EXCELLENCE BOYS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC's state test result (59.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNCOMMON EXCELLENCE BOYS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC this school | 415 | 86.3% | 59.8% |
| UNCOMMON CROWN HEIGHTS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC BROOKLYN | 513 | 85.2% | 58.9% |
| ROCHESTER ACADEMY OF SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL ROCHESTER | 395 | 98.2% | 38.5% |
| BROOKLYN ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 951 | 89.5% | 52.4% |
| CITIZENSHIP AND SCIENCE ACADEMY OF SYRACUSE CHARTER SCHOOL SYRACUSE | 764 | 82.1% | 22.0% |
| HARLEM PREP CHARTER SCHOOL NEW YORK | 647 | 89.3% | 39.6% |
Matched among New York K-12 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 UNCOMMON EXCELLENCE BOYS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC ranks
Among K-12 schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.8% | #26 of 101 | #4 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.9% | #28 of 101 ▼ 5 | #3 of 6 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #36 of 101 ▲ 10 | #4 of 6 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 415 | #73 of 192 | #8 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.2:1 | #97 of 146 | #10 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.0% | #76 of 152 | #13 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.3% | #41 of 136 | #13 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -48.9% | #2 of 95 | #1 of 7 |
Ranked against other public K-12 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
415
-255 (-38%) vs 2020
-4% since 2010-11, when it was 433
Student : Teacher
9.2:1
was 20.9:1
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 | 415 | 45 | 9.2:1 | 86% (358) |
| 2023-24 | 436 | 45 | 9.7:1 | 87% (379) |
| 2022-23 | 472 | 51 | 9.3:1 | 86% (406) |
| 2020-21 | 670 | 32 | 20.9:1 | 62% (417) |
| 2017-18 | 812 | 70 | 11.6:1 | 75% (607) |
| 2015-16 | 806 | 65 | 12.4:1 | N/A |
| 2010-11 | 433 | 41 | 10.6:1 | 71% (306) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for UNCOMMON EXCELLENCE BOYS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC.
About UNCOMMON EXCELLENCE BOYS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC
UNCOMMON EXCELLENCE BOYS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC, a low-enrollment school serving multiple grade levels, is located in BROOKLYN, New York. Enrollment stands at 415 students, covering kindergarten through 9. That puts enrollment 24% below the 544-student average for combined schools in New York.
UNCOMMON EXCELLENCE BOYS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC is its own local education agency in federal data.
The share of Black students at UNCOMMON EXCELLENCE BOYS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC is 79%, a majority. After that, the student body is 12% Hispanic, 3% Asian, 2% multiracial, and 2% Native American. Census figures show Kings County is about 28% Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 36, compared with 70 nationally.
There are 45 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 9.2:1. It is about the same as the 8.7:1 average for combined schools in New York. Of all students at UNCOMMON EXCELLENCE BOYS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC, 86% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among New York public K-12 schools, UNCOMMON EXCELLENCE BOYS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC outscored 78%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For UNCOMMON EXCELLENCE BOYS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC, the prediction is 43.3% and the result is 59.8%.
Census data for Kings County show the median household earns about $80,263 a year, roughly 42% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting UNCOMMON EXCELLENCE BOYS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC, Kings County has 583 public schools.
PS 21 CRISPUS ATTUCKS is about 0.2 miles from UNCOMMON EXCELLENCE BOYS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 50.8%, lower than UNCOMMON EXCELLENCE BOYS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC's 59.8%.
The school's locale code, City: Large, means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. Federal records list UNCOMMON EXCELLENCE BOYS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC as a charter school.
In 2020-21, UNCOMMON EXCELLENCE BOYS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC enrolled 670 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 415. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 20.9:1 in 2020-21 to 9.2:1 in 2024-25.
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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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Other schools in BROOKLYN
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- FORT HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 4,044 students
- JAMES MADISON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,983 students
- MIDWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,657 students
- EDWARD R MURROW HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,503 students
- FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,403 students
Nearby schools
- PS 21 CRISPUS ATTUCKS0.2 mi · 430
- PS 5 DR RONALD MCNAIR0.2 mi · 218
- PS 262 EL HAJJ MALIK EL SHABAZZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.2 mi · 155
- PS 40 GEORGE W CARVER0.3 mi · 465
- UNCOMMON EXCELLENCE GIRLS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC0.3 mi · 871
- PS 309 GEORGE E WIBECAN PREPARATORY ACADEMY (THE)0.3 mi · 194
Frequently asked questions
About UNCOMMON EXCELLENCE BOYS CHARTER SCHOOL NYCWhat is the total enrollment at UNCOMMON EXCELLENCE BOYS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC?
UNCOMMON EXCELLENCE BOYS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC enrolls approximately 415 students in grades KG-09.
Is UNCOMMON EXCELLENCE BOYS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC an elementary, middle, or high school?
UNCOMMON EXCELLENCE BOYS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC is a combined-grade school covering grades KG-09.
How many teachers does UNCOMMON EXCELLENCE BOYS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC have?
UNCOMMON EXCELLENCE BOYS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC employs 45 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at UNCOMMON EXCELLENCE BOYS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC?
At UNCOMMON EXCELLENCE BOYS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC, the student body is approximately 2% White, 12% Hispanic, 79% Black, 3% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is UNCOMMON EXCELLENCE BOYS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC public or private?
UNCOMMON EXCELLENCE BOYS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by UNCOMMON EXCELLENCE BOYS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC.
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