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Enrollment
871
Combined
STATE 544
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UNCOMMON EXCELLENCE GIRLS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC·NCES 360100006112
UNCOMMON EXCELLENCE GIRLS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC
794 MONROE ST-3RD FL, BROOKLYN, NY 11221 · (718) 638-1875 · Kings County
GRADES KG–12COMBINED11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL871 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 62% 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.
- 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 K-12 schools
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
85 FTE teachers
STATE 8.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
724 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 | 26 | 3% |
| Grade 1 | 26 | 3% |
| Grade 2 | 39 | 4% |
| Grade 3 | 48 | 6% |
| Grade 4 | 34 | 4% |
| Grade 5 | 49 | 6% |
| Grade 6 | 54 | 6% |
| Grade 7 | 53 | 6% |
| Grade 8 | 47 | 5% |
| Grade 9 | 177 | 20% |
| Grade 10 | 130 | 15% |
| Grade 11 | 95 | 11% |
| Grade 12 | 91 | 10% |
| Ungraded | 2 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (26) is 45% smaller than its 8th grade class (47).
Student demographics
39%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
47.6%
NY avg 58.3% . -1.3pp since 2023
Math
50.6%
NY avg 57.4% . +1.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.6% | 50.6% |
| 2023-24 | 48.9% | 48.7% |
% 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
53.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 →
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
871
-508 (-37%) vs 2020
+282% since 2010-11, when it was 228
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 | 871 | 85 | 10.3:1 | 83% (724) |
| 2023-24 | 876 | 87 | 10.1:1 | 81% (711) |
| 2022-23 | 1,050 | 91 | 11.5:1 | 78% (814) |
| 2020-21 | 1,379 | N/A | N/A | 69% (949) |
| 2017-18 | 1,452 | 104.8 | 13.8:1 | 67% (978) |
| 2015-16 | 705 | 57 | 12.4:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2010-11 | 228 | 18 | 12.7:1 | 73% (166) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for UNCOMMON EXCELLENCE GIRLS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC.
About UNCOMMON EXCELLENCE GIRLS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC
BROOKLYN, New York, is home to UNCOMMON EXCELLENCE GIRLS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC, a large combined-grade school. Its 871 students are spread across kindergarten through 12. The typical figure for combined schools in New York is about 544 students.
The school serves as its own district in federal records.
Black students make up a majority at UNCOMMON EXCELLENCE GIRLS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC, at 77%. Smaller groups are 16% Hispanic, 3% Asian, and 2% Native American. For comparison, the population of Kings County is roughly 28% Black. The school's diversity index is 39%, meaning two students picked at random have a 39% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Staffing totals 85 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 10.3:1. On average, combined schools in New York have 8.7:1, compared with 10.3:1 here. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at UNCOMMON EXCELLENCE GIRLS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC is 83%.
Measured against New York public K-12 schools, UNCOMMON EXCELLENCE GIRLS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC receives a B. 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 model predicts 44.4% for a school in New York with UNCOMMON EXCELLENCE GIRLS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC's free or reduced-price lunch share. UNCOMMON EXCELLENCE GIRLS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC posts 53.4%.
County data help place the school in context: in Kings County, the median household income is $80,263, roughly 42% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Kings County is home to 583 public schools and about 291,697 public school students.
PS 309 GEORGE E WIBECAN PREPARATORY ACADEMY (THE) is the public school closest to UNCOMMON EXCELLENCE GIRLS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC, less than a tenth of a mile away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, UNCOMMON EXCELLENCE GIRLS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC ranks 3rd of 9 on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for UNCOMMON EXCELLENCE GIRLS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC is City: Large, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. UNCOMMON EXCELLENCE GIRLS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC holds a charter, making it a public charter school.
UNCOMMON EXCELLENCE GIRLS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC's enrollment declined from 1,379 in 2020-21 to 871 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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- PS 309 GEORGE E WIBECAN PREPARATORY ACADEMY (THE)0.0 mi · 194
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- BROOKLYN HIGH SCHOOL FOR LAW AND TECHNOLOGY0.2 mi · 469
- PS 5 DR RONALD MCNAIR0.2 mi · 218
- UNCOMMON EXCELLENCE BOYS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC0.3 mi · 415
- PS 75 MAYDA CORTIELLA0.4 mi · 185
Frequently asked questions
About UNCOMMON EXCELLENCE GIRLS CHARTER SCHOOL NYCHow large is UNCOMMON EXCELLENCE GIRLS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC?
UNCOMMON EXCELLENCE GIRLS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC enrolls approximately 871 students in grades KG-12.
What age range does UNCOMMON EXCELLENCE GIRLS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC serve?
UNCOMMON EXCELLENCE GIRLS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC serves students from grade KG through grade 12.
How many teachers does UNCOMMON EXCELLENCE GIRLS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC have?
UNCOMMON EXCELLENCE GIRLS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC employs 85 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at UNCOMMON EXCELLENCE GIRLS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC?
At UNCOMMON EXCELLENCE GIRLS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC, the student body is approximately 1% White, 16% Hispanic, 77% Black, 3% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is UNCOMMON EXCELLENCE GIRLS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC public or private?
UNCOMMON EXCELLENCE GIRLS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by UNCOMMON EXCELLENCE GIRLS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC.
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