EXPLORE CHARTER SCHOOL

EXPLORE CHARTER SCHOOL operates as a medium-sized elementary-level community in BROOKLYN, New York, overseen by EXPLORE CHARTER SCHOOL. Current enrollment sits at 574 students spanning grades K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 30% above the state mean of about 443.

EXPLORE CHARTER SCHOOL is a school of EXPLORE CHARTER SCHOOL, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

In terms of who attends, EXPLORE CHARTER SCHOOL records that 73% of the student body identifies as Black. Other groups include 20% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 28% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 82% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, EXPLORE CHARTER SCHOOL sits in the top 10% of New York schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 44.8%; actual is 65.9%, +21.1 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Kings County) shows that median household earnings sit near $80,263, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. In all, Kings County runs 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students), of which EXPLORE CHARTER SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is PS 141, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around EXPLORE CHARTER SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts EXPLORE CHARTER SCHOOL at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 49.3%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting. EXPLORE CHARTER SCHOOL is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at EXPLORE CHARTER SCHOOL has expanded 7%, going from 534 students in 2018 to 574 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 83% to 73% across the same window. Class-load math has rose: from 11.4:1 in 2018 to 14.5:1 in 2025.

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