EXPLORE EMPOWER CHARTER SCHOOL

Set in BROOKLYN, New York, EXPLORE EMPOWER CHARTER SCHOOL is a medium-sized K-5 school, overseen by EXPLORE EMPOWER CHARTER SCHOOL. It hosts 500 students across grades K through 8.

Operationally, EXPLORE EMPOWER CHARTER SCHOOL answers to EXPLORE EMPOWER CHARTER SCHOOL, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

On demographics, EXPLORE EMPOWER CHARTER SCHOOL lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (80%); the rest consists of 13% Hispanic, 4% Native American. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 89% of students at EXPLORE EMPOWER CHARTER SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Kings County (around 79%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), EXPLORE EMPOWER CHARTER SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 42.1%; this one delivers 59.0%.

Around the school, census data for Kings County shows median household income runs about $80,263, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. Across Kings County's 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students), EXPLORE EMPOWER CHARTER SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

MS 394 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around EXPLORE EMPOWER CHARTER SCHOOL. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), EXPLORE EMPOWER CHARTER SCHOOL ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 43.9%.

The school occupies an urban site. As a public charter, EXPLORE EMPOWER CHARTER SCHOOL runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at EXPLORE EMPOWER CHARTER SCHOOL has ticked down 4%, going from 522 students in 2018 to 500 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 87% to 80% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 10.4:1 in 2018 to 13.5:1 today.

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