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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EXPLORE EXCEED CHARTER SCHOOL·NCES 360105806354

EXPLORE EXCEED CHARTER SCHOOL

443 ST MARKS AVE-RM 114, BROOKLYN, NY 11238 · (718)989-6702 · Kings County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL374 STUDENTS
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This school has no state test results for 2023-24 or 2024-25 to grade, which is common for schools that end before third grade. How grades work

Enrollment
374
Elementary
STATE 443
Student : Teacher
9.0:1
33 FTE teachers
STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
312 students
STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.

Enrollment by grade, 2023-24

GradeStudentsShare
Kindergarten298%
Grade 1359%
Grade 24311%
Grade 33610%
Grade 43910%
Grade 54211%
Grade 64713%
Grade 74913%
Grade 85214%
Ungraded21%

This year's kindergarten class (29) is 44% smaller than its 8th grade class (52).

Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
STATE 72% · US 70%
White
—1%
STATE 39% · US 43%
Hispanic
—23%
STATE 31% · US 30%
Black
—73%
STATE 16% · US 15%
Asian
—1%
STATE 10% · US 6%
Two+
—2%
STATE 4% · US 5%
Native American
—1%
STATE 1% · US 1%
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.

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Test scores

NYS Assessments 2023-24 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)
English Language Arts
38.0%
NY avg 53.2%
Math
42.7%
NY avg 56.5%

What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 53 and 56.

Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
45.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.7pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 45% 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 →

Where EXPLORE EXCEED CHARTER SCHOOL ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn New YorkIn Kings County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
45.0%#1,385 of 2,335#199 of 290
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
42.7%#1,748 of 2,342#231 of 290
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
38.0%#1,884 of 2,343#256 of 290
Enrollment
ranked largest first
374#1,526 of 2,585#174 of 306
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
9.0:1#173 of 2,338#22 of 249
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
41.8%#1,539 of 2,388#197 of 263
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
83.4%#663 of 2,534#183 of 300
Ranked against other public elementary 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.

6-year change

SY 2017-18 vs SY 2023-24
Enrollment
374
-133 (-26%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
was 10.8:1
% White
1%
was 0%
% Hispanic
23%
was 22%
% Black
73%
was 73%
% Asian
1%
was 3%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2023-2437432.811.4:183% (312)
2022-2342947.89.0:184% (361)
2020-214604011.5:176% (349)
2017-185074710.8:184% (427)
2015-164273910.9:10% (0)
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for EXPLORE EXCEED CHARTER SCHOOL.

About EXPLORE EXCEED CHARTER SCHOOL

EXPLORE EXCEED CHARTER SCHOOL is a small elementary school that serves part of BROOKLYN, New York. It is open to students in kindergarten through 8 and enrolls 374 students.

EXPLORE EXCEED CHARTER SCHOOL is its own local education agency in federal data.

The share of Black students at EXPLORE EXCEED CHARTER SCHOOL is 73%, a majority. The remaining students are 23% Hispanic. Census figures show Kings County is about 28% Black. A diversity index of 42% means there is a 42% chance two randomly chosen students at EXPLORE EXCEED CHARTER SCHOOL are from different groups.

The school had 32.8 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2023-24. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 9.0:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in New York is 12.8:1. The school reported 83% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2023-24.

Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, EXPLORE EXCEED CHARTER SCHOOL would score about 44.3%. It scores 45.0%, within a point of that figure.

For Kings County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $80,263, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 42%, and roughly 15% of residents are in poverty. The county has 583 public schools and about 291,697 students.

ELIJAH STROUD MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest public school to EXPLORE EXCEED CHARTER SCHOOL, less than a tenth of a mile away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. EXPLORE EXCEED CHARTER SCHOOL comes in 6th of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.

The school's locale code, City: Large, means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. NCES lists EXPLORE EXCEED CHARTER SCHOOL as a charter school.

Over the 6 years from 2017-18 to 2023-24, enrollment fell 26%.

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Kings County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
EXPLORE EXCEED CHARTER SCHOOL
District
EXPLORE EXCEED CHARTER SCHOOL
Address
443 ST MARKS AVE-RM 114, BROOKLYN, NY 11238
Phone
(718)989-6702
County
Kings County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
KG–08
Total enrollment
374
Teachers (FTE)
33
Student–teacher ratio
9.0:1
Free and reduced lunch
312 (83%)
Locale
11-City: Large
NCES ID
360105806354
Charter school
Yes
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About EXPLORE EXCEED CHARTER SCHOOL
How large is EXPLORE EXCEED CHARTER SCHOOL?
EXPLORE EXCEED CHARTER SCHOOL enrolls approximately 374 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does EXPLORE EXCEED CHARTER SCHOOL serve?
EXPLORE EXCEED CHARTER SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at EXPLORE EXCEED CHARTER SCHOOL?
Approximately 9.0:1 students per teacher at EXPLORE EXCEED CHARTER SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at EXPLORE EXCEED CHARTER SCHOOL?
Student demographics at EXPLORE EXCEED CHARTER SCHOOL are roughly 1% White, 23% Hispanic, 73% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees EXPLORE EXCEED CHARTER SCHOOL?
EXPLORE EXCEED CHARTER SCHOOL is overseen by EXPLORE EXCEED CHARTER SCHOOL in Kings County.
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