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Enrollment
624
Elementary
STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EXPLORE EXCEL CHARTER SCHOOL·NCES 360105206271
EXPLORE EXCEL CHARTER SCHOOL
1077 REMSEN AVE, BROOKLYN, NY 11236 · (718) 303-3245 · Kings County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL624 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
50 FTE teachers
STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
493 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 51 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 63 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 64 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 53 | 8% |
| Grade 5 | 81 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 80 | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 85 | 14% |
| Grade 8 | 72 | 12% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (51) is 29% smaller than its 8th grade class (72).
Student demographics
24%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
57.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +8.0pp since 2023
Math
65.7%
NY avg 57.4% . +7.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 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 up about 7 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.0% | 65.7% |
| 2023-24 | 49.0% | 58.3% |
% 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
55.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.9%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 EXPLORE EXCEL CHARTER SCHOOL
EXPLORE EXCEL CHARTER SCHOOL's state test result (55.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| EXPLORE EXCEL CHARTER SCHOOL this school | 624 | 79.0% | 55.8% |
| PS 235 JANICE MARIE KNIGHT SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 666 | 81.2% | 55.8% |
| BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR BETTER LEARNING BRONX | 532 | 76.9% | 59.0% |
| PS 176 CAMBRIA HEIGHTS CAMBRIA HEIGHTS | 561 | 76.3% | 71.3% |
| GORDON PARKS SCHOOL (THE) ROSEDALE | 561 | 79.0% | 48.9% |
| SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-FLATBUSH BROOKLYN | 598 | 81.9% | 84.6% |
Matched among New York elementary 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 EXPLORE EXCEL CHARTER SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.8% | #928 of 2,335 | #142 of 290 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.7% | #870 of 2,342 ▲ 110 | #140 of 290 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #1,066 of 2,343 ▼ 145 | #186 of 290 ▼ 44 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 624 | #402 of 2,585 | #78 of 306 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.5:1 | #1,443 of 2,338 | #127 of 249 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.7% | #2,025 of 2,388 | #247 of 263 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.0% | #799 of 2,534 | #213 of 300 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +15.3% | #186 of 606 | #29 of 49 |
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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
624
+53 (+9%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
was 12.7:1
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 | 624 | 50 | 12.5:1 | 79% (493) |
| 2023-24 | 560 | 41 | 13.7:1 | 82% (461) |
| 2022-23 | 536 | 50.5 | 10.6:1 | 85% (455) |
| 2020-21 | 571 | 45 | 12.7:1 | 64% (365) |
| 2017-18 | 541 | 52 | 10.4:1 | 82% (443) |
| 2015-16 | 483 | 41 | 11.8:1 | 0% (0) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for EXPLORE EXCEL CHARTER SCHOOL.
About EXPLORE EXCEL CHARTER SCHOOL
EXPLORE EXCEL CHARTER SCHOOL is the name of a medium-sized elementary school in BROOKLYN, New York. Grades offered run from kindergarten through 8, with 624 students enrolled. For comparison, elementary schools in New York average about 443 students.
The school serves as its own district in federal records.
EXPLORE EXCEL CHARTER SCHOOL enrolls a student body that is 87% Black. The school is also 7% Hispanic. That is higher than the 28% Black share among all Kings County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at EXPLORE EXCEL CHARTER SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 24%.
EXPLORE EXCEL CHARTER SCHOOL operates with 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 12.5:1. Elementary schools in New York average about 12.8:1, a similar figure. EXPLORE EXCEL CHARTER SCHOOL reports 79% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Across public schools in Kings County, the average is about the same, 79%.
EXPLORE EXCEL CHARTER SCHOOL is 9.8 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (55.8% versus 45.9%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in New York.
Kings County census figures show that median household income is about $80,263, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. EXPLORE EXCEL CHARTER SCHOOL is among the 583 public schools in Kings County.
PS 114 RYDER ELEMENTARY is the public school closest to EXPLORE EXCEL CHARTER SCHOOL, less than a tenth of a mile away. EXPLORE EXCEL CHARTER SCHOOL has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. EXPLORE EXCEL CHARTER SCHOOL ranks 3rd of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 55.8% against a local average of 49.2%.
EXPLORE EXCEL CHARTER SCHOOL falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. EXPLORE EXCEL CHARTER SCHOOL is one of the charter schools in New York.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment up 9%, from 571 to 624.
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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
Related schools
Other schools in BROOKLYN
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- 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 114 RYDER ELEMENTARY0.0 mi · 397
- PS 660.4 mi · 527
- CANARSIE ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL0.4 mi · 857
- HIGH SCHOOL FOR INNOVATION IN ADVERTISING AND MEDIA0.5 mi · 386
- HIGH SCHOOL FOR MEDICAL PROFESSIONS0.5 mi · 381
- URBAN ACTION ACADEMY0.5 mi · 178
Frequently asked questions
About EXPLORE EXCEL CHARTER SCHOOLHow large is EXPLORE EXCEL CHARTER SCHOOL?
EXPLORE EXCEL CHARTER SCHOOL enrolls approximately 624 students in grades KG-08.
Is EXPLORE EXCEL CHARTER SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
EXPLORE EXCEL CHARTER SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many teachers does EXPLORE EXCEL CHARTER SCHOOL have?
EXPLORE EXCEL CHARTER SCHOOL employs 50 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.5:1.
How diverse is EXPLORE EXCEL CHARTER SCHOOL?
EXPLORE EXCEL CHARTER SCHOOL reports a student body of 2% White, 7% Hispanic, 87% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is EXPLORE EXCEL CHARTER SCHOOL in?
EXPLORE EXCEL CHARTER SCHOOL is part of EXPLORE EXCEL CHARTER SCHOOL.
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