Enrollment
404
Elementary
STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FLATBUSH ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL·NCES 360120706673
FLATBUSH ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL
123 LINDEN BLVD, BROOKLYN, NY 11203 · (646) 644-1714 · Kings County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL404 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 80% of New York public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
24 FTE teachers
STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
354 students
STATE 58%
Community
0
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 | 39 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 59 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 51 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 49 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 32 | 8% |
| Grade 5 | 86 | 21% |
| Grade 6 | 86 | 21% |
| Ungraded | 2 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (39) is 55% smaller than its 6th grade class (86).
Student demographics
34%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
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
68.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +17.0pp since 2023
Math
78.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +27.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 78 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 17 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 27 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.0% | 78.0% |
| 2023-24 | 51.0% | 51.0% |
% 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
61.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+19.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 FLATBUSH ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL
FLATBUSH ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL's state test result (61.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| FLATBUSH ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL this school | 404 | 87.6% | 61.7% |
| PS 233 LANGSTON HUGHES BROOKLYN | 335 | 85.4% | 55.7% |
| BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR BETTER LEARNING II BRONX | 423 | 81.8% | 51.8% |
| DR DAVID AND RUTH ANDERSON ACADEMY- SCHOOL 16 ROCHESTER | 430 | 85.8% | 21.8% |
| EXPLORE EMPOWER CHARTER SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 500 | 89.4% | 59.0% |
| PS 114 RYDER ELEMENTARY BROOKLYN | 397 | 85.6% | 52.5% |
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 FLATBUSH ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.7% | #681 of 2,335 | #104 of 290 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 78.0% | #413 of 2,342 ▲ 826 | #73 of 290 ▲ 103 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #606 of 2,343 ▲ 217 | #112 of 290 ▲ 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 404 | #1,337 of 2,585 | #155 of 306 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.8:1 | #2,224 of 2,338 | #232 of 249 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.5% | #1,799 of 2,388 | #221 of 263 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.6% | #513 of 2,534 | #148 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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
404
+295 (+271%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
was 9.9:1
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 | 404 | 24 | 16.8:1 | 88% (354) |
| 2023-24 | 306 | 17.8 | 17.2:1 | 89% (271) |
| 2022-23 | 245 | 19 | 12.9:1 | 85% (208) |
| 2020-21 | 109 | 11 | 9.9:1 | 70% (76) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for FLATBUSH ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL.
About FLATBUSH ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL
FLATBUSH ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary school with its address in BROOKLYN, New York. The school runs kindergarten through 6 and enrolls 404 students.
FLATBUSH ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL is not part of a larger district; federal data list it as its own local education agency.
Roughly 81% of students at FLATBUSH ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL are Black. Other groups include 11% Hispanic, 3% White, and 3% multiracial. By comparison, Kings County residents are about 28% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, FLATBUSH ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL scores 34%.
The school's 24 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.8:1. The average for elementary schools in New York is 12.8:1, so this school has more students per teacher. At FLATBUSH ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL, 88% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. On average, public schools in Kings County report 79%.
FLATBUSH ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 80% of New York public elementary schools.
FLATBUSH ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (61.7%) and its predicted rate (42.8%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of New York schools.
In Kings County, the median household earns about $80,263 a year, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 15%. Across Kings County, 583 public schools serve about 291,697 students.
ACHIEVEMENT FIRST VOYAGER CHARTER SCHOOL is about 0.2 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Within five miles of FLATBUSH ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, FLATBUSH ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL is 2nd of 8 nearby schools with test data.
Under the NCES locale system, FLATBUSH ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL is City: Large. The school is a charter school, funded with public money and operated under a charter agreement.
Reported enrollment: 109 (2020-21) and 404 (2024-25). These figures may describe different sets of grades. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (16.8:1) than in 2020-21 (9.9:1).
This page is set up for the FLATBUSH ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL community to discuss special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
- BROOKLYN TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 5,848 students
- FORT HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 4,044 students
- JAMES MADISON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,983 students
- MIDWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,657 students
- EDWARD R MURROW HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,503 students
- FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,403 students
Nearby schools
- ACHIEVEMENT FIRST VOYAGER CHARTER SCHOOL0.2 mi · 96
- PS 92 ADRIAN HEGEMAN0.2 mi · 251
- EXPLORE CHARTER SCHOOL0.3 mi · 574
- PARKSIDE PREPARATORY ACADEMY0.3 mi · 248
- PS 1410.3 mi · 366
- NORMA ADAMS CLEMONS ACADEMY0.3 mi · 588
Frequently asked questions
About FLATBUSH ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at FLATBUSH ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL?
FLATBUSH ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL enrolls approximately 404 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does FLATBUSH ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL serve?
FLATBUSH ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL serves grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at FLATBUSH ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at FLATBUSH ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL is approximately 16.8:1 (24 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at FLATBUSH ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL?
At FLATBUSH ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 3% White, 11% Hispanic, 81% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is FLATBUSH ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL public or private?
FLATBUSH ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by FLATBUSH ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL.
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