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Enrollment
614
Elementary
STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HEBREW LANGUAGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL·NCES 360100306159
HEBREW LANGUAGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL
2186 MILL AVE, BROOKLYN, NY 11234 · (718) 377-7200 · Kings County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL614 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 73% of New York public elementary schools
- BTest 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.
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
43.9:1
14 FTE teachers
STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
596 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 | 33 | 5% |
| Grade 1 | 55 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 64 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 50 | 8% |
| Grade 4 | 85 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 66 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 95 | 15% |
| Grade 7 | 70 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 96 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (33) is 66% smaller than its 8th grade class (96).
Student demographics
51%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
62.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +13.0pp since 2023
Math
75.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +12.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 13 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.0% | 75.0% |
| 2023-24 | 49.0% | 62.3% |
% 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
56.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 HEBREW LANGUAGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL
HEBREW LANGUAGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL's state test result (56.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HEBREW LANGUAGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL this school | 614 | 97.1% | 56.5% |
| SOUTHSIDE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL SYRACUSE | 685 | 95.8% | 25.2% |
| PS 276 LOUIS MARSHALL BROOKLYN | 560 | 88.2% | 58.9% |
| ACHIEVEMENT FIRST LINDEN CHARTER SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 630 | 92.7% | 45.7% |
| DR LYDIA T WRIGHT SCH OF EXCELLENCE BUFFALO | 560 | 95.9% | 9.4% |
| BUFFALO UNITED CHARTER SCHOOL BUFFALO | 465 | 93.3% | 27.8% |
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 HEBREW LANGUAGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.5% | #909 of 2,335 | #136 of 290 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #545 of 2,342 ▲ 280 | #96 of 290 ▲ 21 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #849 of 2,343 ▲ 63 | #154 of 290 ▼ 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 614 | #414 of 2,585 | #80 of 306 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 43.9:1 | #2,337 of 2,338 | #249 of 249 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.7% | #1,202 of 2,388 | #150 of 263 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.1% | #86 of 2,534 | #15 of 300 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.5% | #832 of 1,757 | #156 of 225 |
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
614
+19 (+3%) vs 2020
+170% since 2010-11, when it was 227
Student : Teacher
43.9:1
was 39.7:1
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 | 614 | 14 | 43.9:1 | 97% (596) |
| 2023-24 | 643 | 18 | 35.7:1 | 74% (475) |
| 2022-23 | 610 | 38 | 16.1:1 | 77% (469) |
| 2020-21 | 595 | 15 | 39.7:1 | 56% (335) |
| 2017-18 | 727 | 56 | 13.0:1 | 65% (472) |
| 2015-16 | 563 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2010-11 | 227 | 22 | 10.3:1 | 29% (65) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HEBREW LANGUAGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL.
About HEBREW LANGUAGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL
HEBREW LANGUAGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary school serving families in BROOKLYN, New York. It teaches 614 students in kindergarten through 8. Elementary schools in New York have about 443 students on average; enrollment here is 39% higher.
HEBREW LANGUAGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL is its own local education agency in federal data.
More than half of the students at HEBREW LANGUAGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL are Black (66%). Other reported shares: 23% White and 8% Hispanic. That compares with about 28% Black among all Kings County residents. The diversity index for HEBREW LANGUAGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL is 51%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are 14 full-time-equivalent teachers at HEBREW LANGUAGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL, giving a ratio of 43.9:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in New York is 12.8:1. A total of 596 students, or 97%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The 79% average for public schools in Kings County is 18 points lower.
Among New York public elementary schools, HEBREW LANGUAGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL outscored 73%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for HEBREW LANGUAGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL is 39.3%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 56.5%.
The school's county is Kings County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $80,263, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 42%, and about 15% of people live in poverty. Kings County's 583 public schools enroll about 291,697 students and include HEBREW LANGUAGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL.
HEBREW LANGUAGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL's nearest public school is PS 236 MILL BASIN (about 0.3 miles). There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. On state test proficiency, HEBREW LANGUAGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL ranks 6th in a group of 8 nearby schools.
Its NCES locale code is City: Large: the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. Federal records list HEBREW LANGUAGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL as a charter school.
Enrollment was 614 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 595. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 39.7:1 to 43.9:1.
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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
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Nearby schools
- PS 236 MILL BASIN0.3 mi · 599
- JHS 78 ROY H MANN0.6 mi · 662
- SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL - BERGEN BEACH0.6 mi · 977
- PS 312 BERGEN BEACH0.7 mi · 667
- PS 207 ELIZABETH G LEARY0.8 mi · 918
- PS 203 FLOYD BENNETT SCHOOL0.9 mi · 514
Frequently asked questions
About HEBREW LANGUAGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOLHow large is HEBREW LANGUAGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL?
HEBREW LANGUAGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL enrolls approximately 614 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does HEBREW LANGUAGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL serve?
HEBREW LANGUAGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL serves grades KG-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at HEBREW LANGUAGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at HEBREW LANGUAGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL is approximately 43.9:1 (14 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at HEBREW LANGUAGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL?
At HEBREW LANGUAGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 23% White, 8% Hispanic, 66% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is HEBREW LANGUAGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL public or private?
HEBREW LANGUAGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by HEBREW LANGUAGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL.
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