HEBREW LANGUAGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL

Located at 2186 MILL AVE, in BROOKLYN, New York, HEBREW LANGUAGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL is a mid-sized K-5 school that serves 614 students (grades K through 8), part of HEBREW LANGUAGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL. Enrollment runs roughly 39% bigger than the state mean of about 443.

Operationally, HEBREW LANGUAGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL answers to HEBREW LANGUAGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

On the student-mix side, HEBREW LANGUAGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL shows that the largest single group is Black, at 66% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 23% White, 8% Hispanic. By comparison, Kings County as a whole is about 28% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, HEBREW LANGUAGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL has 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 43.9:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 97% of students at HEBREW LANGUAGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Kings County's rate of about 79%.

With demographic context factored in, HEBREW LANGUAGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 39.3%, the actual is 56.5%, a residual of +17.2 points.

In the broader community, census data for Kings County shows the typical household earns roughly $80,263 per year, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Kings County's 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students), HEBREW LANGUAGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: PS 236 MILL BASIN, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), HEBREW LANGUAGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 64.1%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting. As a public charter, HEBREW LANGUAGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Trend over the last 7 years. HEBREW LANGUAGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL's enrollment has contracted 16% since 2018, when it stood at 727 (now 614). The White share of enrollment decreased from 45% to 23% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 43.9:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.