Enrollment
280
Elementary
STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·IMAGINE ME LEADERSHIP CHARTER SCHOOL·NCES 360103106238
IMAGINE ME LEADERSHIP CHARTER SCHOOL
39 TRUXTON ST, BROOKLYN, NY 11233 · (347) 985-2140 · Kings County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL280 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 81% 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
,
Teacher data unavailable
STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
232 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 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 27 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 30 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 25 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 18 | 6% |
| Grade 5 | 44 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 32 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 34 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 31 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (39) is 26% larger than its 8th grade class (31).
Student demographics
42%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
76.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +19.0pp since 2023
Math
75.4%
NY avg 57.4% . +11.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 76 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 19 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 76.0% | 75.4% |
| 2023-24 | 57.0% | 64.1% |
% 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
63.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 IMAGINE ME LEADERSHIP CHARTER SCHOOL
IMAGINE ME LEADERSHIP CHARTER SCHOOL's state test result (63.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| IMAGINE ME LEADERSHIP CHARTER SCHOOL this school | 280 | 82.9% | 63.3% |
| NEW YORK FRENCH-AMERICAN CHARTER SCHOOL NEW YORK | 286 | 80.4% | 53.0% |
| DISCOVERY CHARTER SCHOOL ROCHESTER | 300 | 82.3% | 58.7% |
| PS 268 EMMA LAZARUS BROOKLYN | 286 | 88.8% | 64.6% |
| SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-BED STUY 2 BROOKLYN | 271 | 80.4% | 87.8% |
| SCHOOL 4-GEORGE MATHER FORBES ROCHESTER | 265 | 87.2% | 8.9% |
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 IMAGINE ME LEADERSHIP CHARTER SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.3% | #630 of 2,335 | #97 of 290 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.4% | #518 of 2,342 ▲ 231 | #91 of 290 ▲ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 76.0% | #350 of 2,343 ▲ 257 | #69 of 290 ▲ 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 280 | #2,102 of 2,585 | #218 of 306 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.8% | #1,537 of 2,388 | #196 of 263 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.9% | #684 of 2,534 | #186 of 300 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +22.3% | #123 of 606 | #24 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
280
+28 (+11%) vs 2020
+139% since 2010-11, when it was 117
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 | 280 | N/A | N/A | 83% (232) |
| 2023-24 | 226 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 195 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 252 | N/A | N/A | 75% (189) |
| 2017-18 | 229 | 18 | 12.7:1 | 97% (221) |
| 2015-16 | 219 | 17 | 12.9:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2010-11 | 117 | 8 | 14.6:1 | 66% (77) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for IMAGINE ME LEADERSHIP CHARTER SCHOOL.
About IMAGINE ME LEADERSHIP CHARTER SCHOOL
IMAGINE ME LEADERSHIP CHARTER SCHOOL is a small elementary school based in BROOKLYN, New York. The student body numbers 280 students, from pre-K through 8. Average enrollment for elementary schools in New York is about 443, so this school runs 37% smaller than that.
In federal data, the district for IMAGINE ME LEADERSHIP CHARTER SCHOOL is the school itself.
IMAGINE ME LEADERSHIP CHARTER SCHOOL is 73% Black by enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 24% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. Census estimates put the Black share of Kings County's population at about 28%. The school's diversity index is 42%, meaning two students picked at random have a 42% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The lunch program counts 83% of students at IMAGINE ME LEADERSHIP CHARTER SCHOOL as eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
IMAGINE ME LEADERSHIP CHARTER SCHOOL is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 81% of New York public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
IMAGINE ME LEADERSHIP CHARTER SCHOOL is 18.8 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (63.3% versus 44.5%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in New York.
Kings County census figures show that the median household income is $80,263, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 15% of residents are in poverty. Kings County is home to 583 public schools and about 291,697 public school students.
The closest public school to IMAGINE ME LEADERSHIP CHARTER SCHOOL is PS/IS 155 NICHOLAS HERKIMER, less than a tenth of a mile away. IMAGINE ME LEADERSHIP CHARTER SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. IMAGINE ME LEADERSHIP CHARTER SCHOOL comes in 3rd of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for IMAGINE ME LEADERSHIP CHARTER SCHOOL is City: Large, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. As a charter school, IMAGINE ME LEADERSHIP CHARTER SCHOOL is publicly funded and operates under a charter.
Enrollment grew 11% from its 2020-21 level of 252.
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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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- BROOKLYN COLLEGIATE: A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL0.4 mi · 512
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Frequently asked questions
About IMAGINE ME LEADERSHIP CHARTER SCHOOLHow large is IMAGINE ME LEADERSHIP CHARTER SCHOOL?
IMAGINE ME LEADERSHIP CHARTER SCHOOL enrolls approximately 280 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does IMAGINE ME LEADERSHIP CHARTER SCHOOL serve?
IMAGINE ME LEADERSHIP CHARTER SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
What is the racial breakdown of students at IMAGINE ME LEADERSHIP CHARTER SCHOOL?
At IMAGINE ME LEADERSHIP CHARTER SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 0% White, 24% Hispanic, 73% Black, 3% Two or more.
Is IMAGINE ME LEADERSHIP CHARTER SCHOOL public or private?
IMAGINE ME LEADERSHIP CHARTER SCHOOL is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by IMAGINE ME LEADERSHIP CHARTER SCHOOL.
Where is IMAGINE ME LEADERSHIP CHARTER SCHOOL located?
IMAGINE ME LEADERSHIP CHARTER SCHOOL is located at 39 TRUXTON ST, BROOKLYN, NY 11233.
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