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Alumni: what's one memory from KINGS COLLEGIATE CHARTER SCHOOL that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
1,262
Combined
STATE 544
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UNCOMMON KINGS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC·NCES 360094405974
UNCOMMON KINGS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC
905 WINTHROP ST, BROOKLYN, NY 11203 · (347) 390-0460 · Kings County
GRADES KG–12COMBINED11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,262 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 83% of New York public K-12 schools
- A-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 K-12 schools
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
98 FTE teachers
STATE 8.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
1,091 students
STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 61 | 5% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 5% |
| Grade 2 | 80 | 6% |
| Grade 3 | 78 | 6% |
| Grade 4 | 99 | 8% |
| Grade 5 | 91 | 7% |
| Grade 6 | 93 | 7% |
| Grade 7 | 92 | 7% |
| Grade 8 | 82 | 6% |
| Grade 9 | 152 | 12% |
| Grade 10 | 134 | 11% |
| Grade 11 | 107 | 8% |
| Grade 12 | 129 | 10% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is 26% smaller than its 8th grade class (82).
Student demographics
30%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
60.6%
NY avg 58.3% . +8.4pp since 2023
Math
63.3%
NY avg 57.4% . -6.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 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 down about 7 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.6% | 63.3% |
| 2023-24 | 52.2% | 70.2% |
% 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
61.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% 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 →
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,262
+36 (+3%) vs 2020
+369% since 2010-11, when it was 269
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 1,262 | 98 | 12.9:1 | 86% (1,091) |
| 2023-24 | 1,205 | 101 | 11.9:1 | 85% (1,025) |
| 2022-23 | 1,215 | 97 | 12.5:1 | 83% (1,010) |
| 2020-21 | 1,226 | 75 | 16.4:1 | 86% (1,049) |
| 2017-18 | 632 | 53 | 11.9:1 | 83% (523) |
| 2015-16 | 527 | 34 | 15.5:1 | N/A |
| 2010-11 | 269 | 24 | 11.2:1 | 75% (201) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for UNCOMMON KINGS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC.
About UNCOMMON KINGS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC
UNCOMMON KINGS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC is the name of a high-enrollment combined-grade school in BROOKLYN, New York. Enrolled students number 1,262 students, in kindergarten through 12. For comparison, combined schools in New York average about 544 students.
Federal records list UNCOMMON KINGS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC as its own district.
Black students are the large majority at UNCOMMON KINGS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC, with 83% of enrollment. Enrollment also includes 14% Hispanic. Among people living in Kings County, the Black share is about 28%. The chance that two students picked at random at UNCOMMON KINGS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 30%.
Teachers at UNCOMMON KINGS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC total 98 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 12.9:1. For comparison, combined schools in New York average 8.7:1. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 86%.
UNCOMMON KINGS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 83% of New York public K-12 schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 43.2% at UNCOMMON KINGS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 61.4%.
Federal survey data for Kings County 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. UNCOMMON KINGS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC is among the 583 public schools in Kings County.
The nearest other public school, MIDDLE SCHOOL OF MEDIA LAW AND FINE ARTS (THE), is less than a tenth of a mile away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 46.5%; UNCOMMON KINGS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC's is 61.4%, ranking 3rd of 9.
For locale, NCES codes UNCOMMON KINGS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC as City: Large. This is a charter school, which is a tuition-free public school operating under a charter.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, UNCOMMON KINGS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC went from 1,226 students to 1,262. The ratio of students to teachers went from 16.4:1 to 12.9:1 over the same years.
Threads on this page can be about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
- MIDDLE SCHOOL OF MEDIA LAW AND FINE ARTS (THE)0.0 mi · 173
- PS 268 EMMA LAZARUS0.1 mi · 286
- PS 219 KENNEDY-KING0.3 mi · 334
- LAMAD ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL0.3 mi · 165
- PS 770 NEW AMERICAN ACADEMY0.4 mi · 266
- PS 398 WALTER WEAVER0.4 mi · 212
Frequently asked questions
About UNCOMMON KINGS CHARTER SCHOOL NYCHow many students attend UNCOMMON KINGS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC?
UNCOMMON KINGS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC enrolls approximately 1,262 students in grades KG-12.
What grades does UNCOMMON KINGS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC serve?
UNCOMMON KINGS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC serves grades KG-12.
How many teachers does UNCOMMON KINGS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC have?
UNCOMMON KINGS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC employs 98 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.9:1.
How diverse is UNCOMMON KINGS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC?
UNCOMMON KINGS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC reports a student body of 1% White, 14% Hispanic, 83% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees UNCOMMON KINGS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC?
UNCOMMON KINGS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC is overseen by UNCOMMON KINGS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC in Kings County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.