UNCOMMON KINGS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC

As a high-enrollment K-12 campus in BROOKLYN, New York, UNCOMMON KINGS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC works with 1,262 students from grades K through 12, one of the schools within UNCOMMON KINGS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC. That puts it 132% above the typical public school in New York, which averages around 544 students.

UNCOMMON KINGS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC sits inside UNCOMMON KINGS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

On demographics, UNCOMMON KINGS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (83%). The remainder consists of 14% Hispanic. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 98 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 8.7:1 average. An estimated 86% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, UNCOMMON KINGS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 43.2%; this one delivers 61.4%.

In the broader community, Kings County reports that median household income runs about $80,263, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. Across Kings County's 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students), UNCOMMON KINGS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: MIDDLE SCHOOL OF MEDIA LAW AND FINE ARTS (THE), around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts UNCOMMON KINGS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 46.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area. UNCOMMON KINGS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at UNCOMMON KINGS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC has rose 100%, going from 632 students in 2018 to 1,262 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment decreased from 90% to 83% over that span.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.