Enrollment
174
Elementary
STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LA CIMA CHARTER SCHOOL·NCES 360096106071
LA CIMA CHARTER SCHOOL
800 GATES AVE, BROOKLYN, NY 11221 · (718) 443-2136 · Kings County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL174 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 57% 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.
- B+Beats 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
7.3:1
24 FTE teachers
STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
153 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 | 17 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 28 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 36 | 21% |
| Grade 3 | 23 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 37 | 21% |
| Grade 5 | 33 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (17) is 48% smaller than its 5th grade class (33).
Student demographics
55%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
49.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +20.0pp since 2023
Math
71.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +14.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 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 20 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 14 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.0% | 71.0% |
| 2023-24 | 29.0% | 57.0% |
% 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
48.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.7%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% 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 →
Schools most like LA CIMA CHARTER SCHOOL
LA CIMA CHARTER SCHOOL's state test result (48.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LA CIMA CHARTER SCHOOL this school | 174 | 87.9% | 48.3% |
| PS 54 DETECTIVE RAFAEL RAMOS BROOKLYN | 180 | 84.4% | 41.5% |
| BROWNSVILLE COLLEGIATE CHARTER SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 202 | 87.1% | 90.0% |
| PS 81 THADDEUS STEVENS BROOKLYN | 182 | 94.5% | 18.1% |
| EAST BROOKLYN ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL (EBACS) BROOKLYN | 152 | 93.4% | 69.5% |
| PS 297 ABRAHAM STOCKTON BROOKLYN | 196 | 94.9% | 57.9% |
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 LA CIMA CHARTER SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.3% | #1,233 of 2,335 | #180 of 290 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.0% | #660 of 2,342 ▲ 363 | #120 of 290 ▲ 24 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #1,369 of 2,343 ▲ 427 | #218 of 290 ▲ 24 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 174 | #2,452 of 2,585 | #279 of 306 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.9% | #502 of 2,534 | #145 of 300 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -56.5% | #17 of 1,757 | #7 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
174
-91 (-34%) vs 2020
-33% since 2010-11, when it was 261
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 | 174 | 24 | 7.3:1 | 88% (153) |
| 2023-24 | 187 | 21 | 8.9:1 | 86% (161) |
| 2022-23 | 199 | 17 | 11.7:1 | 98% (196) |
| 2020-21 | 265 | N/A | N/A | 91% (242) |
| 2017-18 | 400 | 30 | 13.3:1 | 83% (331) |
| 2015-16 | 432 | 31 | 13.9:1 | N/A |
| 2010-11 | 261 | 14 | 18.6:1 | 64% (167) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LA CIMA CHARTER SCHOOL.
About LA CIMA CHARTER SCHOOL
LA CIMA CHARTER SCHOOL is a very small elementary school with its address in BROOKLYN, New York. It reported 174 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25. That compares with an average of about 443 students for elementary schools in New York.
LA CIMA CHARTER SCHOOL is not part of a larger district; federal data list it as its own local education agency.
The share of Hispanic students at LA CIMA CHARTER SCHOOL is 52%, a majority. It is also 43% Black and 3% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Kings County is roughly 19% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 55, compared with 70 nationally.
Teacher count: 24 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 7.3:1. Compared with the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York, this school's ratio is lower. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 88% at LA CIMA CHARTER SCHOOL. The average for public schools in Kings County is 79%.
LA CIMA CHARTER SCHOOL holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 57% of New York public elementary schools.
After adjusting for student poverty, LA CIMA CHARTER SCHOOL lands between the top and bottom 10% of New York schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 48.3%; the prediction is 42.7%.
Kings County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $80,263, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Kings County's 583 public schools enroll about 291,697 students and include LA CIMA CHARTER SCHOOL.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, MS 267 MATH SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, is less than a tenth of a mile. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, LA CIMA CHARTER SCHOOL ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as City: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics. This is a charter school, which is a tuition-free public school operating under a charter.
A 34% decline took enrollment from 265 in 2020-21 to 174 in 2024-25.
This page is set up for the LA CIMA CHARTER SCHOOL community to discuss open houses, carpools, and field trips. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
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- 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
- MS 267 MATH SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY0.0 mi · 142
- UNCOMMON BED-STUY EAST CHARTER SCHOOL NYC0.0 mi · 317
- PS 308 CLARA CARDWELL0.2 mi · 197
- EMBER CHARTER SCHOOL0.2 mi · 373
- BROOKLYN EMERGING LEADERS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL0.2 mi · 219
- BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF GLOBAL FINANCE (THE)0.2 mi · 222
Frequently asked questions
About LA CIMA CHARTER SCHOOLHow many students attend LA CIMA CHARTER SCHOOL?
LA CIMA CHARTER SCHOOL enrolls approximately 174 students in grades KG-05.
Is LA CIMA CHARTER SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
LA CIMA CHARTER SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at LA CIMA CHARTER SCHOOL?
Approximately 7.3:1 students per teacher at LA CIMA CHARTER SCHOOL.
How diverse is LA CIMA CHARTER SCHOOL?
LA CIMA CHARTER SCHOOL reports a student body of 1% White, 52% Hispanic, 43% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees LA CIMA CHARTER SCHOOL?
LA CIMA CHARTER SCHOOL is overseen by LA CIMA CHARTER SCHOOL in Kings County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.