LA CIMA CHARTER SCHOOL

LA CIMA CHARTER SCHOOL is one of the micro-enrollment K-5 schools in BROOKLYN, New York, run under LA CIMA CHARTER SCHOOL, with 174 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 61% smaller than the state mean of about 443.

LA CIMA CHARTER SCHOOL sits inside LA CIMA CHARTER SCHOOL, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

For racial and ethnic makeup, LA CIMA CHARTER SCHOOL logs that the largest single group is Hispanic at 52%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 43% Black, 3% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 19%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, LA CIMA CHARTER SCHOOL shows 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 7.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting LA CIMA CHARTER SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 88% of students at LA CIMA CHARTER SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Kings County's rate of about 79%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), LA CIMA CHARTER SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 42.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 48.3%.

In the broader community, census data for Kings County shows the typical household earns roughly $80,263 per year, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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), LA CIMA CHARTER SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: UNCOMMON BED-STUY EAST CHARTER SCHOOL NYC, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), LA CIMA CHARTER SCHOOL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 40.3%.

LA CIMA CHARTER SCHOOL operates from an inner-city location. As a public charter, LA CIMA CHARTER SCHOOL runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 56%: 400 students in 2018 compared to 174 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 24% to 52% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 13.3:1 in 2018 to 7.3:1 today.

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