UNCOMMON BROWNSVILLE SOUTH CHARTER SCHOOL NYC

Located at 985 ROCKAWAY AVE-3RD FL, in BROOKLYN, New York, UNCOMMON BROWNSVILLE SOUTH CHARTER SCHOOL NYC is a roomy elementary-level community that caters to 748 students (grades K through 8), run under UNCOMMON BROWNSVILLE SOUTH CHARTER SCHOOL NYC. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 69% larger than typical.

Operationally, UNCOMMON BROWNSVILLE SOUTH CHARTER SCHOOL NYC answers to UNCOMMON BROWNSVILLE SOUTH CHARTER SCHOOL NYC, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

Looking at the student body, UNCOMMON BROWNSVILLE SOUTH CHARTER SCHOOL NYC records that the largest single group is Black, at 77% of enrollment. Other groups include 18% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 28% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 68 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. An estimated 93% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Kings County's rate of about 79%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, UNCOMMON BROWNSVILLE SOUTH CHARTER SCHOOL NYC tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 40.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 59.0%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Kings County indicate median household earnings sit near $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 BROWNSVILLE SOUTH CHARTER SCHOOL NYC is one campus in the mix.

METROPOLITAN DIPLOMA PLUS HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), UNCOMMON BROWNSVILLE SOUTH CHARTER SCHOOL NYC ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 38.4%.

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

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at UNCOMMON BROWNSVILLE SOUTH CHARTER SCHOOL NYC has fell 5%, going from 789 students in 2018 to 748 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share ticked down from 84% to 77%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 12.3:1 in 2018 to 11.0:1 today.

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