NEW AMERICAN ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL (THE)

NEW AMERICAN ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL (THE) operates as a tight-knit elementary campus in BROOKLYN, New York, one of the schools within NEW AMERICAN ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL (THE). Current enrollment sits at 247 students spanning grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 44% smaller than typical.

NEW AMERICAN ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL (THE) is the operating authority for NEW AMERICAN ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL (THE), handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

Looking at the student body, NEW AMERICAN ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL (THE) records that nearly all students (84%) are Black. Beyond that, the school shows 11% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Kings County as a whole is about 28% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, NEW AMERICAN ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL (THE) has 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Roughly 77% of students at NEW AMERICAN ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL (THE) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, NEW AMERICAN ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL (THE) sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 46.5%; this one delivers 59.0%.

Around the school, Kings County reports that median household income runs about $80,263, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. NEW AMERICAN ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL (THE) is one of 583 public schools in Kings County (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students).

PS 233 LANGSTON HUGHES is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, NEW AMERICAN ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL (THE) comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 48.0%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting. NEW AMERICAN ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL (THE) operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 32%: 362 students in 2018 compared to 247 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share decreased from 94% to 84%. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 11.3:1 in 2018 to 14.5:1 today.

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