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Enrollment
513
Combined
STATE 544
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UNCOMMON CROWN HEIGHTS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC·NCES 360103206229
UNCOMMON CROWN HEIGHTS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC
1137 HERKIMER ST-2ND FL, BROOKLYN, NY 11233 · (718) 250-5765 · Kings County
GRADES KG–09COMBINED11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL513 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 76% of New York public K-12 schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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 K-12 schools
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
47 FTE teachers
STATE 8.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
437 students
STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 79 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 35 | 7% |
| Grade 2 | 42 | 8% |
| Grade 3 | 51 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 39 | 8% |
| Grade 5 | 55 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 75 | 15% |
| Grade 7 | 57 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 78 | 15% |
| Grade 9 | 2 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (79) is about the same size as its 8th grade class (78).
Student demographics
30%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
64.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +6.0pp since 2023
Math
64.6%
NY avg 57.4% . -2.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64.0% | 64.6% |
| 2023-24 | 58.0% | 67.1% |
% 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
58.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.7%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 UNCOMMON CROWN HEIGHTS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC
UNCOMMON CROWN HEIGHTS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC's state test result (58.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNCOMMON CROWN HEIGHTS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC this school | 513 | 85.2% | 58.9% |
| UNCOMMON EXCELLENCE BOYS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC BROOKLYN | 415 | 86.3% | 59.8% |
| BROOKLYN ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 951 | 89.5% | 52.4% |
| ROCHESTER ACADEMY OF SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL ROCHESTER | 395 | 98.2% | 38.5% |
| HARLEM PREP CHARTER SCHOOL NEW YORK | 647 | 89.3% | 39.6% |
| SCHOOL 58-WORLD OF INQUIRY SCHOOL ROCHESTER | 896 | 73.7% | 13.9% |
Matched among New York K-12 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 UNCOMMON CROWN HEIGHTS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC ranks
Among K-12 schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.9% | #29 of 101 | #5 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.6% | #33 of 101 no change | #4 of 6 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #24 of 101 ▲ 2 | #3 of 6 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 513 | #51 of 192 | #6 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.9:1 | #118 of 146 | #11 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 30.2% | #78 of 152 | #14 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.2% | #45 of 136 | #14 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +52.7% | #12 of 59 | #2 of 8 |
Ranked against other public K-12 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
513
+77 (+18%) vs 2020
+541% since 2010-11, when it was 80
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
was 18.2:1
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 | 513 | 47 | 10.9:1 | 85% (437) |
| 2023-24 | 404 | 44 | 9.2:1 | 81% (328) |
| 2022-23 | 411 | 37 | 11.1:1 | 78% (319) |
| 2020-21 | 436 | 24 | 18.2:1 | 74% (321) |
| 2017-18 | 336 | 28 | 12.0:1 | 58% (196) |
| 2015-16 | 392 | 29 | 13.5:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2010-11 | 80 | 6 | 13.3:1 | 89% (71) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for UNCOMMON CROWN HEIGHTS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC.
About UNCOMMON CROWN HEIGHTS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC
UNCOMMON CROWN HEIGHTS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC is a mid-sized school serving multiple grade levels for students in BROOKLYN, New York. The school offers kindergarten through 9 and enrolls 513 students.
UNCOMMON CROWN HEIGHTS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC operates as its own local education agency.
By race and ethnicity, UNCOMMON CROWN HEIGHTS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC is 82% Black. The remaining shares are 13% Hispanic. Kings County as a whole is about 28% Black, so the school's share is higher. A diversity index of 30% means there is a 30% chance two randomly chosen students at UNCOMMON CROWN HEIGHTS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC are from different groups.
UNCOMMON CROWN HEIGHTS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC has 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 10.9:1. The school's 10.9:1 compares with an average of 8.7:1 for combined schools in New York. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 85%.
UNCOMMON CROWN HEIGHTS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 76% of New York public K-12 schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 43.7% for UNCOMMON CROWN HEIGHTS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC. The school posts 58.9%, 15.2 points above the prediction.
The school's county is Kings County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $80,263 a year, roughly 42% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 15%. UNCOMMON CROWN HEIGHTS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC shares Kings County with 582 other public schools.
EAGLE ACADEMY FOR YOUNG MEN II is less than a tenth of a mile away, making it the nearest public school. UNCOMMON CROWN HEIGHTS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. UNCOMMON CROWN HEIGHTS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC's average proficiency of 58.9% compares with 51.4% for its nearest scored neighbors.
NCES describes the area around UNCOMMON CROWN HEIGHTS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. Federal records list UNCOMMON CROWN HEIGHTS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC as a charter school.
Enrollment rose by 18% across 4 years, from 436 in 2020-21 to 513 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 18.2:1 to 10.9:1.
This page is set up for the UNCOMMON CROWN HEIGHTS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
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Frequently asked questions
About UNCOMMON CROWN HEIGHTS CHARTER SCHOOL NYCHow many students attend UNCOMMON CROWN HEIGHTS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC?
UNCOMMON CROWN HEIGHTS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC enrolls approximately 513 students in grades KG-09.
Is UNCOMMON CROWN HEIGHTS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC an elementary, middle, or high school?
UNCOMMON CROWN HEIGHTS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC is a combined-grade school covering grades KG-09.
How many teachers does UNCOMMON CROWN HEIGHTS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC have?
UNCOMMON CROWN HEIGHTS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC employs 47 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.9:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at UNCOMMON CROWN HEIGHTS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC?
At UNCOMMON CROWN HEIGHTS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC, the student body is approximately 1% White, 13% Hispanic, 82% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is UNCOMMON CROWN HEIGHTS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC in?
UNCOMMON CROWN HEIGHTS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC is part of UNCOMMON CROWN HEIGHTS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC.
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