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Enrollment
721
Elementary
STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL - BENSONHURST·NCES 360112206469
SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL - BENSONHURST
99 AVE P-4TH FL, BROOKLYN, NY 11204 · (347) 514-7082 · Kings County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL721 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 99% of New York public elementary schools
- A+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.
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
,
Teacher data unavailable
STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
468 students
STATE 58%
Community
1
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 | 152 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 143 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 141 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 140 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 136 | 19% |
| Ungraded | 9 | 1% |
This year's kindergarten class (152) is 12% larger than its 4th grade class (136).
Student demographics
60%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
92.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +6.0pp since 2023
Math
97.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 92 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 97 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 | 92.0% | 97.0% |
| 2023-24 | 86.0% | 99.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
93.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.1%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+42.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 94% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 51% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 43 points, placing it in New York's top 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 SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL - BENSONHURST
SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL - BENSONHURST's state test result (93.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL - BENSONHURST this school | 721 | 64.9% | 93.6% |
| PS 175 LYNN GROSS DISCOVERY SCHOOL (THE) REGO PARK | 710 | 63.0% | 60.3% |
| PS 254 DAG HAMMARSKJOLD BROOKLYN | 719 | 70.4% | 67.2% |
| SPACE SHUTTLE COLUMBIA SCHOOL STATEN ISLAND | 720 | 65.4% | 61.5% |
| PS 50 FRANK HANKINSON STATEN ISLAND | 750 | 55.7% | 82.3% |
| BARBARA ESSELBORN SCHOOL (THE) STATEN ISLAND | 806 | 52.0% | 77.6% |
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 SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL - BENSONHURST ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 93.6% | #15 of 2,335 | #2 of 290 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 97.0% | #42 of 2,342 ▼ 18 | #11 of 290 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 92.0% | #63 of 2,343 ▼ 15 | #13 of 290 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 721 | #240 of 2,585 | #55 of 306 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.2% | #701 of 2,388 | #94 of 263 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.9% | #1,072 of 2,534 | #249 of 300 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +46.0% | #48 of 606 | #13 of 49 |
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
721
+79 (+12%) vs 2020
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 | 721 | N/A | N/A | 65% (468) |
| 2023-24 | 643 | N/A | N/A | 58% (376) |
| 2022-23 | 649 | N/A | N/A | 54% (351) |
| 2020-21 | 642 | N/A | N/A | 62% (396) |
| 2017-18 | 494 | 31 | 15.9:1 | 52% (256) |
| 2015-16 | 245 | 14 | 17.5:1 | 0% (0) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL - BENSONHURST.
About SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL - BENSONHURST
SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL - BENSONHURST, located in BROOKLYN, New York, is a large elementary school. A federal count lists 721 students at the school, in kindergarten through 4. Average enrollment for elementary schools in New York is about 443, so this school runs 63% larger than that.
In federal data, the district for SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL - BENSONHURST is the school itself.
At SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL - BENSONHURST, White students make up 54% of the student body. The school is also 31% Asian, 8% Hispanic, and 5% Black. That is higher than the 38% White share among all Kings County residents. The school's diversity index is 60%, meaning two students picked at random have a 60% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 65%. The average for public schools in Kings County is 79%.
The allk12 Grade for SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL - BENSONHURST is A+. Compared with New York public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 99% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate on state tests for SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL - BENSONHURST is 51.1%. It actually posts 93.6%, which is 42.5 points higher and in the top 10% of New York schools.
In the county around the school, Kings County, the median household income is $80,263, roughly 42% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 583 public schools in Kings County, enrolling about 291,697 students in all.
Nearby, IS 96 SETH LOW is less than a tenth of a mile away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Nearby schools average 67.1% on proficiency, and SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL - BENSONHURST is above that at 93.6%.
Locale data from NCES put SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL - BENSONHURST inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more (City: Large). SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL - BENSONHURST is one of the charter schools in New York.
Over 4 years, SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL - BENSONHURST's enrollment grew 12%, to 721.
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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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- IS 96 SETH LOW0.0 mi · 851
- BROOKLYN SCHOOL OF INQUIRY0.1 mi · 501
- ACADEMY OF TALENTED SCHOLARS (THE)0.1 mi · 383
- PS 2470.3 mi · 744
- PS 97 HIGHLAWN (THE)0.5 mi · 882
- PS 205 CLARION0.5 mi · 1,093
Frequently asked questions
About SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL - BENSONHURSTHow many students attend SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL - BENSONHURST?
SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL - BENSONHURST enrolls approximately 721 students in grades KG-04.
What grades does SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL - BENSONHURST serve?
SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL - BENSONHURST serves grades KG-04.
How diverse is SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL - BENSONHURST?
SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL - BENSONHURST reports a student body of 54% White, 8% Hispanic, 5% Black, 31% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL - BENSONHURST in?
SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL - BENSONHURST is part of SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL - BENSONHURST.
Where is SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL - BENSONHURST located?
SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL - BENSONHURST is located at 99 AVE P-4TH FL, BROOKLYN, NY 11204.
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