SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-FLATBUSH

Set in BROOKLYN, New York, SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-FLATBUSH is a mid-sized K-5 school, one of the schools within SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-FLATBUSH. It instructs 598 students across grades K through 4. That puts it 35% bigger than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 443 students.

Operationally, SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-FLATBUSH answers to SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-FLATBUSH, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

Looking at the student body, SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-FLATBUSH logs that 80% of the student body identifies as Black. Beyond that, the school records 9% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 3% White. 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, Around 82% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-FLATBUSH sits in the top 10% of New York schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 44.9%; actual is 84.6%, +39.8 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Kings County) reports that median household earnings sit near $80,263, 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), SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-FLATBUSH is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: HIGH SCHOOL FOR SERVICE AND LEARNING AT ERASMUS, around 0.1 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), SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-FLATBUSH ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 42.5%.

The school occupies a downtown site. SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-FLATBUSH is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 162%: 228 students in 2018 compared to 598 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment contracted from 93% to 80% over that span.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.