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SUMMIT ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL

27 HUNTINGTON ST, BROOKLYN, NY 11231 · (718) 875-1403 · Kings County
GRADES 06–12HIGH11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL290 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 21% of New York public high schools
  • C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • CBeats 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 high schools

Enrollment
290
High
STATE 668
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
20 FTE teachers
STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
263 students
STATE 58%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.

Enrollment by grade, 2024-25

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 6228%
Grade 73813%
Grade 83211%
Grade 96623%
Grade 106021%
Grade 113311%
Grade 123913%
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
STATE 72% · US 70%
White
41%
STATE 39% · US 43%
Hispanic
20370%
STATE 31% · US 30%
Black
7727%
STATE 16% · US 15%
Asian
21%
STATE 10% · US 6%
Two+
21%
STATE 4% · US 5%
Native American
21%
STATE 1% · US 1%
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
Male
17460%
Female
11640%

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Test scores

NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)
English Language Arts
46.5%
NY avg 58.3% . -7.9pp since 2023
Math
31.2%
NY avg 57.4% . -15.7pp since 2023

What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 8 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 16 points.

NYS Assessments results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2546.5%31.2%
2023-2454.5%46.9%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
39.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.7pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 SUMMIT ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL

SUMMIT ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL's state test result (39.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
SUMMIT ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL this school29090.7%39.9%
UNITED CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE HUMANITIES
BRONX
32591.4%34.5%
HIGH SCHOOL FOR ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY
BRONX
33192.7%46.8%
MOTT HAVEN COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL
BRONX
24890.3%49.0%
MARIE CURIE HIGH SCHOOL-NURSING
BRONX
26394.3%37.2%
ARTURO A SCHOMBURG SATELLITE ACADEMY BRONX
BRONX
25993.8%55.5%
Matched among New York high 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 SUMMIT ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL ranks

Among high schools
MeasureThis schoolIn New YorkIn Kings County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
39.9%#943 of 1,135#87 of 137
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
31.2%#864 of 1,109
▼ 184
#80 of 132
▼ 42
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
46.5%#997 of 1,135
▼ 84
#103 of 137
▼ 18
Enrollment
ranked largest first
290#937 of 1,216#95 of 146
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
14.5:1#960 of 1,058#96 of 115
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
43.9%#615 of 1,070#82 of 115
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
90.7%#197 of 1,167#45 of 144
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-15.7%#271 of 743#42 of 70
Ranked against other public high 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 2024-25
Enrollment
290
+16 (+6%) vs 2020
+66% since 2010-11, when it was 175
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 11.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2529020.114.5:191% (263)
2023-24256337.8:191% (233)
2022-2320325.18.1:191% (185)
2020-212742311.9:178% (215)
2017-18344379.3:171% (245)
2015-16327339.9:1N/A
2010-111751313.5:159% (103)
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SUMMIT ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL.

About SUMMIT ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL

SUMMIT ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL is a small high school that serves part of BROOKLYN, New York. The school offers grades 6 through 12 and enrolls 290 students. That puts enrollment 57% below the 668-student average for high schools in New York.

SUMMIT ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL is not part of a larger district; federal data list it as its own local education agency.

Federal enrollment data show SUMMIT ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL is 70% Hispanic. Enrollment also includes 27% Black. The school's Hispanic share is 51 points above the 19% share among Kings County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 44%.

The student-to-teacher ratio at SUMMIT ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL is 14.5:1, based on 20.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, high schools in New York average 11.0:1. Lunch program data show 91% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Across public schools in Kings County, the average is 79%.

SUMMIT ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 21% of New York public high schools.

SUMMIT ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 39.9%, compared with a predicted 41.6%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of New York schools on BeatsExpectations.

In the wider Kings County area, median household income comes to about $80,263, roughly 42% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 15%. Kings County counts 583 public schools with about 291,697 students.

SUMMIT ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL is less than a tenth of a mile from RED HOOK NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL, its nearest public school. SUMMIT ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 52.0% on proficiency, and SUMMIT ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL is below that at 39.9%.

On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Large. SUMMIT ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL operates as a charter school, which is publicly funded and run under a charter.

By 2024-25, enrollment had risen to 290, from 274 in 2020-21. The ratio was 11.9:1 in 2020-21 and 14.5:1 in 2024-25.

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Kings County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
SUMMIT ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL
District
SUMMIT ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL
Address
27 HUNTINGTON ST, BROOKLYN, NY 11231
Phone
(718) 875-1403
County
Kings County
Level
High
Grade range
06–12
Total enrollment
290
Teachers (FTE)
20
Student–teacher ratio
14.5:1
Free and reduced lunch
263 (91%)
Locale
11-City: Large
NCES ID
360099806114
Charter school
Yes
Virtual school
No

Related schools

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Other Summit Academy Charter schools

One other US public school is named Summit Academy Charter. SUMMIT ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 2.

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Frequently asked questions

About SUMMIT ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL
How many students attend SUMMIT ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL?
SUMMIT ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL enrolls approximately 290 students in grades 06-12.
Is SUMMIT ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
SUMMIT ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 06-12.
How many teachers does SUMMIT ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL have?
SUMMIT ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL employs 20 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.5:1.
What is the student diversity at SUMMIT ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL?
Student demographics at SUMMIT ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL are roughly 1% White, 70% Hispanic, 27% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is SUMMIT ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL in?
SUMMIT ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL is part of SUMMIT ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL.
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