UNITY PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL OF BROOKLYN

UNITY PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL OF BROOKLYN operates as a compact senior high in BROOKLYN, New York, overseen by UNITY PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL OF BROOKLYN. Current enrollment sits at 513 students spanning grades 6 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 23% below the state mean of about 668.

Operationally, UNITY PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL OF BROOKLYN answers to UNITY PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL OF BROOKLYN, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

In terms of who attends, UNITY PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL OF BROOKLYN records that the largest single group is Black, at 72% of enrollment. The remainder looks like 22% Hispanic, 2% Native American. The wider county runs roughly 28% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, UNITY PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL OF BROOKLYN has 63 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 8.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.0:1 average. An estimated 82% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, UNITY PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL OF BROOKLYN performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 44.7%, the actual is 49.9%, a residual of +5.2 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Kings County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $80,263 per year, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. In all, Kings County runs 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students), of which UNITY PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL OF BROOKLYN is one.

The closest other public school is PS 44 MARCUS GARVEY, roughly 0.0 miles away. 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), UNITY PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL OF BROOKLYN ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 49.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area. As a public charter, UNITY PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL OF BROOKLYN runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 9%: 471 students in 2018 compared to 513 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 78% to 72% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 9.6:1 in 2018 to 8.1:1 in 2025.

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