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Enrollment
513
High
STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UNITY PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL OF BROOKLYN·NCES 360109406404
UNITY PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL OF BROOKLYN
432 MONROE ST, BROOKLYN, NY 11221 · (718) 455-5046 · Kings County
GRADES 06–12HIGH11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL513 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 41% 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.
- B-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 high schools
Student : Teacher
8.1:1
63 FTE teachers
STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
423 students
STATE 58%
Community
1
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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 78 | 15% |
| Grade 7 | 74 | 14% |
| Grade 8 | 97 | 19% |
| Grade 9 | 63 | 12% |
| Grade 10 | 64 | 12% |
| Grade 11 | 73 | 14% |
| Grade 12 | 64 | 12% |
Student demographics
43%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
51.5%
NY avg 58.3% . -0.2pp since 2023
Math
50.9%
NY avg 57.4% . -8.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 8 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.5% | 50.9% |
| 2023-24 | 51.6% | 59.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
49.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.7%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 UNITY PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL OF BROOKLYN
UNITY PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL OF BROOKLYN's state test result (49.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNITY PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL OF BROOKLYN this school | 513 | 82.5% | 49.9% |
| EXCELSIOR PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL SPRINGFIELD GARDENS | 480 | 82.7% | 66.8% |
| HIGH SCHOOL FOR YOUTH AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AT ERASMUS BROOKLYN | 513 | 84.4% | 41.2% |
| BROOKLYN LABORATORY CHARTER SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 628 | 79.1% | 27.2% |
| BROOKLYN COLLEGIATE: A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 512 | 88.7% | 46.5% |
| SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY & RESEARCH EARLY COLLEGE BROOKLYN | 586 | 79.9% | 72.7% |
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 UNITY PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL OF BROOKLYN ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.9% | #738 of 1,135 | #50 of 137 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.9% | #587 of 1,109 ▼ 62 | #29 of 132 ▼ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.5% | #935 of 1,135 ▲ 29 | #87 of 137 ▲ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 513 | #527 of 1,216 | #41 of 146 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.1:1 | #68 of 1,058 | #10 of 115 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.7% | #630 of 1,070 | #85 of 115 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.5% | #404 of 1,167 | #104 of 144 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.9% | #166 of 339 | #39 of 53 |
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 2024-25Enrollment
513
-27 (-5%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
8.1:1
was 11.0:1
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 | 63 | 8.1:1 | 82% (423) |
| 2023-24 | 558 | 54 | 10.3:1 | 80% (446) |
| 2022-23 | 558 | 52.5 | 10.6:1 | 79% (440) |
| 2020-21 | 540 | 49 | 11.0:1 | 75% (405) |
| 2017-18 | 471 | 49 | 9.6:1 | 71% (335) |
| 2015-16 | 318 | 23 | 13.8:1 | 0% (0) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for UNITY PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL OF BROOKLYN.
About UNITY PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL OF BROOKLYN
UNITY PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL OF BROOKLYN operates as a low-enrollment high school in BROOKLYN, New York. The school enrolls 513 students, from grades 6 through 12. Average enrollment for high schools in New York is about 668, so this school runs 23% smaller than that.
In federal data, the district for UNITY PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL OF BROOKLYN is the school itself.
Black students make up a majority at UNITY PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL OF BROOKLYN, at 72%. Next come 22% Hispanic and 2% Native American. That compares with about 28% Black among all Kings County residents. UNITY PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL OF BROOKLYN's diversity index is 43%, against a US figure of 70%.
Federal data list 63 full-time-equivalent teachers at UNITY PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL OF BROOKLYN in 2024-25, for a ratio of 8.1:1. That is 2.9 students per teacher below the 11.0:1 average for high schools in New York. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 82%. For comparison, public schools in Kings County average 79%.
Measured against New York public high schools, UNITY PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL OF BROOKLYN receives a C+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
UNITY PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL OF BROOKLYN posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 49.9%, compared with a predicted 44.7%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of New York schools on BeatsExpectations.
According to the American Community Survey, in Kings County, the median household income is $80,263, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 42% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 15%. There are 583 public schools in Kings County, enrolling about 291,697 students in all.
The school nearest to UNITY PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL OF BROOKLYN is PS 44 MARCUS GARVEY, at a distance of less than a tenth of a mile. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, UNITY PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL OF BROOKLYN ranks 4th on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, UNITY PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL OF BROOKLYN is coded City: Large, for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. This is a charter school, which is a tuition-free public school operating under a charter.
The school enrolled 513 students in 2024-25, 27 fewer than the 540 it had in 2020-21. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 11.0:1 to 8.1:1.
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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
Related schools
Other schools in BROOKLYN
- BROOKLYN TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 5,848 students
- FORT HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 4,044 students
- JAMES MADISON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,983 students
- MIDWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,657 students
- EDWARD R MURROW HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,503 students
- FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,403 students
Nearby schools
- PS 44 MARCUS GARVEY0.0 mi · 120
- ACADEMY OF ARTS AND LETTERS0.2 mi · 757
- BROOKLYN PROSPECT CHARTER SCHOOL - CSD 13.20.3 mi · 580
- EMBER CHARTER SCHOOL0.3 mi · 373
- PS 308 CLARA CARDWELL0.3 mi · 197
- BROOKLYN ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL0.3 mi · 108
Frequently asked questions
About UNITY PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL OF BROOKLYNHow many students attend UNITY PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL OF BROOKLYN?
UNITY PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL OF BROOKLYN enrolls approximately 513 students in grades 06-12.
Is UNITY PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL OF BROOKLYN an elementary, middle, or high school?
UNITY PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL OF BROOKLYN is a high school covering grades 06-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at UNITY PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL OF BROOKLYN?
The student-to-teacher ratio at UNITY PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL OF BROOKLYN is approximately 8.1:1 (63 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at UNITY PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL OF BROOKLYN?
At UNITY PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL OF BROOKLYN, the student body is approximately 1% White, 22% Hispanic, 72% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is UNITY PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL OF BROOKLYN public or private?
UNITY PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL OF BROOKLYN is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by UNITY PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL OF BROOKLYN.
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