UNCOMMON WILLIAMSBURG CHARTER SCHOOL NYC

Set in BROOKLYN, New York, UNCOMMON WILLIAMSBURG CHARTER SCHOOL NYC is a low-enrollment middle school, part of UNCOMMON WILLIAMSBURG CHARTER SCHOOL NYC. It hosts 250 students across grades 5 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 531 students per school, that is 53% leaner than typical.

UNCOMMON WILLIAMSBURG CHARTER SCHOOL NYC sits inside UNCOMMON WILLIAMSBURG CHARTER SCHOOL NYC, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

Demographically, UNCOMMON WILLIAMSBURG CHARTER SCHOOL NYC records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (53%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 39% Black, 4% White, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Kings County as a whole is about 19% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, UNCOMMON WILLIAMSBURG CHARTER SCHOOL NYC has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 84% of students at UNCOMMON WILLIAMSBURG CHARTER SCHOOL NYC qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, UNCOMMON WILLIAMSBURG CHARTER SCHOOL NYC sits in the top 10% of New York schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 44.1%; actual is 66.6%, +22.5 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Kings County put median household income runs about $80,263, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. Across Kings County's 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students), UNCOMMON WILLIAMSBURG CHARTER SCHOOL NYC is one campus in the mix.

PS 16 LEONARD DUNKLY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), UNCOMMON WILLIAMSBURG CHARTER SCHOOL NYC ranks 5th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 65.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area. UNCOMMON WILLIAMSBURG CHARTER SCHOOL NYC operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 22%: 319 students in 2018 compared to 250 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 71% to 53% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 10.6:1 in 2018 to 9.6:1 in 2025.

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