Achievement First Crown Heights Charter School

ELA proficiency at 62.4% sits just above the district average of about 60.5%, but math proficiency at 44.2% is well below the district's 57.3%. The math trend is the more concerning story: results climbed to 71.8% in 2019, then collapsed to 39.4% in 2022 and have hovered in the 40s and 50s ever since. The grade-by-grade breakdown shows why — 3rd and 4th graders post excellent math proficiency (85% and 82%), but by 5th grade math drops to 17% and stays in the low 20s through 7th grade before partially recovering in 8th. Science proficiency is strong at 75.9%, though no district comparison is available.

Attendance at 92% is slightly above the district average of 91%, which sounds fine until you see the chronic absenteeism figure: 73.7% of students are chronically absent, meaning they miss 10% or more of the school year — a very high rate that suggests day-to-day consistency is a real challenge. The parent survey paints a rosier picture, with 95% parent satisfaction and 97% trust in the principal, both above the district average of about 91%. That said, only 49 families responded out of more than 1,300 enrolled, a 4% response rate, so those trust numbers reflect a very small slice of the school community.

The student body is 90% Black, 6% Hispanic, and 1% each of White, multiracial, and Native American — a fairly homogeneous population with a diversity index of just 24%. The economic need index of 70.7 indicates a high share of students from lower-income households, and 15% have IEPs. The neighborhood itself is more economically mixed than the school demographics suggest, with a median household income around $73,000 and 42% of adults holding a bachelor's degree.

Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate is a predominantly renter neighborhood (78% of households rent) where roughly one in six residents lives below the poverty line and the median home value is just under $950,000 — typical of crown-heights-adjacent areas where ownership has become increasingly expensive. About 10% of households have children, and nearly 42% of adults have a bachelor's degree, giving the area a working- and middle-class character with a fairly educated adult population.

The closest subway is the Crown Heights-Utica Av station on the 3 and 4 lines, about an 11-minute walk; the Kingston Av station on the 3 is about 12 minutes away, and Sutter Av-Rutland Rd on the 3 is about 15 minutes on foot.