Achievement First North Brooklyn Preparatory Charter School

At 61% ELA and 69% math proficiency, this school comfortably beats district averages of about 46% and 43%. The arc tells a more nuanced story — math hovered near 90% pre-pandemic, dropped to 42% in 2022, and has climbed back to 69%. By grade, math is stellar in elementary (93% in grade 3, 91% in grade 4) but drops sharply in middle school (40% in grade 6). ELA does the opposite, strengthening through middle school to 77% in grade 8.

Survey data is striking — 100% of teachers rate instruction quality positively, 98% of parents are satisfied, and parent-principal trust hits 99%. Teachers and families feel aligned with leadership in a way most schools can only dream of. The softer flag: chronic absenteeism sits at 77%, meaning most students miss substantial chunks of school, even though the daily attendance rate (93%) is above the district average. The family survey response was just 11%, so the parent numbers reflect a self-selecting group.

The student body is 83% Hispanic, 13% Black, 3% White, and 1% Asian, closely mirroring the Bushwick neighborhood it draws from. An economic need index of 78 reflects the working-class reality of the area, and 15% of students have IEPs. It's a relatively homogeneous community by city standards — the diversity index sits at 33%.

Bushwick East is a working-class neighborhood where median household income is around $67K and nearly a quarter of residents live below the poverty line. Homeownership is low, at about one in five households, reflecting a renter-majority community with strong cultural identity. Roughly 11.5% of households have children at home — a smaller share than many other parts of the city.

The school sits within a 9- to 10-minute walk of the M train at Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs or Knickerbocker Av, and the L at Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs.