At a Glance
A pocket-sized nonsectarian elementary where every child is on a first-name basis.
Best suited for
Families who want a tiny, personal, nonsectarian start to elementary school and whose child will thrive with the same small group of classmates year after year.
What stands out
- A student-teacher ratio of 4.1:1 — extraordinary even by private school standards, meaning each child is likely to get one-on-one time daily.
- Total enrollment of just 45 students means no child slips through the cracks, and teachers know every family personally.
- A genuinely diverse student body within a tiny community, unusual for a school this small.
- Nonsectarian and coed, with no religious test for admission — a fit for families of any background.
- Three subway stations within an 11-minute walk make car-free drop-offs realistic for many Brooklyn families.
Things to consider
- The small size means a limited peer pool — your child may have the same handful of classmates from PK through 5th grade, which some kids love and others find stifling.
- With only 45 students, the range of extracurriculars, sports teams, and special programs is almost certainly modest compared with larger privates.
- Public information on curriculum, tuition, and admissions is limited, so families will need to reach out directly to understand what daily instruction looks like.
- Families should consider what happens after 5th grade — there's no built-in path to a middle or upper school here.
- The school's location in southern Brooklyn is convenient for nearby families but a longer commute for those in Manhattan or upper Brooklyn.
Identity
BECEC is a nonsectarian, coeducational elementary program serving pre-K through fifth grade, with no religious affiliation shaping admissions or curriculum. The school's scale — under 50 students total — points to a deliberately intimate, family-style environment rather than a structured progressive or traditional curriculum model.
Community
Despite its tiny size, BECEC's student body is meaningfully diverse: a slim majority of students are white (53%), with notable representation of Black (18%), multiracial (16%), and Asian (11%) families, and a small Hispanic contingent. With fewer than 50 children total across six grades, the community is more like a multi-age household than a typical school peer group.
Neighborhood
The school sits in the Gravesend–Homecrest area of southern Brooklyn, a middle-class neighborhood where median household income sits in the high $60,000s and just over 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree — a solidly working- and middle-class profile. The area has the feel of a long-established Brooklyn neighborhood, with multi-generational families and a mix of homeowners and renters.
Getting here by subway is straightforward: the Q line at Avenue U is about a 5-minute walk, with Neck Rd (Q) about 10 minutes and Kings Hwy (B and Q) roughly 11 minutes away.
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Frequently Asked Questions
- Is BECEC INC a good school?
- Published quality ratings aren't available for BECEC INC yet on Motley. It's a private school serving grades Pre-K to 5 in Gravesend (East)-Homecrest.
- What grades does BECEC INC serve?
- BECEC INC serves grades Pre-K to 5.
- How do students get into BECEC INC?
- BECEC INC runs its own private admissions process — typically an application, a visit, and sometimes testing.
- Is BECEC INC public, charter, or private?
- BECEC INC is a private school.
- What neighborhood is BECEC INC in?
- BECEC INC is in Gravesend (East)-Homecrest, Brooklyn.