Conselyea Preparatory School

ELA proficiency at 58.7% sits a few points below the district average of 62.4%, while math at 41.6% trails the district by roughly 18 percentage points — a substantial gap. The longer arc is encouraging: both subjects climbed from 2016 through 2023, when math hit a high of 57.6%. But scores have slipped since, with math falling back to 41.6% in 2025 and ELA dipping from its 63.2% peak. The grade-by-grade pattern is telling: 8th graders post a strong 68.6% in ELA but only 39.4% in math — worse than 7th graders — which suggests students lose math ground right when they should be preparing for the Regents.

The parent survey numbers are striking: 98% trust in teachers, 99% trust in the principal, and 96% overall satisfaction — all above district averages. Teachers rate instruction quality at 98% and collegial trust at 91%, suggesting a faculty that feels good about its work. The complication is attendance: while the daily rate looks fine at 92%, the chronic absenteeism figure of 71% means roughly seven in ten students miss enough days to be flagged — a common middle-school pattern but a real one. The discipline picture has also shifted. Suspensions rose from 1 in 2021-22 to 4 to 13 over three years, putting the 3% suspension rate well above the district average of 0.56%. Day-to-day, families feel heard, but the school is working through some real attendance and behavior headwinds.

The student body is 61% Hispanic, 27% White, 6% Black, and 4% Asian, with a diversity index of 56%. Sixty-three percent of students qualify as economically needy and 23% have IEPs, both meaningful shares. The surrounding census tract skews wealthier and more White than the school population, which is typical of screened District 14 middle schools that pull applicants from across north Brooklyn rather than just the immediate blocks. The school serves a wide academic range, with ELL Support alongside an Accelerated/Honors track.

Williamsburg is one of Brooklyn's most transformed neighborhoods, with a median household income approaching $130,000 and a college-educated majority of residents — though a 15.6% poverty rate is a reminder that affluence here isn't uniform. Only about an eighth of households include children, which is part of why screened middle schools like Conselyea draw from a broader swath of north Brooklyn. The area is dense and walkable, shaped by the Bedford Avenue corridor and a steady stream of new development.

The Bedford Av L stop is about a three-minute walk, the Metropolitan Av G is roughly eight minutes, and the Marcy Av J/M/Z is about ten minutes on foot — about as transit-friendly as it gets in Brooklyn.