Hellenic Classical Charter School

Hellenic posts some of the strongest test scores in the district. ELA proficiency of 87.2% runs about 22 points above the district average of 65.5%, and math proficiency of 89% lands roughly 26 points above the district's 63.3%. Science proficiency sits at 84.6% on the school's reported measure. The decade-long trajectory is even more striking: ELA climbed from 59.7% in 2016 to 87.2% in 2025, while math rose from 67.6% to 89% over the same span, with a sharp jump in the most recent year. Scores are strong across grade bands — third-graders hit 94.7% in math, eighth-graders 92.3%, and seventh-graders 90.6% in both ELA and math.

Surveys describe a calm, well-run building with strong family-school ties. Parents give the school 95% satisfaction, 96% trust in teachers, and 95% trust in the principal, all comfortably above the district average of 93%. Teachers report 100% on safety and 92% on instructional quality, suggesting a structured environment where adults feel supported. The 86% staff collegiality score is solid though not exceptional — a sign that teachers work well together without the building being unusually tight-knit or unusually divided. Day-to-day, it reads as an orderly place where families feel heard and students are expected to show up and engage.

The student body is roughly 45% Hispanic, 40% White, 8% Black, 5% Asian, and 2% multiracial — a mix that echoes Sunset Park's identity as a neighborhood with deep Latino roots alongside a growing wave of college-educated White families moving in. The economic need index of 46.7 puts this squarely in the middle — not a high-affluence school, not a high-poverty one. About 16% of students have IEPs, providing real special-education representation in classes.

Sunset Park (West) is a densely settled, working- and middle-class Brooklyn neighborhood with a median household income around $81,377 and a 17.3% poverty rate. Roughly 19.7% of households include children, and 35.7% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Homeownership is low at about 25%, but the median home value of just over $1 million reflects how much the area has been bid up in recent years. The neighborhood blends long-standing Latino families with newer arrivals, and the school sits inside that mix rather than at its edges.

Prospect Avenue on the R line is about a 4-minute walk from the school, with 25th Street (R) roughly 8 minutes away and the F and G trains at 4 Avenue-9th Street about 11 minutes on foot.