Ivy Hill Preparatory Charter School

ELA proficiency at 57.9% is essentially on par with the District 18 average of 58.4%, while math at 56.9% sits a few points below the district's 61.4%. The four-year arc is more interesting than the snapshot: math cratered at 25% in 2022, spiked to 68% in 2023 (suggesting a curriculum or methodology reset), then settled into the mid-50s. ELA tells a steadier recovery story — 63.6% down to 42.4%, then climbing back to 57.9%. By grade, third graders lead in ELA at 69.4%, fourth graders lag notably at 44.4%, and fifth graders sit evenly in the high 50s — a familiar pattern where the tested grades don't all tell the same story.

The vibe is split in an interesting way. On the family side, parents feel heard — 94% are satisfied, 96% trust their child's teacher, and 94% trust the principal, all above district norms. On the staff side, teacher-principal trust is a softer 79% and teacher collegial trust sits at 74%, which suggests the adults in the building aren't quite as aligned as the families are. Teacher-reported safety is at 100%, an unusually strong number, and the discipline trajectory is genuinely improving: total suspensions fell from 46 to 24 year-over-year, though the suspension rate of 5% still runs well above the district's roughly 1%.

The student body is 89% Black with small slices of Hispanic, White, Asian, and multiracial students, and the school draws from a neighborhood where homeownership is relatively common but fewer than one in eight households include children. The economic need index of 71.9 means most families qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, and 11% of students have IEPs.

East Flatbush-Rugby is a working-class, largely homeowner neighborhood: median household income sits around $71,300, about one in eight households lives below the poverty line, just over a quarter of adults hold a bachelor's degree, and only 12% of households include children — so the school is serving a relatively small slice of the surrounding population. The area is predominantly residential and built around single-family homes with a median value near $669,000.

This is not a transit-friendly location for families without a car — no subway station sits within a 20-minute walk of the school. Most families arrive by bus, school bus, or car.