P.S. K811 Connie Lekas School

Standardized proficiency data is not reported for this school, which is typical for District 75 settings that serve students with significant disabilities. District 22's general high schools post roughly 61% ELA and 60% math proficiency, but those benchmarks aren't really meant to be applied here. Parents weighing this school should look at IEP goals, transition plans, and post-secondary outcomes instead of state test pass rates.

Climate is the strong suit here. Parent-teacher trust sits at 96% and parent-principal trust at 95% — well above what most NYC schools post — and teachers give their own principal 93% trust and their colleagues 89%. The school reported zero suspensions in the data year, an unusually clean discipline record for any school and a notable positive for families who have worried about restraint or removal in other settings. One caveat: only 28% of families responded to the survey, so the very high trust numbers reflect a self-selected group rather than the full parent body.

The student body is 47% Black, 30% Hispanic, 12% White, 9% Asian, and 2% Native American, with a diversity index of 71%. The surrounding neighborhood of Sheepshead Bay–Manhattan Beach–Gerritsen Beach is a middle-income, mixed community — median household income around $79,500 and a 13% poverty rate — with homeownership just over half. The economic need index here is 93.5, indicating a high share of students from low-income households, which tells you families from a wider geography are choosing this program than the immediate census tract alone would suggest.

The school sits in the Sheepshead Bay–Manhattan Beach–Gerritsen Beach pocket of southern Brooklyn, a stable, largely middle-class neighborhood where just over half of residents own their homes and about 18% of households include children. Median home values around $720,000 reflect long-time owners more than rapid turnover. The area reads as quiet and car-dependent more than transit-oriented, and families looking around the school will see block-after-block single-family homes rather than apartment towers.

The school is beyond a comfortable walk from the subway — Sheepshead Bay (B, Q) is about an 18-minute walk and Neck Road (Q) is about 19 minutes, so most families will drive, take a school bus, or arrange other transportation.