Success Academy Charter School - Bed Stuy 2

Both ELA (92.7%) and math (94.6%) proficiency crush the District 14 averages of roughly 62% and 59% — math in particular is near the ceiling. Grade 4 results are especially strong, with 96.7% of students proficient in ELA and 98.4% in math, while Grade 3 dips a bit (88% ELA, 90% math), suggesting kids ramp up sharply in their upper elementary years. The school's overall quality score of 3.75 out of 4 sits well above the district average of 2.44. One thing worth flagging: proficiency has been volatile over the past four years. Math held up through the post-pandemic dip (73.9% in 2022) more than ELA (52.7% in 2022), and ELA swung from 73.1% in 2023 to 61.3% in 2024 before jumping back to 92.7% in 2025. The most recent year is a high point, but parents should know the line on the chart isn't a straight arrow up.

Day-to-day feel is shaped by two contradictory signals. Attendance is healthy at 89.9% — slightly above the district average of 88.9% — suggesting families who do show up are committed. But chronic absenteeism is at 59.2%, meaning the majority of students miss enough school to qualify as chronically absent by the city's definition, even as overall attendance stays decent. That's worth taking seriously: a school can post sky-high proficiency on test day and still have a large share of kids who aren't in seats most mornings. The family survey data here is essentially unusable — a 1% response rate with only 3 families answering means we can't draw any real conclusions about trust, communication, or satisfaction. District-wide parent satisfaction averages around 94%, but that figure doesn't tell you what Bed-Stuy 2 families themselves think.

The student body is 65% Black and 26% Hispanic, with smaller shares of Asian, multiracial, and White students, and an economic need index of 83.5 — well above the citywide average, reflecting a school that serves a largely low-income population. That mirrors the surrounding Bed-Stuy (East) neighborhood, where the median household income is about $70,750 and nearly a quarter of households live below the poverty line, though the area's median home value over $1.17 million tells you the housing market is pricing many long-time residents out. 18% of students have IEPs, which is in line with citywide norms for a school of this profile.

Bedford-Stuyvesant (East) is a predominantly Black, working- and middle-class neighborhood where about 12% of households include children under 18 and 40.8% of adults hold a bachelor's degree. The neighborhood carries deep cultural history and an active block-by-block civic life, even as rising home values signal ongoing gentrification pressure on longtime residents.

The M and J trains at Flushing Avenue are about a 5-minute walk, the G at Myrtle-Willoughby Avenues is roughly 8 minutes, and the G at Flushing Avenue is about 9 minutes — decent subway access for a Brooklyn elementary