At a Glance
A Tiny Specialized School Serving Children with Special Needs in a Diverse Brooklyn Neighborhood
Families seeking a specialized educational setting for a child with cerebral palsy or other developmental disabilities who would benefit from a small, high-support environment with intensive adult attention and individualized programming.
- Extremely small size (86 students total) — this is not a traditional elementary school
- 9.6:1 student-teacher ratio — high adult supervision for individualized attention
- Serves children with special needs/disabilities (cerebral palsy and related conditions)
- Remarkably diverse student body (0.95 diversity index)
- Nonsectarian — open to all families regardless of religious background
- This is a specialized special education school — not a general education option; admission is typically through IEP and specialized referral
- Very small enrollment means limited extracurricular options typical of larger schools
- As a private school, tuition applies (not reflected in this data)
- Only serves through 5th grade — families will need to plan for middle school transition
- The high diversity reflects the neighborhood population but is not an outcome of selective admissions
This is a specialized school serving children with disabilities, primarily cerebral palsy and related developmental conditions. The tiny enrollment (86 students across pre-K through 5th grade) and high adult-to-student ratio reflect a mission-centered approach to individualized special education.
With only 86 students total, this is an intimate learning community. The student body is remarkably diverse — the diversity index of 0.95 places it among the most diverse schools in the city, with roughly 40% Black students, 27% Hispanic, 19% Asian, and 15% White students.
The school sits in Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville, a historically diverse Brooklyn neighborhood known for its mix of Victorian architecture, Caribbean and Caribbean-American families, and growing family population. The area has a family density score of 72/100, indicating a strong presence of households with children.
Located on Lawrence Avenue in the Flatbush/Ditmas Park area, the neighborhood is residential with good access to local transit.
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Frequently Asked Questions
- Is UCP OF NYC, INC a good school?
- Published quality ratings aren't available for UCP OF NYC, INC yet on Motley. It's a private school serving grades Pre-K to 5 in Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville.
- What grades does UCP OF NYC, INC serve?
- UCP OF NYC, INC serves grades Pre-K to 5.
- How do students get into UCP OF NYC, INC?
- UCP OF NYC, INC runs its own private admissions process — typically an application, a visit, and sometimes testing.
- Is UCP OF NYC, INC public, charter, or private?
- UCP OF NYC, INC is a private school.
- What neighborhood is UCP OF NYC, INC in?
- UCP OF NYC, INC is in Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville, Brooklyn.
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