Elementary · New York

Cypress Hills Ascend Charter School

CharterFree meals for all

Cypress Hills Ascend Charter School, a public elementary school in Brooklyn, New York: grades k–7, 485 students, 16.2 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Cypress Hills Ascend Charter School.

Size and class size

Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 485
Teachers (FTE): 30.0
Students per teacher: 16.2
Grades: K–7; Elementary

More students per teacher than 93% of elementary schools in New York

Median 11.6 · 2,508 schools compared

More students per teacher than 67% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Larger than 65% of elementary schools in New York

Median 415 · 2,566 schools compared

Larger than 64% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on New York's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

New York: 53%

63%proficient

+12.8 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 66% of elementary schools in New York

Median 54% · 2,349 elementary schools compared

341 students tested, grades 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 · NYSTP; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

New York: 55%

73%proficient

+9.9 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 75% of elementary schools in New York

Median 57% · 2,349 elementary schools compared

345 students tested, grades 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 · NYSTP; proficient means Levels 3-4

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades: Elementary · Grades K–7
Type: Charter school · Regular
Instruction: In person
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Large city
Run by: Cypress Hills Ascend Charter School

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Cypress Hills Ascend Charter School.

Location

Address: 396 Grant Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11208
Phone: (646)644-1714
City or town: New York
County: Kings County

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Nearby elementary schools

The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	Reading	Math
PS 159 Isaac PitkinFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	661	14.2	52%	51%	0.4 mi
PS 214 Michael FriedsamFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	728	13.9	52%	52%	0.4 mi
PS 938Free meals for all	Pre-K–4	238	14.1	65%	78%	0.5 mi
PS 64 Joseph P AddabboFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	493	13.3	45%	51%	0.5 mi
PS 7 Abraham LincolnFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	589	12.3	45%	44%	0.7 mi
PS 65Free meals for all	Pre-K–5	512	15.4	70%	77%	0.7 mi

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

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