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Brooklyn, New York - 1 schools
An equity score of 43/100 ranks Brownsville Ascend Charter School #526 of 941 districts in New York (state average 45). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $22,034 per pupil, Brownsville Ascend Charter School ranks #728 of 999 New York districts by per-pupil spending (New York districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Brownsville Ascend Charter School operates 1 public schools serving 871 students, placing it among the smallest districts in New York. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Kings County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $22,034 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 999 New York districts by per-pupil spending. See how New York compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The district's equity score is 43/100, ranked #526 of 941 in New York against a state average of 45, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
and 51.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 78.3% African American, 16.1% Hispanic or Latino, 1.4% White across the district's schools.
Brownsville Ascend Charter School accounts for 67.9% of all Brownsville Ascend Charter School student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Brownsville Ascend Charter School a distant remainder — means Brownsville Ascend Charter School-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Brownsville Ascend Charter School has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 87.6% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Eligibility here is a supermajority of the population — well past the 75% concentration-grant threshold that unlocks extra funding on top of the basic Title I formula. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
Brownsville Ascend Charter School chronic absenteeism rate is 51.1% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Comparisons are relative to Brownsville Ascend Charter School's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in Brownsville Ascend Charter School?
Brownsville Ascend Charter School has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 871 students.
How much does Brownsville Ascend Charter School spend per student?
Brownsville Ascend Charter School spends $22,034 per student. The district has an equity score of 43/100, ranking #526 in New York.
What is the demographic composition of Brownsville Ascend Charter School?
Brownsville Ascend Charter School students are 78.3% African American, 16.1% Hispanic or Latino, 1.4% White, 1.4% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Brownsville Ascend Charter School?
Brownsville Ascend Charter School has an equity score of 43/100, ranking #526 out of 941 districts in New York.