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Brooklyn, New York - 1 schools
An equity score of 41/100 ranks Bushwick Ascend Charter School #564 of 941 districts in New York (state average 45). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $21,682 per pupil, Bushwick Ascend Charter School ranks #750 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
Bushwick Ascend Charter School operates 1 public schools serving 799 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 $21,682 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 41/100, ranked #564 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.
a 738:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 23.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 83.1% Hispanic or Latino, 13.7% African American, 1.5% White across the district's schools.
Bushwick Ascend Charter School accounts for 92.4% of all Bushwick Ascend Charter School student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Bushwick Ascend Charter School a distant remainder — means Bushwick 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.
Bushwick Ascend Charter School has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 86.5% 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). Areas above 75% eligibility — including this one — receive concentration grants 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.
Bushwick Ascend Charter School student-counselor ratio is 738:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted 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.
Bushwick Ascend Charter School chronic absenteeism rate is 23.7% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
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 Variation between sub-units within Bushwick Ascend Charter School is typically wider than the Bushwick Ascend Charter School-aggregate figure suggests.
Comparisons are relative to Bushwick 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 Bushwick Ascend Charter School?
Bushwick Ascend Charter School has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 799 students.
How much does Bushwick Ascend Charter School spend per student?
Bushwick Ascend Charter School spends $21,682 per student. The district has an equity score of 41/100, ranking #564 in New York.
What is the demographic composition of Bushwick Ascend Charter School?
Bushwick Ascend Charter School students are 83.1% Hispanic or Latino, 13.7% African American, 1.5% White, 0.7% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Bushwick Ascend Charter School?
Bushwick Ascend Charter School has an equity score of 41/100, ranking #564 out of 941 districts in New York.