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Brooklyn, New York - 1 schools
At $27,840 per pupil, La Cima Charter School ranks #306 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
La Cima Charter School operates 1 public schools serving 199 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 $27,840 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 999 New York districts by per-pupil spending. See how New York compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis.
a 174:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 64.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 51.7% Hispanic or Latino, 42.5% African American, 1.1% White across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is La Cima Charter School, enrolling 174 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
La Cima Charter School accounts for 87.4% of all La Cima Charter School student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of La Cima Charter School a distant remainder — means La Cima 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.
La Cima Charter School has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 96.0% 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.
La Cima Charter School student-counselor ratio is 174:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
La Cima Charter School chronic absenteeism rate is 64.9% — 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.
La Cima Charter School has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 199 students.
How much does La Cima Charter School spend per student?
La Cima Charter School spends $27,840 per student.
What is the demographic composition of La Cima Charter School?
La Cima Charter School students are 51.7% Hispanic or Latino, 42.5% African American, 1.1% White, 1.1% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.