Enrollment
473
New York · 2024-25 NCES data
Elementary school (grades K-5) · Brooklyn, NY
Community Roots Charter School
Federal NCES profile for Community Roots Charter School, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 36/100.
2024-25 NCES dataElementary school (grades K-5)NCES 360015905898Charter school
👥 S:T ratio 59
🌟 Gifted program 30
🎓 Counselors 5
📋 Attendance 51
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →
The verdict
Community Roots Charter School earns 36/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes near the New York median. It is also more racially and ethnically mixed than most New York schools.
- #44 of 95
- elementary schools in Brooklyn · Resource Index
- 36
- Resource Index · Typical
- 10.3:1
- students per teacher
- 26.4%
- free-lunch eligible
Community Roots Charter School has class sizes near the New York median. Computed live against every New York school reporting to NCES.
By Resource Investment Index, Community Roots Charter School ranks #44 of 95 elementary schools in Brooklyn, NY.
School address
District: Community Roots Charter School · New York
NCES ID 360015905898 Verify on NCES CCD record →
Teachers (FTE)
46.0
Federal CCD staff survey
Students per teacher
10.3:1
vs 11.8:1 New York avg
-13% vs state
Free-lunch eligible
26.4%
vs 56.2% New York avg
-53% vs state
Student-teacher ratio in context
How Community Roots Charter School compares with New York and U.S. medians
What stands out at Community Roots Charter School
Scale and staffing sit near the state mainstream
Community Roots Charter School is neither an extreme outlier in enrollment nor in student-teacher ratio among New York schools. Its profile therefore turns on the other dimensions rather than on scale alone: economic need, counselor coverage, program access, attendance, and district finance. This middle placement is useful because it prevents the campus from being mislabeled as unusually large, small, crowded, or teacher-dense when the federal comparison does not support that claim.
Need and resources require a component-level read
Community Roots Charter School falls within the wide middle of the New York distribution on both free-meal eligibility and the Resource Investment Index. Neither measure supplies an honest headline by itself. The useful distinctions are in the components: classroom staffing, counselor availability, attendance, gifted-program access, and district spending. Those fields can pull in opposite directions even when the overall percentile looks ordinary.
Counselor caseload is the clearest capacity constraint
Community Roots Charter School reports roughly 473 students for each counselor, well beyond the ASCA-recommended 250:1 benchmark. Unlike total teacher staffing, that measure speaks specifically to academic planning, crisis response, and student guidance; a middle-range Resource Investment Index can conceal the bottleneck. The ratio is calculated from federal full-time-equivalent staffing and does not show how the district shares counselors across buildings or schedules their time.
Community Roots Charter School is a mid-sized charter elementary school in Brooklyn, New York, enrolling 473 students.
Class sizes run a bit leaner than typical: 10.3:1 puts it in the smaller third of New York schools by student-teacher ratio.
Economic need runs somewhat below the state's typical profile, with 26.4% of students eligible for free meals.
With 473 students, its enrollment sits close to the New York median campus size.
Its Resource Investment Index sits near the middle of the pack among 4,801 scored New York schools.
Among 834 similarly sized, similarly resourced-need New York schools statewide, it ranks #626, in the lower tier once campus size and economic need are matched.
Its student body is led by White (45%) and African American (21%), more mixed than most schools in the state (diversity index 71/100).
Counselor access is stretched at roughly 473 students per counselor, well above the ASCA-recommended 250:1 ceiling.
Attendance runs somewhat below the norm, with 19.5% of students chronically absent per the 2021-22 civil-rights collection.
The federal civil-rights collection also records 1 expulsion at this campus for 2021-22.
Community Roots Charter School is a single-school charter district, so Community Roots Charter School operates independently rather than alongside district-mates.
Sourced from NCES CCD, CRDC, and F-33 (federal records, not a quality verdict). How we source and compute this.
Source: National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data + CRDC + F-33 · 2024-25
How Community Roots Charter School compares
Community Roots Charter School on the metrics families compare, against New York and U.S. means.
| Metric | This school | vs New York | New York avg | U.S. avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Students per teacher | 10.3:1 | ▼ 13% | 11.8:1 | 15.7:1 |
| Free-lunch eligible | 26.4% | ▼ 53% | 56.2% | 51.7% |
| Enrollment | 473 | top 42% | - | - |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25
10.3:1
Leaner classes than 87% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
473
Bigger than 58% of US schools by enrollment, mid-sized for the country.
Equity indicators (what these measure)
Economic need
26.4%
free-lunch eligible
- 53% below the New York average of 56.2%
Below the 40% Title I threshold; federal aid targets individual qualifying students rather than schoolwide programs.
Staffing depth
10.3:1
students per teacher
- 13% below state mean
Top 34% in New York - lower ratio than 66% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Engagement
19.5%
chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days)
In the 15-20% range, nearing the "high" absenteeism threshold.
Funding equity
$24,032
per pupil, district-wide
- below New York avg of $28,120
Well above the U.S. public-school average, reflecting substantially higher local or state investment per enrolled student.
Support staff
Counselors1.0 FTE
Per 473 students, the combined health-and-guidance staffing load for this school.
Discipline context
9
in-school suspensions + 10 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 1.9 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 4.0 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection. Includes 1 expulsion.
Student demographics
White 45.0%
African American 21.1%
Hispanic or Latino 16.7%
Two or More 10.8%
Asian 5.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native 0.4%
Largest group: White at 45.0% of enrollment.
Student-body diversity index 71.0/100
Simpson diversity index - at 71.0, Community Roots Charter School is more mixed than the New York school average of 45.5.
Programs
Funding & spending
District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Community Roots Charter School, which includes Community Roots Charter School.
$24,032
Per student
-15%
vs New York
Avg $28,120
+36%
vs U.S.
Avg $17,658
Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey District-level finance · FY 2022-23 Per-pupil expenditure reflects the district-wide average. Individual school budgets are not reported at the federal level.
Similar elementary schools statewide
Matched by enrollment size and by staffing ratio across all of New York, not just this city - a different peer set than the local comparisons above.
Similar enrollment (~473 students)
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Frequently asked questions about Community Roots Charter School
How many students attend Community Roots Charter School?
Community Roots Charter School has 473 students enrolled. It is an elementary school in Brooklyn, NY.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Community Roots Charter School?
The student-teacher ratio at Community Roots Charter School is 10.3:1, which is 13% lower than the New York average of 11.8:1 and 34% lower than the national average of 15.7:1. Lower ratios generally mean more individual attention per student.
What percentage of students receive free lunch at Community Roots Charter School?
26.4% of students at Community Roots Charter School are eligible for free lunch, compared to the New York average of 56.2%.
What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Community Roots Charter School?
The largest demographic group at Community Roots Charter School is White at 45.0% of enrollment, in Brooklyn, NY. Its student body is more racially and ethnically mixed than most US schools, with a diversity index of 71.0/100.
What is the Resource Investment Index for Community Roots Charter School?
Community Roots Charter School has a Resource Investment Index of 36/100 (typical reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 4 factors: student-teacher ratio, gifted-program reporting, counselor availability, chronic absenteeism. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).
How does Community Roots Charter School rank among elementary schools in Brooklyn?
By Resource Investment Index, Community Roots Charter School ranks #44 of 95 elementary schools in Brooklyn, NY. This compares federal resource and staffing data among local peers; it is not a test-score or academic ranking. See all elementary schools in Brooklyn on the city page.
What other schools are in Community Roots Charter School?
None; Community Roots Charter School is a single-school charter district, and Community Roots Charter School is its only campus.
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