Other / mixed grade configuration · Brooklyn, NY

Success Academy Charter School - Bed Stuy 1

Federal NCES profile for Success Academy Charter School - Bed Stuy 1, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 26/100.

2024-25 NCES dataOther / mixed grade configurationNCES 360105406295Charter school
0/100100/10026/100
🌟 Gifted program
30
🎓 Counselors
8
📋 Attendance
39
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →

The verdict

Success Academy Charter School - Bed Stuy 1 earns 26/100 on the Resource Investment Index on federal resource data.

#151 of 262
schools in Brooklyn · Resource Index
26
Resource Index · Lower
63.1%
free-lunch eligible
919
students enrolled

By Resource Investment Index, Success Academy Charter School - Bed Stuy 1 ranks #151 of 262 schools in Brooklyn, NY.

Enrollment

919

New York · 2024-25 NCES data

Free-lunch eligible

63.1%

vs 56.2% New York avg

+12% vs state

What stands out at Success Academy Charter School - Bed Stuy 1

Success Academy Charter School - Bed Stuy 1 is a higher-need, large charter combined-grade school in Brooklyn, New York, enrolling 919 students.

Its free-meal eligibility rate of 63.1% lands close to the New York typical range, neither a high- nor low-need campus by this measure.

By headcount it is one of the larger campuses in New York, bigger than 90% of state schools at 919 students.

Its Resource Investment Index lands in the lower third of 4,801 scored New York schools.

Against 397 statewide peers matched on enrollment and economic need, it ranks mid-pack at #242.

Its student body is led by African American (61%) and Hispanic or Latino (26%) (diversity index 56/100).

Counselor access is stretched at roughly 460 students per counselor, well above the ASCA-recommended 250:1 ceiling.

Attendance runs somewhat below the norm, with 24.3% of students chronically absent per the 2021-22 civil-rights collection.

The surrounding Success Academy Charter School - Bed Stuy 1 spends $18,491 per pupil, 30% below the New York average, a leaner-resourced district than most.

Success Academy Charter School - Bed Stuy 1 is a single-school charter district, so Success Academy Charter School - Bed Stuy 1 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 Success Academy Charter School - Bed Stuy 1 compares

Success Academy Charter School - Bed Stuy 1 on the metrics families compare, against New York and U.S. means.

Metric This school vs New York New York avg U.S. avg
Free-lunch eligible 63.1% ▲ 12% 56.2% 51.7%
Enrollment 919 top 10% - -

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25

919
Bigger than 89% of US schools by enrollment, a large campus nationally.

Equity indicators (what these measure)

Economic need
63.1%
free-lunch eligible - 12% above the New York average of 56.2%
Above the 40% Title I schoolwide threshold; federal funds support the whole school, not individual students.
Engagement
24.3%
chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days)
At or above 20%, the commonly used threshold for "high" chronic absenteeism, signaling significant barriers to regular attendance.
Funding equity
$18,491
per pupil, district-wide - below New York avg of $26,410
Somewhat above the U.S. public-school average, reflecting higher local or state investment per enrolled student.
Support staff
Counselors2.0 FTE
Per 460 students, the combined health-and-guidance staffing load for this school.
Discipline context
0
in-school suspensions + 94 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 10.2 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.

Overview

  • Common Core of Data (June 2026): enrollment, staffing, and the student-teacher ratio above.
  • Civil Rights Data Collection: discipline counts and program access (AP, gifted, special education).
  • F-33 School District Finance Survey: the district-wide per-pupil spending figures below.

Three separate federal collections, each on its own reporting cadence - which is why this school's numbers line up on a consistent basis against every other school and state on this site, rather than mixing figures pulled from different survey years.

Student demographics

African American 60.6%
Hispanic or Latino 26.0%
Asian 5.4%
White 2.8%
Two or More 2.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native 1.8%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander 0.8%

Largest group: African American at 60.6% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 56.0/100

Simpson diversity index - at 56.0, Success Academy Charter School - Bed Stuy 1 is more mixed than the New York school average of 45.5.

Programs

Funding & spending

District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Success Academy Charter School - Bed Stuy 1, which includes Success Academy Charter School - Bed Stuy 1.

$18,491
Per student
-30%
vs New York
Avg $26,410
+11%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593

Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey District-level finance · FY 2021-22 Per-pupil expenditure reflects the district-wide average. Individual school budgets are not reported at the federal level.

Similar other 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.

Next steps

Verify locally before acting on Success Academy Charter School - Bed Stuy 1's federal record.

Federal record (CCD 2024-25, CRDC 2021-22) - PlainSchools assigns no subjective rating; the composite quality score is a transparent, reproducible index computed from this cited federal data.

Frequently asked questions about Success Academy Charter School - Bed Stuy 1

How many students attend Success Academy Charter School - Bed Stuy 1?

Success Academy Charter School - Bed Stuy 1 has 919 students enrolled. It is a public school in Brooklyn, NY.

What percentage of students receive free lunch at Success Academy Charter School - Bed Stuy 1?

63.1% of students at Success Academy Charter School - Bed Stuy 1 are eligible for free lunch, compared to the New York average of 56.2%.

What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Success Academy Charter School - Bed Stuy 1?

The largest demographic group at Success Academy Charter School - Bed Stuy 1 is African American at 60.6% of enrollment, in Brooklyn, NY. Its student body is more racially and ethnically mixed than most US schools, with a diversity index of 56.0/100.

What is the Resource Investment Index for Success Academy Charter School - Bed Stuy 1?

Success Academy Charter School - Bed Stuy 1 has a Resource Investment Index of 26/100 (lower reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 3 factors: student-teacher ratio, counselor availability, attendance rates. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).

How does Success Academy Charter School - Bed Stuy 1 rank among schools in Brooklyn?

By Resource Investment Index, Success Academy Charter School - Bed Stuy 1 ranks #151 of 262 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 schools in Brooklyn on the city page.

Is Success Academy Charter School - Bed Stuy 1 a good school?

Success Academy Charter School - Bed Stuy 1 earns 26/100 on the Resource Investment Index on federal resource data. This is a resource snapshot, not an academic rating; see the Resource Investment Index question above for what the number does and doesn't measure.

What other schools are in Success Academy Charter School - Bed Stuy 1?

None; Success Academy Charter School - Bed Stuy 1 is a single-school charter district, and Success Academy Charter School - Bed Stuy 1 is its only campus.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) CCD + Public School Universe (2024-25), CRDC (2021-22), F-33 District Finance Survey (FY 2021-22) · 2024-25 Data as of the 2024-25 school year. Coverage from U.S. Department of Education NCES Common Core of Data. Varies by entity type; administrative districts and certain charter networks may report only a subset of fields.

All federal data sources used on this page

Full source list and how we compute each figure: methodology page.

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