Elementary school (grades K-5) · Brooklyn, NY

Success Academy Charter School-Bed Stuy 3

Federal NCES profile for Success Academy Charter School-Bed Stuy 3, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 37/100.

2024-25 NCES dataElementary school (grades K-5)NCES 360114006583Charter school
0/100100/10037/100
🌟 Gifted program
30
🎓 Counselors
1
📋 Attendance
81
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →

The verdict

Success Academy Charter School-Bed Stuy 3 earns 37/100 on the Resource Investment Index on federal resource data.

#42 of 95
elementary schools in Brooklyn · Resource Index
37
Resource Index · Typical
61.2%
free-lunch eligible
494
students enrolled

By Resource Investment Index, Success Academy Charter School-Bed Stuy 3 ranks #42 of 95 elementary schools in Brooklyn, NY.

Enrollment

494

New York · 2024-25 NCES data

Free-lunch eligible

61.2%

vs 56.2% New York avg

+9% vs state

What stands out at Success Academy Charter School-Bed Stuy 3

Success Academy Charter School-Bed Stuy 3 is a higher-need, mid-sized charter elementary school in Brooklyn, New York, enrolling 494 students.

Its free-meal eligibility rate of 61.2% lands close to the New York typical range, neither a high- nor low-need campus by this measure.

With 494 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.

Against 708 statewide peers matched on enrollment and economic need, it ranks in the upper tier at #241.

Its student body is led by African American (51%) and Hispanic or Latino (37%) (diversity index 60/100).

Counselor access is stretched at roughly 494 students per counselor, well above the ASCA-recommended 250:1 ceiling.

Attendance holds up well here: only 7.7% of students were chronically absent, below the typical post-pandemic national figure.

Success Academy Charter School-Bed Stuy 3 is a single-school charter district, so Success Academy Charter School-Bed Stuy 3 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 3 compares

Success Academy Charter School-Bed Stuy 3 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 61.2% ▲ 9% 56.2% 51.7%
Enrollment 494 top 39% - -

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

494
Bigger than 61% of US schools by enrollment, mid-sized for the country.

Equity indicators (what these measure)

Economic need
61.2%
free-lunch eligible - 9% 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
7.7%
chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days)
In the 5-10% range, close to the pre-pandemic national baseline.
Funding equity
$22,768
per pupil, district-wide - below New York avg of $26,410
Well above the U.S. public-school average, reflecting substantially higher local or state investment per enrolled student.
Support staff
Counselors1.0 FTE
Per 494 students, the combined health-and-guidance staffing load for this school.
Discipline context
0
in-school suspensions + 52 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 10.5 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 50.6%
Hispanic or Latino 36.8%
Asian 6.5%
White 2.6%
Two or More 1.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native 1.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander 0.2%

Largest group: African American at 50.6% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 60.3/100

Simpson diversity index - at 60.3, Success Academy Charter School-Bed Stuy 3 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 3, which includes Success Academy Charter School-Bed Stuy 3.

$22,768
Per student
-14%
vs New York
Avg $26,410
+37%
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 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.

Next steps

Verify locally before acting on Success Academy Charter School-Bed Stuy 3'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 3

How many students attend Success Academy Charter School-Bed Stuy 3?

Success Academy Charter School-Bed Stuy 3 has 494 students enrolled. It is an elementary school in Brooklyn, NY.

What percentage of students receive free lunch at Success Academy Charter School-Bed Stuy 3?

61.2% of students at Success Academy Charter School-Bed Stuy 3 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 3?

The largest demographic group at Success Academy Charter School-Bed Stuy 3 is African American at 50.6% of enrollment, in Brooklyn, NY. Its student body is more racially and ethnically mixed than most US schools, with a diversity index of 60.3/100.

What is the Resource Investment Index for Success Academy Charter School-Bed Stuy 3?

Success Academy Charter School-Bed Stuy 3 has a Resource Investment Index of 37/100 (typical 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 3 rank among elementary schools in Brooklyn?

By Resource Investment Index, Success Academy Charter School-Bed Stuy 3 ranks #42 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.

Is Success Academy Charter School-Bed Stuy 3 a good school?

Success Academy Charter School-Bed Stuy 3 earns 37/100 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 3?

None; Success Academy Charter School-Bed Stuy 3 is a single-school charter district, and Success Academy Charter School-Bed Stuy 3 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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