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

Success Academy Charter School-Prospect Heights

Federal NCES profile for Success Academy Charter School-Prospect Heights, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 54/100.

2024-25 NCES dataElementary school (grades K-5)NCES 360108906412Charter school
0/100100/10054/100
🌟 Gifted program
30
🎓 Counselors
78
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →

The verdict

Success Academy Charter School-Prospect Heights earns 54/100 on the Resource Investment Index on federal resource data.

#9 of 95
elementary schools in Brooklyn · Resource Index
54
Resource Index · Higher
70.5%
free-lunch eligible
220
students enrolled

By Resource Investment Index, Success Academy Charter School-Prospect Heights ranks #9 of 95 elementary schools in Brooklyn, NY.

Enrollment

220

New York · 2024-25 NCES data

Free-lunch eligible

70.5%

vs 56.2% New York avg

+25% vs state

What stands out at Success Academy Charter School-Prospect Heights

Success Academy Charter School-Prospect Heights is a higher-need, small charter elementary school in Brooklyn, New York, enrolling 220 students.

Economic need runs somewhat above the state's typical profile, with 70.5% of students eligible for free meals.

Enrollment of 220 puts it in the smaller third of New York schools by headcount.

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

Among 284 similarly sized, similarly resourced-need New York schools statewide, it ranks #30, a top-tier result once campus size and economic need are matched.

Its student body is led by African American (80%) and Hispanic or Latino (13%) (diversity index 35/100).

Counselor coverage is strong, about 110 students per counselor, inside the American School Counselor Association's recommended 250:1.

The surrounding Success Academy Charter School-Prospect Heights spends $20,452 per pupil, 23% below the New York average, a leaner-resourced district than most.

Discipline events run high: 92 in- and out-of-school suspensions were reported for 220 students in the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection.

Success Academy Charter School-Prospect Heights is a single-school charter district, so Success Academy Charter School-Prospect Heights 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-Prospect Heights compares

Success Academy Charter School-Prospect Heights 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 70.5% ▲ 25% 56.2% 51.7%
Enrollment 220 top 88% - -

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

220
Bigger than 22% of US schools by enrollment, mid-sized for the country.

Equity indicators (what these measure)

Economic need
70.5%
free-lunch eligible - 25% above the New York average of 56.2%
Above the 40% Title I schoolwide threshold; federal funds support the whole school, not individual students.
Funding equity
$20,452
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
Counselors2.0 FTE
Per 110 students, the combined health-and-guidance staffing load for this school.
Discipline context
0
in-school suspensions + 92 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 41.8 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 79.5%
Hispanic or Latino 13.2%
Two or More 3.2%
White 1.4%
Asian 0.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native 0.9%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander 0.9%

Largest group: African American at 79.5% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 34.9/100

Simpson diversity index - at 34.9, Success Academy Charter School-Prospect Heights is less mixed than the New York school average of 45.5.

Programs

Funding & spending

District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Success Academy Charter School-Prospect Heights, which includes Success Academy Charter School-Prospect Heights.

$20,452
Per student
-23%
vs New York
Avg $26,410
+23%
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

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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-Prospect Heights

How many students attend Success Academy Charter School-Prospect Heights?

Success Academy Charter School-Prospect Heights has 220 students enrolled. It is an elementary school in Brooklyn, NY.

What percentage of students receive free lunch at Success Academy Charter School-Prospect Heights?

70.5% of students at Success Academy Charter School-Prospect Heights 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-Prospect Heights?

The largest demographic group at Success Academy Charter School-Prospect Heights is African American at 79.5% of enrollment, in Brooklyn, NY.

What is the Resource Investment Index for Success Academy Charter School-Prospect Heights?

Success Academy Charter School-Prospect Heights has a Resource Investment Index of 54/100 (higher reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 2 factors: student-teacher ratio, counselor availability. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology). Limited indicators were available, so the index reflects partial data.

How does Success Academy Charter School-Prospect Heights rank among elementary schools in Brooklyn?

By Resource Investment Index, Success Academy Charter School-Prospect Heights ranks #9 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-Prospect Heights a good school?

Success Academy Charter School-Prospect Heights earns 54/100 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-Prospect Heights?

None; Success Academy Charter School-Prospect Heights is a single-school charter district, and Success Academy Charter School-Prospect Heights 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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