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Brighter Choice Community School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Brooklyn, Kings County. The school has 286 pupils enrolled. It is part of the New York City Geographic District #16 school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.6:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Brighter Choice Community School enrolls 286 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 21 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 45% Black or African American, 33% Hispanic or Latino and 14% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 128 | 45% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 94 | 33% |
| White | 40 | 14% |
| Two or more races | 11 | 3.9% |
| Asian | 6 | 2.1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 5 | 1.8% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
173 of the school's 286 students (60%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 168 qualify for free lunch and 5 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Brighter Choice Community School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district NY-80, state senate district 18, state house district 54.
Brighter Choice Community School is one of 23 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #16, based in BROOKLYN, New York. The district serves 5,662 students district-wide and employs 525 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 286 students, Brighter Choice Community School is larger than the district average of about 246 students per school.
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large
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