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Bushwick Ascend Charter School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Brooklyn, Kings County. The school has 799 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Bushwick Ascend Charter School school district. It serves grades K–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 74 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 10.8:1. It operates as a public charter school. Technology infrastructure includes campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Bushwick Ascend Charter School enrolls 799 students across grades K–8. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 74 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 10.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 80% Hispanic or Latino, 16% Black or African American and 1.4% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 640 | 80% |
| Black or African American | 124 | 16% |
| Asian | 11 | 1.4% |
| White | 10 | 1.3% |
| Two or more races | 10 | 1.3% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 4 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
729 of the school's 799 students (91%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 691 qualify for free lunch and 38 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Bushwick Ascend Charter School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). It operates as a public charter school. 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-70, state senate district 18, state house district 54.
Bushwick Ascend Charter School is one of 1 schools in BUSHWICK ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL, based in BROOKLYN, New York. The district serves 738 students district-wide and employs 74 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 799 students, Bushwick Ascend Charter School is close to the district average of about 738 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large
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