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Cypress Hills Ascend Charter School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Brooklyn, Kings County. The school has 387 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Cypress Hills Ascend Charter School school district. It serves grades K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.9:1. It operates as a public charter school. Technology infrastructure includes campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Cypress Hills Ascend Charter School enrolls 387 students across grades K–5. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 30 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 72% Hispanic or Latino, 15% Black or African American and 7.5% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 279 | 72% |
| Black or African American | 59 | 15% |
| Asian | 29 | 7.5% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 10 | 2.6% |
| Two or more races | 6 | 1.6% |
| White | 2 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
350 of the school's 387 students (90%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 337 qualify for free lunch and 13 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Cypress Hills 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.
Cypress Hills Ascend Charter School is one of 1 schools in CYPRESS HILLS ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL, based in BROOKLYN, New York. The district serves 485 students district-wide and employs 30 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 387 students, Cypress Hills Ascend Charter School is smaller than the district average of about 485 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large
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