Original Research by School Decision on Williamsburg Collegiate Charter School
Williamsburg Collegiate Charter School, operating as Uncommon Williamsburg Middle School, is a middle grades charter school serving grades 5 through 8 in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Kings County. The school enrollment is small, with roughly equal cohorts across the middle grades. The student body is predominantly Hispanic and Black, with smaller representation of other groups.
The school sits within a broader Uncommon Schools network structure. A significant recent change: an Uncommon elementary school opened in the neighborhood in Fall 2023, creating a guaranteed pathway for students entering kindergarten through 12th grade within the network. This means families with younger siblings no longer face a separate lottery to continue enrollment at the middle school level. The middle school itself is now branded under the Uncommon Williamsburg identity, though its legal charter name remains Williamsburg Collegiate.
State assessment data for the school was not available, so prospective families cannot compare proficiency rates against other districts in the county. A graduation rate does not apply here, since the school serves only middle grades. The absence of state test results is typical for middle-grade-only schools in New York's reporting structure.
Among Kings County's districts, the school reports a chronic absenteeism rate that falls below the county midpoint, which is a positive indicator of student attendance patterns. Per-pupil spending is in the middle-to-upper range among county districts, suggesting resource allocation comparable to other mid-sized district operations.
Data on the share of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch is not reported, nor are counts of students with IEPs or English learners, so parents may want to ask the school directly about these populations to understand the full profile of peer support services and student composition. Similarly, detailed staffing, discipline, and course access information was not available.
For families considering entry into the Uncommon Williamsburg network, this middle school represents the grades 5-8 segment of a newly unified K-12 pathway in the neighborhood. Parents interested in continuity and network-based progression should find this structure relevant; those seeking detailed academic performance metrics and comparison data may want to contact the school directly or seek additional information from publicly reported reviews and parent feedback.
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