Original Research by School Decision on Brooklyn Prospect Charter School-csd 15
Brooklyn Prospect Charter School-CSD 15 is an unusual entry in the education landscape: it is classified as a district but operates as a charter network called Prospect Schools. The entity serves only fifth grade at present, with a small enrollment focused at that grade level. The school's student body is racially and ethnically mixed, with roughly equal shares of Hispanic and white students, along with smaller populations of Asian and Black students.
The data available for this entity is sparse. No state assessment results are reported, no graduation rate is available (the entity does not yet serve high school), and no financial or attendance metrics appear. This absence reflects the charter network's current structure: it is a fifth-grade entity in transition, with expansion plans underway that will reshape what it is.
That reshaping is substantial. The district brief indicates that Prospect Schools is undertaking a significant capital reorganization. Brooklyn Prospect High School, currently located in Windsor Terrace, is relocating to a new purpose-built campus in Downtown Brooklyn for the 2026-27 school year. The publicly reported description emphasizes state-of-the-art facilities: science labs, art and dance studios, a black box theater, a gymnasium, and a two-floor library. Capacity will expand meaningfully to accommodate a full high school cohort.
Simultaneously, the network is opening a new elementary and middle school in Windsor Terrace, in the building the high school is vacating. That school will launch in fall 2026 with founding classes at kindergarten, first, and sixth grades, adding K-12 seats in the Windsor Terrace neighborhood on a tuition-free, lottery basis.
These moves signal growth and institutional permanence. The SUNY Charter Schools Institute approved the network's charter renewal in the 2025-26 cycle, with conditions, securing continued operation. For families considering a long-term enrollment pathway in the Prospect Schools network, the renewal is foundational assurance.
At this moment, though, Brooklyn Prospect Charter School-CSD 15 as it appears in district reporting is a fifth-grade program in the early phase of a larger transformation. The school does not yet have the scale, grade span, or documented academic results that would support a full picture of performance. A parent interested in the network would benefit from speaking directly with the school about its current curriculum, instruction, and student outcomes at fifth grade, and about how the expansion plans will unfold for students already enrolled.
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