Original Research by School Decision on Collegiate Academy-math-personal Awa
Collegiate Academy for Mathematics and Personal Awareness Charter School, known as CAMPA, is a single-school charter district serving only grades 6 through 8 in East New York, Brooklyn. The enrollment is very small, holding at under a hundred students across the three middle grades, with substantially more students in grade 8 than in grades 6 and 7. The student body is predominantly Black, with a meaningful Hispanic enrollment and very few students of other backgrounds. Free-or-reduced-price lunch data and special-population counts were not available, so a parent would need to ask the school directly about the economic context of the enrollment and the proportion of students with IEPs or English learner status.
State assessment results were not available in the data, so no picture of academic proficiency against state standards is possible from this summary. The school does not appear in state testing reports for its district, which may reflect either missing data or the particular operational status of this very small charter. A parent would want to contact CAMPA directly to understand how students are assessed, what academic outcomes look like, and how the school measures progress.
The school's budget is notably high in per-pupil terms compared to other districts in Kings County, placing it in the upper range of spending when measured across the county's districts. The reported chronic absenteeism rate is zero, which places it in the top quartile among Kings County districts on that measure, though a parent may want to verify how that number is calculated and whether it reflects actual attendance patterns or a data reporting difference given the school's tiny size.
A major development has recently shaped CAMPA's future. The school received a four-year charter renewal from the New York State Board of Regents following its 2022-2023 review, confirming that the school will continue operating its grades 6-8 program for the next several years. The renewal report noted that the school met or exceeded its achievement indicators and showed improving trajectories in academic performance across all students and student subgroups during the charter term. That institutional stability is important for any family weighing enrollment.
The second significant piece of news concerns the school's physical space and growth plans. CAMPA currently operates in a small building, which limits how many students it can serve. The school has signaled that it will pursue a move to a larger facility designed to increase enrollment and improve the school's financial position. For families interested in CAMPA now, this means class sizes and available seats may change in the coming years as that expansion takes shape. A parent should check with the school on the timeline and expected enrollment growth.
Because state testing data is not in the record, because special-population counts are missing, and because this is a very small charter with limited public reporting, a parent considering CAMPA should plan to visit, meet staff, review the school's own assessment and progress documentation, and ask directly about academic outcomes, support for students with disabilities or learning differences, and English learner services. The school's recent charter renewal and the stated commitment to improve its facilities suggest institutional commitment to its model, but the school's size and data footprint are simply too small to build a picture of day-to-day academic or social outcomes from available sources.
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