Imagine Me Leadership Charter School, Brooklyn NY

Original Research by School Decision on Imagine Me Leadership Charter School

Imagine Me Leadership Charter School is a co-ed elementary and middle school in the Brownsville neighborhood of Brooklyn serving grades pre-K through eighth grade. The school was founded on a boys-only model but recently transitioned to accept both boys and girls. In 2024-2025, it moved to a new, much larger campus at 39 Truxton Street, a facility more than tripling its previous footprint and designed to roughly double enrollment. The new building includes a gymnasium, outdoor playgrounds, a cafeteria, and an auditorium—a meaningful expansion of physical offerings and capacity.

The school enrolls a student body that is predominantly Black, with a substantial Hispanic population and small numbers of American Indian, Alaskan Native, and multiracial students. Specific counts of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch and English learners were not available in the data.

On state tests administered in 2024-25, the school shows mixed results that vary considerably by grade and subject. In English language arts, performance is relatively strong in the lower grades: third graders posted very high proficiency, and fourth graders achieved full proficiency. By fifth grade, proficiency in ELA remains solid. Sixth, seventh, and eighth graders show proficiency in the low- to mid-range. In math, the pattern is less consistent. Fourth and fifth graders show strong proficiency; sixth and seventh graders fall below the midpoint. No students in grade eight took the math test, so that grade is absent from the data. Science results are notably weak: fifth graders posted low proficiency, and eighth grade science testing did not occur. Overall, a parent may want to look into further with the school why testing did not take place in grades eight math and grades eight science, whether those grades are preparing for high school transition, and what science instruction looks like across the school given the low fifth-grade results.

Among the county's tested schools, Imagine Me Leadership scores above the midpoint in overall proficiency when results from tested subjects and grades are combined. This positioning reflects the strength in the earlier elementary grades, offset by lower results in middle grades and in science.

The school operates as an independent charter school rather than as part of the New York City Department of Education's traditional public system. Title I status information was not available. Chronic absenteeism data, graduation rates, and information about disciplinary practices and course offerings were not included in the available data.

The broader Brownsville neighborhood where the school is located is part of central Brooklyn's dense residential fabric. Brooklyn itself is highly walkable, with extensive public transit including subway lines and bus routes, and major civic anchors such as Prospect Park and the Brooklyn Public Library system. The borough is in a sustained growth cycle, with strong new housing development particularly in Downtown Brooklyn and neighborhoods like Williamsburg. Housing values in the school's zip code are above the New York State benchmark, and rents have risen notably year over year, reflecting the broader development pressure across Brooklyn.

The school's recent transition to co-education and its move to a purpose-built facility with modern amenities represent significant changes for families considering the school. The academic performance data shows a school with genuine strengths in early elementary literacy and mixed results in the middle grades and science, a profile that parents may want to explore directly with the school, particularly if they are considering the upper grades.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

New York Regents Exams

2 courses reported · 2024-25

End-of-course exams required for a New York Regents diploma. Each row shows the cohort size and the share of students scoring at the proficient level or higher.

Course	Students tested	% proficient
Math	25	96.0%
Science	21	86.0%

Math

Grade 371%

School 71% · district not reported

▲ 13 pts above state median · ▲ 1 pts above county median

Grade 491%

School 91% · district not reported

▲ 33 pts above state median · ▲ 24 pts above county median

Grade 581%

School 81% · district not reported

▲ 29 pts above state median · ▲ 23 pts above county median

Grade 654%

School 54% · district not reported

▲ 9 pts above state median · ▲ 4 pts above county median

Grade 753%

School 53% · district not reported

even with state median · ▼ 5 pts below county median

Grade 80%

School 0% · district not reported

▼ 37 pts below state median · ▼ 40 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 391%

School 91% · district not reported

▲ 39 pts above state median · ▲ 26 pts above county median

Grade 4100%

School 100% · district not reported

▲ 47 pts above state median · ▲ 38 pts above county median

Grade 576%

School 76% · district not reported

▲ 22 pts above state median · ▲ 15 pts above county median

Grade 674%

School 74% · district not reported

▲ 28 pts above state median · ▲ 22 pts above county median

Grade 769%

School 69% · district not reported

▲ 21 pts above state median · ▲ 11 pts above county median

Grade 868%

School 68% · district not reported

▲ 20 pts above state median · ▲ 12 pts above county median

Science

Grade 533%

School 33% · district not reported

▼ 9 pts below state median · ▼ 7 pts below county median

Grade 80%

School 0% · district not reported

▼ 33 pts below state median · ▼ 25 pts below county median

This schoolDistrict average, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 5Lower-income72%Higher-income100%28 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income73%Higher-income80%7 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income67%Higher-income80%13 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income64%Higher-income83%20 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 5Lower-income77%Higher-income100%23 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income62%Higher-income20%42 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income55%Higher-income40%15 pp gap