Success Academy Charter School-crown Heights, Brooklyn NY

Original Research by School Decision on Success Academy Charter School-crown Heights

Success Academy Charter School-Crown Heights serves kindergarten through eighth grade in Brooklyn's Crown Heights neighborhood, operating as a free, lottery-admission public charter with priority enrollment for children living in Community School District 17. The school sits at 330 Crown Street; its fifth through eighth graders attend a separate middle school campus at Ditmas Park.

The school's math proficiency across tested grades is uniformly strong. All students in grades three through seven scored proficiently on the state exam, demonstrating complete mastery across the elementary and early middle-school span. Grade five and six math achievement sits somewhat above state benchmarks. Performance in English language arts is robust in most grades. Third graders showed solid proficiency; fourth graders achieved near-universal proficiency; fifth graders reached near-universal proficiency; sixth graders nearly matched that ceiling; and seventh graders achieved universal proficiency. The school does not report separate state assessment data for eighth grade, a gap that reflects the current configuration: eighth graders attend the Ditmas Park site and will likely show results once that campus comes into full operation for the 2025-26 school year onward.

Science data is available only for fifth grade, where about six in ten students met proficiency. This weaker showing, when set against the mathematics and English strength, may reflect curriculum emphasis or the transition to more complex middle-school science concepts. Parents may want to look into the school's science instruction and how the network supports science achievement at the middle level.

The school's overall proficiency index places it in the top quartile among charter and traditional schools in Kings County, reflecting consistent strength in the tested subjects and grades where data are available.

Enrollment is distributed across the K-8 span, with the largest cohorts in grades five and six. A substantial share of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. The school serves a predominantly Black student population, with smaller shares of Hispanic and other students. Data on the percentage of students with disabilities or English learners are not publicly available.

The school's charter was renewed through mid-2027 by the SUNY Charter Schools Institute, confirming continued operation. The split-site model, with elementary at Crown Street and middle grades at a separate Ditmas Park location, is a structural choice parents weigh during their decision. The Success Academy network provides a clear pathway: scholars who continue to the network's high schools gain access to AP coursework and dual-enrollment programs with Columbia and Hunter; the Class of 2024 achieved universal four-year-college acceptance, an outcome families entering at the elementary level may consider as they think about long-term opportunity.

Crown Heights itself is a mixed neighborhood within Brooklyn's dense, highly walkable layout. The area combines brownstone residential blocks with commercial corridors, situated within the borough's strong transit network and near major anchors like Prospect Park. Housing in the zip code is appreciating steadily. The neighborhood offers the walkability and institutional access typical of central Brooklyn while serving a predominantly lower-income student population through the charter's tuition-free model.

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Academic performance

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

New York Regents Exams

3 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	73	100.0%
Ela	72	93.0%
Science	72	72.0%

Math

Grade 3100%

School 100% · district not reported

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

Grade 4100%

School 100% · district not reported

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

Grade 5100%

School 100% · district not reported

▲ 49 pts above state median · ▲ 42 pts above county median

Grade 6100%

School 100% · district not reported

▲ 55 pts above state median · ▲ 50 pts above county median

Grade 7100%

School 100% · district not reported

▲ 47 pts above state median · ▲ 42 pts above county median

Grade 80%

School 0% · district not reported

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

English language arts

Grade 379%

School 79% · district not reported

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

Grade 488%

School 88% · district not reported

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

Grade 599%

School 99% · district not reported

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

Grade 699%

School 99% · district not reported

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

Grade 7100%

School 100% · district not reported

▲ 53 pts above state median · ▲ 43 pts above county median

Grade 80%

School 0% · district not reported

▼ 48 pts below state median · ▼ 56 pts below county median

Science

Grade 557%

School 57% · district not reported

▲ 16 pts above state median · ▲ 17 pts above 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 3Lower-income76%Higher-income90%14 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income86%Higher-income94%8 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income99%Higher-income100%1 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income99%Higher-income100%1 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income100%Higher-income100%0 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income96%Higher-income95%1 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income100%Higher-income100%0 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income100%Higher-income100%0 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income100%Higher-income100%0 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income100%Higher-income100%0 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income100%Higher-income100%0 pp gap