Norma Adams Clemons Academy, a K-5 elementary school in Brooklyn, serves a diverse student body with a high proportion of students in need of additional support. The school is known for its exceptionally positive family engagement and a supportive environment, as reflected in overwhelmingly favorable parent survey responses. Families consistently report high satisfaction with the education their children receive and strong relationships with school staff. The school maintains a notably low suspension rate, contributing to a safe and orderly climate. Academically, the school's English Language Arts proficiency is slightly below the citywide median, while Math proficiency is a concern, falling below the 25th percentile for elementary schools. Despite these academic challenges, the dedicated staff, including the principal, are highly regarded by teachers, who recommend the school to other families. The school operates in its own building and offers zoned programs for its neighborhood students.
Demographics, attendance, school survey results, and DOE quality ratings.
Quality signals
FacultyExcellentAI-estimated
InstructionFair
Safety & climateFair
Family tiesGood
DOE quality-rating labels are skewed across the system; read them relative to the citywide distribution in our .
Parent survey · overall positive
Admissions
Seats, applicants, and admissions method from the most recent cycle. Where the school enrolls separate tracks (general ed, students with disabilities, specialized education), each track is shown on its own row, with its priority order beneath it.
Kindergarten (17K006)
Program code 17K006KG · Cycle 2024-2025
Zoned
21 applicants · 100 seats last year; every priority group with applicants received offers.
What this school has to spend, and what it spends it on. Spending is not a measure of quality. Schools serving more students with higher needs receive more money.
3-K - School Day (Inclusive Early Childhood Center - 1070 Flatbush Ave)Balancedhigh confidence
Kindergarten (17K006)Balancedhigh confidence
Pre-K - School DayBalancedhigh confidence
Pre-K - School Day (Inclusive Early Childhood Center - 1070 Flatbush Ave)Balancedhigh confidence
Proficiency rates are from the Grade 3–8 NYS state test (school-level).
Attendance rate
96%
Avg class size (general ed)
18.26
Avg class size (ICT)
19.33
Average class size by classroom setting: general education vs. ICT (Integrated Co-Teaching, where general- and special-education students learn together with two teachers). NYC DOE Class Size Report, 2021–22.
88%
61% response rate
Survey topics
Family outreach91%city 94%
School staff regularly communicate with me about how I can help my child learn.90%
Teachers work closely with me to meet my child's needs.86%
My child's school communicates with me in a language that I can understand.96%
I am greeted warmly when I contact or visit the school.94%
My child's school will make me aware if there are any concerns about my child’s social or emotional well-being.91%
Each question’s favorable response rate; the topic score (91%) is their average, vs 94% citywide.
Parent–teacher trust90%city 95%
I feel respected by my child's teachers.94%
Staff at this school work hard to build trusting relationships with parents/guardians like me.88%
My child's teachers treat me as a partner in educating my child.89%
Each question’s favorable response rate; the topic score (90%) is their average, vs 95% citywide.
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Effective School Leadership
Inclusive Leadership93%city 95%
The principal/school leader at this school…puts decisions made with families into action.91%
The principal/school leader at this school…works to create a sense of community in the school.92%
The principal/school leader at this school…ensures families are comfortable communicating with the school.96%
Each question’s favorable response rate; the topic score (93%) is their average, vs 95% citywide.
Strong Family-Community Ties
Strong Relationships100%city 90%
Overall positive % is averaged across every Pos/Neg survey question per respondent group (school year 2023-2024). Survey topics are the DOE’s framework measures (each the average favorable response across its questions; expand a topic to see them and the citywide average); the dimension scores themselves are no longer in the public data file.[3]
Teacher experience and certification from the NYSED School Report Card (2024–25); students per teacher = enrollment ÷ reported teachers. Fewer than 4 years counts as inexperienced.
Female / male shares as published by the DOE; other gender identities aren’t reported in the source data.
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Last year’s published figures. Schools make more offers than seats because not everyone enrolls, so offers can exceed seats. Counts under 10 are suppressed (shown as “<10”).
How to read Applications / seat and where the outlook buckets come from is explained in our methodology.
73rd percentile citywide
School-managed budget
$13.4MPositions: 105
83rd percentile citywide
Total spend per student
$33,918
52nd percentile citywide · city median $33,606
Staffing costs
Principal’s salary
$203K
50th percentile citywide
Principal and assistant principals
$611KPositions: 4
74th percentile citywide
Teaching staff
$7.1MPositions: 55
81st percentile citywide
Where the school-managed budget goes
These five categories add up to the school-managed budget. They do not include the centrally-paid costs in total spend.
PositionsAvg eachBudget
Leadership4$153K$611K
INTERIM ACTING - ASST. PRINCIPAL3$136K$408K
HEAD OF SCHOOL1$203K$203K
Teachers55$129K$7.1M
K / WHOLE CLASS5$123K$613K
2 / WHOLE CLASS3$127K$381K
3 / WHOLE CLASS3$125K$374K
4 / WHOLE CLASS3$112K$337K
3-K / WHOLE CLASS2$164K
Support staff45$82K$3.7M
PRE-K13$71K$926K
SPEECH / PULL-OUT - Special Ed4$117K$469K
IEP-CRISIS MANAGEMENT(CIT)8$36K$287K
OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY / PULL-OUT - Special Ed2$109K$217K