Success Academy Charter School - Cobble Hill
Grades K-8 · 284 BALTIC STREET · Brooklyn
Kerri Tabarcea, Principal · 718-704-1460
About
Success Academy Charter School - Cobble Hill, a K-8 charter school in Brooklyn, is recognized for its exceptionally strong academic performance. Students demonstrate outstanding proficiency, with 92% in ELA and 98% in Math, both significantly surpassing citywide medians and ranking among the highest in New York. The school's curriculum is noted for its academic rigor, emphasizing critical thinking, and integrates a rich array of subjects including daily science, arts, music, chess, and athletics. While many parents commend the structured environment, high expectations, and dedicated teachers who go "above and beyond," some express concerns about the school's strict disciplinary approach and perceived lack of flexibility for individual student needs. Despite these mixed sentiments regarding school culture, the school reports a 0% suspension rate and 100% positive feedback on its parent surveys, indicating high satisfaction among surveyed families. The school operates on a lottery-based admissions system and is co-located with other schools.
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Academics
State test proficiency rates and acceleration.
ELA proficiency
92%
Math proficiency
98%
Proficiency rates are from the Grade 3–8 NYS state test (school-level).
Attendance rate
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Avg class size (general ed)
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Avg class size (ICT)
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Community & climate
Demographics, attendance, school survey results, and DOE quality ratings.
Quality signals
Parent survey · overall positive
84%7% response rate
Survey topics
Family outreach97%city 94%
- School staff regularly communicate with me about how I can help my child learn.100%
- Teachers work closely with me to meet my child's needs.100%
- My child's school communicates with me in a language that I can understand.100%
- I am greeted warmly when I contact or visit the school.86%
- My child's school will make me aware if there are any concerns about my child’s social or emotional well-being.100%
Each question’s favorable response rate; the topic score (97%) is their average, vs 94% citywide.
Parent–teacher trust95%city 95%
- I feel respected by my child's teachers.100%
- Staff at this school work hard to build trusting relationships with parents/guardians like me.86%
- My child's teachers treat me as a partner in educating my child.100%
Each question’s favorable response rate; the topic score (95%) is their average, vs 95% citywide.
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Effective School Leadership
Inclusive Leadership66%city 95%
- The principal/school leader at this school…puts decisions made with families into action.71%
- The principal/school leader at this school…works to create a sense of community in the school.57%
- The principal/school leader at this school…ensures families are comfortable communicating with the school.71%
Each question’s favorable response rate; the topic score (66%) is their average, vs 95% citywide.
Strong Family-Community Ties
Parent Involvement in School62%city 63%
- Since the beginning of the school year, how often have you…communicated with your child's teachers about your child's performance?.71%
- Since the beginning of the school year, how often have you…seen your child’s projects, artwork, homework, tests, or quizzes?.100%
- I know how to contact the Parent Coordinator at my child’s school.14%
Each question’s favorable response rate; the topic score (62%) is their average, vs 63% citywide.
Trust
Parent-Principal Trust71%city 94%
- I feel respected by my child's principal/school leader.71%
- I trust the principal/school leader at their word (to do what they say that they will do).71%
- The principal/school leader is an effective manager who makes the school run smoothly.71%
Each question’s favorable response rate; the topic score (71%) is their average, vs 94% citywide.
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]
Operational health
Attendance
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Chronic absenteeism
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Suspension rate
0%
Student body
Race / ethnicity[4]
- Asian 13%
- Black 41%
- Hispanic 26%
- White 14%
- Multiracial 5%
School-level totals; may not sum to 100% due to rounding and small subgroup suppression.
Gender[4]
- Female 53%
- Male 47%
Female / male shares as published by the DOE; other gender identities aren’t reported in the source data.
Enrollment
259
Economic Need Index
67%
Free / reduced lunch
63%
English learners
7%
Students with IEPs
23%
Location & commute
Where the school is and how to get there.