PAVE Academy Charter School
- 732 Henry Street, Brooklyn
- Grades K-8
- Michelle Cook/Marsha Gadsden, Principal
- 718-858-7813
About
PAVE Academy Charter School, a K-8 school in Brooklyn, serves a student population with an Economic Need Index of 92 percent, which is above the citywide 75th percentile. The school also has 28 percent of students with an Individualized Education Program, near the citywide 75th percentile. The school describes its K-8 experience as building academic, social, and emotional skills for critical thinking and leadership. In academic outcomes, 69 percent of students demonstrated ELA proficiency, above the citywide median and near the 75th percentile, while 57 percent achieved math proficiency, above the citywide median. However, the 4 percent of students in accelerated coursework is below the citywide 25th percentile. The school's suspension rate was 10 percent. Parent survey results from 2025-2026 show high satisfaction, with 94 percent reporting staff communicate regularly about learning and 88 percent feeling teachers treat them as partners. Eighty-nine percent of parents also reported their child feels safe and is progressing as expected in reading and math, and 94 percent found the school clean and in good physical condition.
Sources (4)
- NYC DOE Location Code Generating and Management System (LCGMS) · 2026-27 (export of 2026-08-22)
- NYC DOE School Quality Reports and Snapshot, 2024-25 · 2024-25
- New York State Education Department School Report Card · 2024-25
- NYC School Survey (parent and student responses) · 2025-26
Academics
State test proficiency rates and acceleration.
ELA proficiency
69%
Math proficiency
57%
Proficiency rates are from the Grade 3–8 NYS state test (school-level).
Attendance rate
94%
Avg class size (general ed)
—
Avg class size (ICT)
—
Community & climate
Demographics, attendance, school survey results, and DOE quality ratings.
Quality signals
NYC School Survey, 2025-26
Parent survey · overall positive
85%5% response rate
Survey topics, 2025-26
Family outreach88%city 94%
- Parents · School staff regularly communicate with me about how I can help my child learn.94%
- Parents · Teachers work closely with me to meet my child's needs.83%
- Parents · My child's school communicates with me in a language that I can understand.89%
- Parents · I am greeted warmly when I contact or visit the school.88%
- Parents · My child's school will make me aware if there are any concerns about my child’s social or emotional well-being.89%
- Parents · If I suspect my child needs additional learning supports and services, I know the next steps to get support at my school.83%
Each question’s favorable response rate; the topic score (88%) is their average, vs 94% citywide.
Parent–teacher trust84%city 96%
- Parents · I feel respected by my child's teachers.83%
- Parents · Staff at this school work hard to build trusting relationships with parents/guardians like me.82%
- Parents · My child's teachers treat me as a partner in educating my child.88%
Each question’s favorable response rate; the topic score (84%) is their average, vs 96% citywide.
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Instruction and Performance
Family Satisfaction with Child's Education88%city 94%
- Parents · My child is progressing in reading the way I would expect.89%
- Parents · My child is progressing in math the way I would expect.89%
- Parents · My child's school helps me understand what grade-level schoolwork looks like.83%
- Parents · How satisfied are you with the following? The education my child has received this year.89%
- Parents · How satisfied are you with the following? The overall quality of my child's teachers this year.88%
Each question’s favorable response rate; the topic score (88%) is their average, vs 94% citywide.
Safety and School Climate
Inclusive Leadership89%city 96%
- Parents · The principal/school leader at this school…puts decisions made with families into action.89%
- Parents · The principal/school leader at this school…works to create a sense of community in the school.89%
- Parents · The principal/school leader at this school…ensures families are comfortable communicating with the school.94%
- Parents · Language translation and interpretation are readily available to me at all family events at my child’s school.83%
Each question’s favorable response rate; the topic score (89%) is their average, vs 96% citywide.
Conflict Resolution78%city 93%
- Parents · Conflicts are resolved fairly at my child’s school. [Grades K-5].78%
Each question’s favorable response rate; the topic score (78%) is their average, vs 93% citywide.
Relationships with Families
Parent-Principal Trust85%city 96%
- Parents · I feel respected by my child's principal/school leader.83%
- Parents · I trust the principal/school leader at their word (to do what they say that they will do).88%
- Parents · The principal/school leader is an effective manager who makes the school run smoothly.83%
Each question’s favorable response rate; the topic score (85%) is their average, vs 96% citywide.
Parent Involvement in School83%city 91%
- Parents · Since the beginning of the school year, how often have you…communicated with your child's teachers about your child's performance?83%
- Parents · Since the beginning of the school year, how often have you…seen your child’s projects, artwork, homework, tests, or quizzes?83%
- Parents · I know how to contact the Parent Coordinator at my child’s school.76%
- Parents · During the school year, have you...attended a school meeting, school event, or parent-teacher conference (virtually or in-person)?88%
Each question’s favorable response rate; the topic score (83%) is their average, vs 91% citywide.
School Description
School Facilities and Services80%city 91%
- Parents · This school is kept clean.94%
- Parents · This school is kept in good physical condition.94%
- Parents · My child's school provides me information about transportation options (e.g. Metrocard and busing).81%
- Parents · I am satisfied with my child’s school bus transportation service this year.62%
- Parents · I am satisfied with the meal options provided at my child’s school.67%
Each question’s favorable response rate; the topic score (80%) is their average, vs 91% citywide.
Overall positive % is averaged across every Pos/Neg survey question per respondent group (school year 2025-2026). 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
94%
Chronic absenteeism
42%
Suspension rate
10%
Teachers[7]
Teachers with 4+ years' experience
79%
Students per teacher
9:1
Teaching out of certification
94%
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.
Student body
Race / ethnicity[4]
- Black 40%
- Hispanic 56%
- White 3%
- Multiracial 1%
School-level totals; may not sum to 100% due to rounding and small subgroup suppression.
Gender[4]
- Female 50%
- Male 50%
Female / male shares as published by the DOE; other gender identities aren’t reported in the source data.
Enrollment
413
Economic Need Index
92%
Free / reduced lunch
91%
English learners
14%
Students with IEPs
28%
Financials
[8]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.
Charter schools manage their own budgets rather than receiving a school allocation from the DOE, so the staffing and supplies breakdown the DOE publishes for district schools is not published for this school.
Spending
Total spend
$11.4MStudents: 413
34th percentile citywide
Total spend per student
$27,528
19th percentile citywide · city median $33,357
Location & commute
Where the school is and how to get there.