Success Academy Charter School - Crown Heights
Grades K-8 · 330 Crown Street · Brooklyn
Mary Rojas/Ashley Wilson, Principal · 646-790-2129
About
Success Academy Crown Heights is a K-8 charter school known for its exceptionally strong academic performance, particularly in English Language Arts and Mathematics. Students consistently achieve proficiency rates (94% in ELA, 98% in Math) that are well above the citywide 75th percentile, positioning the school among the top elementary schools in New York State. The school serves a predominantly Black student population with a high percentage of economically disadvantaged students, demonstrating its effectiveness in fostering high achievement across diverse backgrounds. Success Academy schools are recognized for their rigorous academic standards, high expectations, and a structured learning environment that integrates arts, music, chess, and athletics into the school day. While parents are often drawn to the network's promise of strong college preparation, the demanding academic culture and high expectations can lead to a fast-paced environment. The school's parent survey response rate is very low, offering limited direct insight into family sentiment.
Academics
State test proficiency rates and acceleration.
ELA proficiency
94%
Math proficiency
98%
Proficiency rates are from the Grade 3–8 NYS state test (school-level).
Attendance rate
Community & climate
Demographics, attendance, school survey results, and DOE quality ratings.
Quality signals
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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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
$14.0MStudents: 787
Location & commute
Where the school is and how to get there.