Success Academy Charter School - Prospect Heights
Grades K-12 · 760 PROSPECT PLACE · Brooklyn
Kristina Colao, Principal · 646-790-2121
About
Success Academy Prospect Heights is a K-8 charter school in Brooklyn known for its exceptionally strong academic performance. Students consistently achieve proficiency rates in ELA and Math that are well above citywide averages, with 97% in ELA and 98% in Math. The school serves a student body with a high percentage of economically disadvantaged students and is predominantly Black and Hispanic. While the school is recognized for its rigorous academic program and high expectations, parent and former staff sentiment is mixed. Some describe a highly structured and demanding environment with a heavy academic workload and strict disciplinary practices. The school integrates arts, music, chess, and athletics into the regular school day, aiming for holistic development. It shares a campus with PS 138.
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Academics
State test proficiency rates and acceleration.
ELA proficiency
97%
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
$4.3MStudents: 220
Location & commute
Where the school is and how to get there.