Success Academy Prospect Heights (Brooklyn 6)

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.

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]