Unity Preparatory Charter School of Brooklyn
Grades 6-12 · 432 MONROE STREET · Brooklyn
Joshua Beauregard/Melissa Duphiney, Principal · 718-455-5046
About
Unity Prep Charter School, serving grades 6-12, is a Brooklyn charter school known for its strong college preparatory focus and commitment to social justice. The school emphasizes a rigorous liberal arts and sciences curriculum, aiming to empower students as scholars and citizens. Middle school students demonstrate ELA proficiency well above the citywide median, and the school boasts an exceptionally high graduation rate and college enrollment rate, both significantly exceeding citywide benchmarks. However, Regents pass rates are mixed, with some subjects showing lower performance. Parents and students often describe a supportive community where teachers are caring, build strong relationships, and actively push students to achieve their best. The school also incorporates mindfulness training to help students manage stress. Concerns raised include strict disciplinary rules, a high suspension rate compared to statewide averages, and limited physical space, with no dedicated auditorium or lunchroom. The school operates across two campuses, with the middle school and high school located a few miles apart.
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Academics
State test proficiency rates and acceleration.
ELA proficiency
62%
Math proficiency
54%
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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Admissions
No program-level admissions data is available for this school yet.
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
$13.4MStudents: 513
Location & commute
Where the school is and how to get there.