Success Academy Charter School - Bensonhurst

Success Academy Charter School - Bensonhurst is a K-8 charter school in Brooklyn recognized for its exceptionally high academic performance. Students consistently achieve proficiency rates well above citywide benchmarks, with 92% in ELA and 97% in Math. The school operates with a rigorous, structured academic model that combines traditional discipline with progressive, inquiry-based learning, emphasizing critical thinking and a strong work ethic from an early age. Parents often commend the school for its demanding curriculum and the significant academic growth their children experience, with some noting the environment is "tough on the parents, but great for kids." The school also boasts a 0% suspension rate, contributing to a focused learning environment. While the academic outcomes are widely praised, some parents and former staff have raised concerns about a demanding pace, high teacher turnover, and a potentially intense classroom atmosphere. Despite these concerns, the school aims to foster a love of learning through daily science, extensive reading, and integrated arts, music, chess, and athletics programs. The school serves a diverse student population, including a notable percentage of English Language Learners, and is recognized for achieving outstanding results across various student subgroups.

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]