Brooklyn Dreams Charter School
Grades K-8 · 259 PARKVILLE AVENUE · Brooklyn
Samanta Deluke, Principal · 718-859-8400
About
Brooklyn Dreams Charter School serves students from Kindergarten through 8th grade, operating as part of the National Heritage Academies network. The school emphasizes academic excellence alongside character development, incorporating "Moral Focus™ lessons" to teach virtues such as respect and compassion. Academically, the school demonstrates strength in English Language Arts proficiency, with scores above the citywide median. However, math proficiency is a concern, falling near the citywide 25th percentile, and the percentage of students in accelerated coursework is also low compared to citywide benchmarks. The school offers an EXCEL-ERATE program for advanced learners and various after-school clubs, including coding, theater, art, and music. Middle school students have opportunities to earn high school credits through Regents exams. Parent sentiment is mixed; some praise teachers as responsible and encouraging, while others express concerns about staff turnover and teacher quality. The school has a diverse student body, with a significant proportion of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, and a higher percentage of English Language Learners than the citywide median.
Academics
State test proficiency rates and acceleration.
ELA proficiency
60%
Math proficiency
38%
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
$12.9MStudents: 489
Location & commute
Where the school is and how to get there.