Flatbush Ascend Charter School
School code (DBN) 84K933
Grades K-5 · 123 Linden Boulevard · Brooklyn
S'ken Evans/Donald Barnes, Principal
About
Flatbush Ascend Charter School serves students in grades K-5 in Brooklyn. The school demonstrates strong academic outcomes, with 68.0 percent of students achieving proficiency in ELA, which is above the citywide median and near the 75th percentile for elementary schools. Math proficiency is also a notable strength, with 76.0 percent of students achieving proficiency, well above the citywide median and the 75th percentile. The school's Economic Need Index is 80.0 percent, which is near the citywide median. The student population is predominantly Black at 81.0 percent, with 10.0 percent Hispanic and 3.0 percent White students. The school has 6.0 percent English Language Learners and 15.0 percent of students with Individualized Education Programs, both figures being below the citywide 25th percentile. The school reports a 0.0 percent suspension rate. Parent and student survey results are not available for this school.
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Academics
State test proficiency rates and acceleration.
ELA proficiency
68%
Math proficiency
76%
Proficiency rates are from the Grade 3–8 NYS state test (school-level).
Attendance rate
82%
Avg class size (general ed)
—
Avg class size (ICT)
—
Community & climate
Demographics, attendance, school survey results, and DOE quality ratings.
Quality signals
NYC School Survey, 2025-26
Overall positive % is averaged across every Pos/Neg survey question per respondent group (school year 2025-2026). 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
82%
Chronic absenteeism
12%
Suspension rate
0%
Teachers[7]
Teachers with 4+ years' experience
33%
Students per teacher
17:1
Teaching out of certification
89%
Teacher experience and certification from the NYSED School Report Card (2024–25); students per teacher = enrollment ÷ reported teachers. Fewer than 4 years counts as inexperienced.
Student body
Race / ethnicity[4]
- Black 81%
- Hispanic 10%
- White 3%
- Multiracial 3%
School-level totals; may not sum to 100% due to rounding and small subgroup suppression.
Gender[4]
- Female 51%
- Male 49%
Female / male shares as published by the DOE; other gender identities aren’t reported in the source data.
Enrollment
399
Economic Need Index
80%
Free / reduced lunch
88%
English learners
6%
Students with IEPs
15%
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
$7.6MStudents: 404
12th percentile citywide
Total spend per student
$18,753
2nd percentile citywide · city median $33,357
Location & commute
Where the school is and how to get there.