Explore Charter School

Grades K–8 Public charter District: Explore Charter School

655 Parkside Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11226 Map

Math (met standard)
70%
+15 state 54% · 2024-25
English (met standard)
64%
+10 state 53% · 2024-25
Science (met standard)
41%
−4 state 45% · 2024-25
Low income
82%
free or reduced-price lunch
Students
574
2024-25
Students per teacher
14.5
2024-25

Test score trends

Share of students who met or exceeded the state standard each year.

Latest results by grade

Grade Math English Science
Grade 3 75% state 60% · 2024-25 51% state 54% · 2024-25 —
Grade 4 83% state 59% · 2024-25 59% state 54% · 2024-25 —
Grade 5 63% state 54% · 2024-25 80% state 57% · 2024-25 41% state 45% · 2024-25
Grade 6 57% state 51% · 2024-25 51% state 51% · 2024-25 —
Grade 7 69% state 57% · 2024-25 64% state 51% · 2024-25 —
Grade 8 73% state 47% · 2024-25 73% state 52% · 2024-25 30% state 34% · 2023-24
All grades 70% state 54% · 2024-25 64% state 53% · 2024-25 41% state 45% · 2024-25
Results by year (all grades)
School year Math English Science
2024-25 70% state 54% 64% state 53% 41% state 45%
2023-24 69% state 51% 64% state 47% 27% state 35%
2022-23 69% state 50% 56% state 48% —
2021-22 41% state 37% 63% state 47% —
2018-19 57% state 46% 46% state 45% —
2017-18 45% state 44% 42% state 45% —
2016-17 23% state 40% 27% state 40% —
2015-16 30% state 38% 29% state 38% —

Students

Race and ethnicity, 2024-25

Year-by-year history is loaded from the NCES Common Core of Data (2017-18 onward).

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Subject percentages show the share of students who met or exceeded the state standard.

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42%
−10 vs state
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20%
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34%
−16 vs state
40%
−12 vs state
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29%
−29 vs state
30%
−25 vs state
19%
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