La Cima Charter School

800 GATES AVENUE, BROOKLYN, NY 11221 · Brooklyn · Elementary

DBN: 84K649 · Located in District 16

Elementary

Unzoned

SchoolDigger: 1042 (of 2445)

Academic quality

ELA = English Language Arts (reading and writing). Math and Science are self-explanatory.
NY State tests ELA and Math every year in grades 3-8, and Science once, in grade 8 -- a school's numbers below only reflect whichever of those grades it actually serves (no social studies/history state test exists at this level).
"Avg. rating" is DOE's average student score on a 1.0-4.5 scale (higher is better) -- shown here as "value / 4.5" alongside the citywide average for the same metric as a benchmark for what's typical.

Attendance: 89.4%

53.3% attend 90%+ of days

Subject

Student group

Overall proficiency

ELA % proficient

48.5%(citywide avg: 53.2%)

ELA avg. rating

2.96 / 4.5(citywide avg: 3.02 / 4.5)

Math % proficient

72.5%(citywide avg: 56.5%)

Math avg. rating

3.24 / 4.5(citywide avg: 3.01 / 4.5)

By grade

Grade 3 Math

62.5%

Small sample (16 students) -- treat as directional.

Grade 4 ELA

44.4%

Grade 4 Math

77.8%

Grade 5 ELA

57.7%

Grade 5 Math

72%

By student group

English Language Learners -- ELA

35.3%(citywide avg: 34.6%)

Small sample (17 students) -- treat as directional.

English Language Learners -- Math

72.2%(citywide avg: 51.5%)

Small sample (18 students) -- treat as directional.

Black students -- ELA

60.6%(citywide avg: 63.1%)

Black students -- Math

78.8%(citywide avg: 57.3%)

Hispanic/Latino students -- ELA

38.7%(citywide avg: 44.4%)

Hispanic/Latino students -- Math

65.6%(citywide avg: 49.7%)

"% proficient" is the share of students scoring Level 3 or 4 on the state test. Citywide comparisons are the average across schools of the same type. Grades and groups with very few tested students are flagged since a handful of kids can swing the percentage a lot; groups too small to report are omitted by DOE for student privacy -- that's also why Science, tested only once, shows up far less often than ELA/Math.Source: NYC Open Data: School Quality Reports Data (2024-25 school year (latest published; checked Oct 16, 2026))

Demographics

175 students enrolled

Economic Need Index: 86.81%

Race & ethnicity

Asian and Pacific Islander

1.71%

Black

44%

Hispanic or Latino

49.71%

White

1.71%

Multiracial

1.14%

Native American

0.57%

Missing race/ethnicity data

1.14%

Other groups

Students with disabilities

24.57%

English Language Learners

34.29%

Living in poverty

90.29%

Female

51.43%

Male

48.57%

Neither female nor male

Economic Need Index is DOE's estimate of the share of students facing economic hardship, based on eligibility for public assistance, temporary housing status, and household income relative to the poverty line. Some very high values are reported by DOE only as "Above 95%" for student privacy and are shown here as 95%.Source: NYC DOE: Demographic Snapshot (2025-26 school year (latest published; checked Oct 16, 2026))

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