Bushwick Ascend Charter School

751 KNICKERBOCKER AVENUE, BROOKLYN, NY 11221 · Brooklyn · K-8

DBN: 84K793 · Located in District 32

K-8

Unzoned

SchoolDigger Elementary: 625 (of 2445)

SchoolDigger Middle: 124 (of 1500)

Niche Elementary: A- · 456 (of 2807)

Niche Middle: A- · 201 (of 1507)

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: 93.8%

80.9% attend 90%+ of days

Subject

Student group

Overall proficiency

ELA % proficient

70.2%(citywide avg: 55.6%)

ELA avg. rating

3.31 / 4.5(citywide avg: 3.03 / 4.5)

Math % proficient

76.7%(citywide avg: 54.3%)

Math avg. rating

3.46 / 4.5(citywide avg: 3.01 / 4.5)

Science % proficient (Grade 8 only)

68.5%

Science avg. rating (Grade 8 only)

3.19 / 4.5

By grade

Grade 3 ELA

68.8%

Grade 3 Math

81.7%

Grade 4 ELA

57.7%

Grade 4 Math

74.4%

Grade 5 ELA

66.2%

Grade 5 Math

58.7%

Grade 6 ELA

67.6%

Grade 6 Math

70.8%

Grade 7 ELA

76.5%

Grade 7 Math

86.4%

Grade 8 ELA

81.7%

Grade 8 Math

84.8%

By student group

English Language Learners -- ELA

57.9%(citywide avg: 39.6%)

English Language Learners -- Math

68.8%(citywide avg: 45%)

Students with disabilities -- ELA

40.8%

Students with disabilities -- Math

45.1%

Black students -- ELA

72.2%(citywide avg: 57.8%)

Black students -- Math

74.6%(citywide avg: 51.1%)

Hispanic/Latino students -- ELA

69.9%(citywide avg: 55.1%)

Hispanic/Latino students -- Math

76.7%(citywide avg: 54.6%)

"% 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

605 students enrolled

Economic Need Index: 82.82%

Race & ethnicity

Asian and Pacific Islander

0.99%

Black

14.71%

Hispanic or Latino

80.5%

White

1.98%

Multiracial

0.33%

Native American

0.83%

Missing race/ethnicity data

0.66%

Other groups

Students with disabilities

17.52%

English Language Learners

28.6%

Living in poverty

92.73%

Female

51.07%

Male

48.93%

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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