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What’s Special

Supportive approach to discipline

The Downside

Few seats available

Brooklyn Ascend Charter High School provides a strong college focus to students, but the number of applicants for each seat makes gaining admission a challenge.

The Ascend charter school network recently broke with the “no excuses” discipline model, which is popular in many charter schools, and now uses restorative justice. Students are taught to resolve conflicts on their own and are given the opportunity to learn from their mistakes. Ascend believes in the importance of fostering a supportive environment so students can learn to be critical thinkers. As a result of these restorative practices, Brooklyn Ascend has a lower suspension rate than most New York City high schools, though the percentage of students saying that bullying occurs a lot at the school exceeds the citywide average, based on responses to the NYC School Survey.

Sports teams include volleyball, basketball and softball for girls, and flag football, basketball and track for boys. Other extracurricular activities offered include yoga, introduction to web development, and dance.

Students take classes such as Making and Hacking Music, where they make their own musical instruments and learn about the technology behind digital sound systems.

The typical school day is 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. This longer day can be beneficial for working parents and students who could use the extra time in class.

Throughout high school, students take college seminars and workshops that cover topics such as financial aid, scholarships and the application process.

ADMISSIONS: By lottery. Ascend elementary school students are guaranteed a place at Ascend schools through high school. This means there are limited seats for students applying to Ascend schools for the first time in 9th grade. Priority also goes to students in District 18, students who have a sibling attending an Ascend school, and students whose parents work at an Ascend school. (Isabel Corpus, web reports, July 2018)

 

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School Stats

Citywide Average Key
This school is Better Near Worse than the citywide average

Academics

School
Citywide
How many students graduate in 4 years?
 
77%
How many students with disabilities graduate in 4 years?
 
67%
How many English language learners graduate in 4 years?
 
0%
Average daily attendance
 
89%
How many students miss 18 or more days of school?
 
36%
How many parents of students with disabilities say this school offers enough activities and services for their children's needs?
 
0%
How many parents of students with disabilities say this school works to achieve the goals of their students' IEPs?
 
0%
From the 2021-22 School Quality Guide and 2020-21 NYC School Survey

Students

1387
Number of students
Citywide Average is 599

Race/Ethnicity


School
Citywide
Low-income students
 
89%
Students with disabilities
 
13%
Multilingual learners
 
1%
From the 2022-23 Demographic Snapshot

Safety & Vibe

School
Citywide
How many students were suspended?
 
2%
How many students say they feel safe in the hallways, bathrooms and locker rooms?
 
100%
How many students think bullying happens most or all of the time at this school?
 
29%
How many students say that some are bullied at their school because of their gender or sexual orientation?
 
29%
From the 2020-21 NYC School Survey and 2019-20 NY State Report Card

Faculty & Staff

School
Citywide
How many teachers say the principal is an effective manager?
 
0%
4.0
Years of principal experience at this school
Citywide Average is 7

Teachers’ Race/Ethnicity


How many teachers have 3 or more years of experience teaching?
 
48%
Are teachers effective?
From the 2020-21 NYC School Survey, 2021-22 School Quality Guide, 2019-20 Report on School-Based Staff Demographics, 2021 Guidance Counselor Report, and this school's most recent Quality Review Report

Advanced Courses

Which students have access to advanced courses at this school? Learn more

Calculus

 
11%

Computer Science

Not offered in 2019-20

Physics

 
32%

Advanced Foreign Language

Not offered in 2019-20

AP/IB Arts, English, History or Social Science

 
41%

AP/IB Math or Science

 
35%

Music

Not offered in 2019-20
From unpublished, anonymized data from the 2021-22 school year provided by the New York State Education Department, brought to you by

College Readiness

School
Citywide
How many students graduate with test scores high enough to enroll at CUNY without remedial help?
 
57%
How many students take a college-level course or earn a professional certificate?
 
29%
How many students who have graduated from this high school stay in college for at least 3 semesters?
 
77%
From the 2020-21 and 2021-22 School Quality Guide
How many students filled out a FAFSA form by the end of their senior year?
 
81%
From the 2022-23 FAFSA data released by Federal Student Aid, brought you by
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Contact & Location

Location

1501 Pitkin Avenue
Brooklyn NY 11212

Trains: 3 Line to Sutter Ave-Rutland Rd; 4 Line to Crown Heights-Utica Ave

Buses: B7, B12, B14


Contact

Principal: Livia Angiolillo

Website

Other Details

Shared campus? Yes

This school shares a building with Brownsville Ascend Charter School.

Uniforms required? No
Metal detectors? No

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