Get more from InsideSchools

A Message from InsideSchools: The data below is the most up-to-date data available from City and State systems. We are working hard to update the narratives for all schools. We welcome your insights in the Comments section. Questions? Ask us!

Leadership Prep Brownsville Uncommon Charter Middle Academy

Grades: 5-8
213 Osborn Street, 4th Floor
Brooklyn NY 11212
Phone: 347-390-0540

Our Insights

What’s Special

Strong academic performance

The Downside

Safety concerns about surrounding area

Leadership Prep Brownsville Middle Academy, which serves grades five through eight, is part of Uncommon Schools, a large charter network that aims to get its largely low-income black and Latino students into college and give them the skills to succeed there. To achieve this goal, students have two hours of English language arts and 90 minutes of math every day. The school boasts of having one teacher for every 14 students to provide instruction geared to each child’s academic level.

Like other middle schools in the network, Leadership Prep Brownsville offers long school days and expects students to do 90 minutes to two hours of homework a night. The school year starts in August.

Test scores and attendance are above the city average, although students and teachers have some concerns about the school environment. Teachers are less satisfied with their jobs than their colleagues in many other schools and less likely to recommend their school to other teachers, according to the NYC School Survey. More than half the students surveyed said they did not believe discipline was applied fairly. Some of the low marks for the school may change with the arrival of a new principal, Jacobi Clifton, who took over in summer 2017 and has been with the Uncommon network since 2012.

The middle school is in a building shared with PS 284 and surrounded by a public housing development. More than half the students responding to the survey said they did not feel safe in the area around the school.

Uncommon started with middle schools and has expanded to include elementary and high schools. It envisions all of its students staying in the network for kindergarten through 12th grade. The Leadership Prep Brownsville Elementary Academy is in a different building about a mile away. Graduates of the middle school can go on to Uncommon Leadership Charter High School, which opened in 2017 on the Franklin K. Lane Campus on the Brooklyn-Queens border.

ADMISSIONS: Lottery for 5th grade, with priority to District 23. The school fills any vacancies in grades 6 through 8 from its waitlist. Applications are available from the Uncommon website. (Gail Robinson, DOE statistics and web reports, April 2018)    

Read more

School Stats

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

Is this school safe and well-run?

From the 2020-21 NYC School Survey

How many students say they feel safe in the hallways, bathrooms and locker rooms?
83%
78% Citywide Average
How many students think bullying happens most or all of the time at this school?
17%
58% Citywide Average

From the 2019-20 NY State Report Card

How many students were suspended?
90%
4% Citywide Average

How do students perform academically?

From the New York State 2022-2023 Assessment Database

How many elementary school students scored 3-4 on the state math exam?
71%
65% Citywide Average
How many elementary school students scored 3-4 on the state reading exam?
46%
56% Citywide Average
How many middle school students scored 3-4 on the state math exam?
64%
46% Citywide Average
How many middle school students scored 3-4 on the state reading exam?
58%
51% Citywide Average

From the 2021-22 School Quality Guide

How many 8th-graders earn high school credit?
34%
39% Citywide Average

Who does this school serve?

From the 2022-23 Demographic Snapshot

Enrollment
642
Asian
31%
Black
83%
Hispanic
15%
White
31%
Other
22%
Free or reduced priced lunch
92%
Students with disabilities
12%
English language learners
30%

From the 2021-22 School Quality Guide

Average daily attendance
89%
90% Citywide Average
How many students miss 18 or more days of school?
41%
38% Citywide Average

How does this school serve special populations?

From the New York State 2022-2023 Assessment Database

How many students with disabilities scored 3-4 on the state math exam?
50%
41% Citywide Average
How many students with disabilities scored 3-4 on the state reading exam?
16%
31% Citywide Average


For more information about our data sources, see About Our Data · More DOE statistics for this school

Contact & Location

Location

Brownsville (District 23)
Trains: 3 Line to Rockaway Ave; L Line to Sutter Ave
Buses: B14, B60

Contact

Principal
Mark Stulberg

Other Details

Shared campus?
Yes
This school shares a building with PS 284
Metal detectors?
No

Was this information helpful?

Get more from InsideSchools

You may also like …

Middle School for Art and Philosophy

1084 Lenox Road
Brooklyn, NY 11212

I.S. 392

104 Sutter Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11212

Comments

  • Is this your school? Please post any news, updates, events, changes, or other information!
  • We welcome questions, open discussions, and disagreements but comments with personal attacks, rude language, or those with seemingly malicious intent will be deleted.
  • Very long comments, those that contain links, or repeat comments may be blocked by our spam filter.
  • Problems? email us at contact@insideschools.org.
  • Users must comply with our Terms of Use.

×