Pave Academy Charter School

Pave Academy Charter School is the sole elementary school (grades K-8) serving the Brooklyn, New York area, with a total enrollment of 473 students. While the school has some areas of strength, such as higher-than-average proficiency rates in 3rd grade English Language Arts (ELA) and Math, it faces significant challenges in terms of overall academic performance and declining statewide ranking.

Compared to other schools in New York, Pave Academy Charter School has seen its statewide ranking drop from 623 out of 2,413 elementary schools in 2018-2019 to 1,573 out of 2,439 in 2022-2023, indicating a decline in academic performance relative to its peers. Additionally, the school's proficiency rates in other grade levels, particularly in 4th and 6th grade ELA and 4th, 5th, and 6th grade Math, are generally below the state average. The school's 8th grade Science proficiency rate of 29.55% is also significantly lower than the state average of 47.41%.

The school's high percentage of students (90.91%) who qualify for free or reduced-price lunch suggests that it faces significant socioeconomic challenges, which may be contributing to its academic struggles. Despite the school's relatively high per-student spending of $22,677, the academic performance of the school does not appear to be commensurate with the level of investment, indicating a need for the Pave Academy Charter School to re-evaluate its resource allocation and instructional strategies to better support student learning.