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Edmund W Gordon Brooklyn Laboratory Charter School is a public charter middle school serving grades 6-8 in Brooklyn, New York, with 269 students. The school is part of the Edmund W Gordon Brooklyn Laboratory Charter School District, which is ranked 589 out of 865 districts in New York and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.
The school's performance on state assessments is generally below the state and district averages, with proficiency rates ranging from 34.88% to 56.86% in ELA and 37.21% to 53.19% in math, compared to state averages of 43.64% to 51.88% and 50.56% to 57.08%, respectively. The school's performance on Regents exams is also below the state averages, with proficiency rates of 38.1% in Living Environment and 13.24% in Algebra I, compared to the state averages of 62.35% and 62.47%. The school's four-year graduation rate has been relatively stable, ranging from 83.6% to 85.1%, which is slightly below the state average, and its dropout rate has fluctuated, ranging from 0.0% to 10.0%, which is higher than the state average.
However, the school serves a high percentage of economically disadvantaged students, with 82.53% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, and has performed well for its African American and special education students, ranking in the top 185 and 331 out of 705 and 1,303 New York middle schools, respectively, for these subgroups in the 2023-2024 school year. Nearby schools, such as University Neighborhood Middle School, Fort Green Preparatory Academy, and Middle School 131, generally outperform Edmund W Gordon Brooklyn Laboratory Charter School on state assessments and Regents exams, but the charter school performs better than some of the nearby district schools in terms of student demographics.
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