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Explore Empower Charter School

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Explore Empower Charter School ranks 873 rd of 2445 New York elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Public, Charter Grades K-8

873^rd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,445 New York Elementary Schools

Better than 64% of New York elementary schools

Summary

Explore Empower Charter School is an elementary school serving 441 students in grades K-8 in Brooklyn, New York. This high-performing school consistently outperforms the state average on New York State Assessments across multiple grade levels and subjects, with particularly strong results for African American students, low-socioeconomic status students, and homeless students.

Explore Empower Charter School's academic performance is exceptional, with proficiency rates significantly higher than the state in both English Language Arts and Math for grades 3-8. The school also excels on Regents exams, with proficiency rates far surpassing the state average, especially in Algebra I and Living Environment/Biology. Additionally, Explore Empower maintains a relatively low student-teacher ratio compared to nearby district schools, which likely contributes to its success.

Despite serving a high-need population, with 86.39% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, Explore Empower Charter School is able to achieve strong academic outcomes that outshine nearby district schools. For example, Ps 189 Bilingual Center, the closest school, has proficiency rates 10-20 percentage points lower than Explore Empower in both ELA and Math. This suggests that Explore Empower is effectively leveraging its resources to drive student achievement, even in the face of significant socioeconomic challenges.

500

Students ?

13.5

Student/teacher ratio ?

$21,477

Per pupil spending ?

89.4%

Free/discounted lunch ?

188 Rochester Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11213-3102

(718) 771-2090

District: Explore Empower Charter School

Racial breakdown:

African American:

80.0%

Hispanic:

13.0%

American Indian:

4.0%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 21st percentile in 2015 → 64th in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 43 percentile points since 2015

✓Above the New York median (64th percentile)

Worth a look

!Life Science Biology scores 29 pts below the New York average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school59%

New York avg54%

Elementary school

873^rd of 2,445

New York public elementary schools ?

Top 36%▲ up 43 pts since 2015

From bottom 21% (2015) to top 36% (2025)

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★★★★★

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Middle school

490^th of 1,500

New York public middle schools ?

Top 33%▲ up 34 pts since 2015

From bottom 33% (2015) to top 33% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

317^th of 874Explore Empower Charter School among New York districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

Elementary school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	62.9	873 of 2445	64.3%	★★★☆☆
2024	63.0	822 of 2445	66.4%	★★★☆☆
2023	43.0	1364 of 2439	44.1%	★★☆☆☆
2022	34.4	1640 of 2434	32.6%	★★☆☆☆
2021	31.4	1572 of 2201	28.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	47.3	1229 of 2413	49.1%	★★☆☆☆
2018	36.4	1579 of 2395	34.1%	★★☆☆☆
2017	26.2	1842 of 2386	22.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	23.5	1903 of 2366	19.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	23.3	1854 of 2352	21.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	26.5	1811 of 2345	22.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	48.3	1169 of 2325	49.7%	★★☆☆☆
2012	43.7	1456 of 2320	37.2%	★★☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	73.7	197 of 928	78.8%	★★★★☆
2024	77.8	139 of 927	85.0%	★★★★☆
2023	49.3	395 of 857	53.9%	★★★☆☆
2022	58.1	330 of 936	64.7%	★★★☆☆
2019	70.5	205 of 891	77.0%	★★★★☆
2018	56.8	343 of 948	63.8%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	65.7	756 of 2409	68.6%	★★★☆☆
2024	75.8	495 of 2413	79.5%	★★★★☆
2023	50.7	1138 of 2403	52.6%	★★★☆☆
2022	38.0	1521 of 2401	36.7%	★★☆☆☆
2019	48.0	1208 of 2357	48.7%	★★☆☆☆
2018	44.1	1362 of 2338	41.7%	★★☆☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	70.6	159 of 792	79.9%	★★★★☆
2024	68.6	149 of 766	80.5%	★★★★☆
2023	54.8	244 of 637	61.7%	★★★☆☆
2022	37.3	393 of 622	36.8%	★★☆☆☆
2018	47.7	341 of 730	53.3%	★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	74.8	390 of 2098	81.4%	★★★★☆
2024	81.3	247 of 2078	88.1%	★★★★☆
2023	41.8	1133 of 2041	44.5%	★★☆☆☆
2022	41.2	1186 of 2099	43.5%	★★☆☆☆
2019	60.4	640 of 2032	68.5%	★★★☆☆
2018	48.8	956 of 2045	53.3%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	57.4	972 of 2407	59.6%	★★★☆☆
2024	48.6	1190 of 2411	50.6%	★★★☆☆
2023	37.8	1499 of 2400	37.5%	★★☆☆☆
2022	32.7	1674 of 2400	30.3%	★★☆☆☆
2019	47.1	1211 of 2358	48.6%	★★☆☆☆
2018	33.2	1657 of 2340	29.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	48.2	917 of 2134	57.0%	★★★☆☆
2024	56.7	650 of 2110	69.2%	★★★☆☆
2023	47.7	841 of 2016	58.3%	★★★☆☆
2022	40.4	1098 of 2031	45.9%	★★☆☆☆
2019	63.5	388 of 1859	79.1%	★★★★☆
2018	48.6	797 of 1941	58.9%	★★★☆☆

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	63.7	490 of 1500	67.3%	★★★☆☆
2024	56.8	595 of 1504	60.4%	★★★☆☆
2023	54.3	635 of 1500	57.7%	★★★☆☆
2022	46.0	770 of 1479	47.9%	★★☆☆☆
2021	32.3	868 of 1242	30.1%	★★☆☆☆
2019	65.6	433 of 1439	69.9%	★★★☆☆
2018	43.6	803 of 1438	44.2%	★★☆☆☆
2017	36.8	920 of 1455	36.8%	★★☆☆☆
2016	42.7	806 of 1429	43.6%	★★☆☆☆
2015	34.7	939 of 1407	33.3%	★★☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	73.4	127 of 676	81.2%	★★★★☆
2024	72.5	142 of 705	79.9%	★★★★☆
2023	68.0	173 of 696	75.1%	★★★★☆
2022	64.5	174 of 706	75.4%	★★★★☆
2019	76.8	110 of 653	83.2%	★★★★☆
2018	68.3	146 of 663	78.0%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	71.3	364 of 1457	75.0%	★★★★☆
2024	59.9	541 of 1465	63.1%	★★★☆☆
2023	51.7	684 of 1463	53.2%	★★★☆☆
2022	45.4	778 of 1454	46.5%	★★☆☆☆
2019	69.2	381 of 1370	72.2%	★★★★☆
2018	42.6	802 of 1353	40.7%	★★☆☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	78.8	80 of 603	86.7%	★★★★☆
2024	58.1	183 of 594	69.2%	★★★☆☆
2023	54.7	205 of 543	62.2%	★★★☆☆
2022	44.2	254 of 487	47.8%	★★☆☆☆
2018	28.4	360 of 457	21.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	71.6	277 of 1283	78.4%	★★★★☆
2024	62.1	396 of 1296	69.4%	★★★☆☆
2023	58.4	449 of 1288	65.1%	★★★☆☆
2022	49.0	565 of 1306	56.7%	★★★☆☆
2019	74.5	243 of 1241	80.4%	★★★★☆
2018	47.3	574 of 1245	53.9%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	54.9	600 of 1455	58.8%	★★★☆☆
2024	52.1	639 of 1464	56.4%	★★★☆☆
2023	55.0	596 of 1464	59.3%	★★★☆☆
2022	46.9	717 of 1455	50.7%	★★★☆☆
2019	59.0	483 of 1366	64.6%	★★★☆☆
2018	45.6	722 of 1352	46.6%	★★☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	50.2	512 of 1298	60.6%	★★★☆☆
2024	55.7	421 of 1303	67.7%	★★★☆☆
2023	60.8	339 of 1307	74.1%	★★★★☆
2022	53.8	405 of 1283	68.4%	★★★☆☆
2019	62.4	235 of 1139	79.4%	★★★★☆
2018	48.7	464 of 1170	60.3%	★★★☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Elementary school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)81st percentile+17 vs school

Homeless (2025)80th percentile+16 vs school

African American (2025)79th percentile+14 vs school

Female (2025)69th percentile+4 vs school

Male (2025)60th percentile-5 vs school

Special Education (2025)57th percentile-7 vs school

Middle school

Homeless (2025)87th percentile+19 vs school

African American (2025)81st percentile+14 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)78th percentile+11 vs school

Female (2025)75th percentile+8 vs school

Special Education (2025)61st percentile-7 vs school

Male (2025)59th percentile-9 vs school

By subject vs New York (2024-2025) ?

Algebra I94%+38 vs state

Math64%+9 vs state

English Language Arts62%+9 vs state

Science31%-14 vs state

Life Science Biology29%-29 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				Regents Common Core English Language Arts (2025)	Regents Algebra I (2025)	Regents Life Science Biology (2025)	Regents Earth and Space Sciences (2025)	NY State Assessments English Language Arts (2025)						NY State Assessments Math (2025)						NY State Assessments Science (2025)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Regents Common Core English Language Arts End of Course	Regents Algebra I End of Course	Regents Life Science Biology End of Course	Regents Earth and Space Sciences End of Course	NY State Assessments English Language Arts 3rd Grade	NY State Assessments English Language Arts 4th Grade	NY State Assessments English Language Arts 5th Grade	NY State Assessments English Language Arts 6th Grade	NY State Assessments English Language Arts 7th Grade	NY State Assessments English Language Arts 8th Grade	NY State Assessments Math 3rd Grade	NY State Assessments Math 4th Grade	NY State Assessments Math 5th Grade	NY State Assessments Math 6th Grade	NY State Assessments Math 7th Grade	NY State Assessments Math 8th Grade	NY State Assessments Science 5th Grade	NY State Assessments Science 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Explore Empower Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	188 Rochester Ave	Brooklyn	11213	Kings County	Explore Empower Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(718) 771-2090	500	37	13.5	89.4%	4 (0.8%)	400 (80.0%)	65 (13.0%)	7 (1.4%)	20 (4.0%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.6%)	62.9	873^rd of 2445 public elementary schools	64.3%		63	822^nd of 2445 public elementary schools	66.4%	51		94.4	29.2		61.4	68.0	71.4	47.1	55.4	67.5	65.2	89.4	61.4	60.4	52.7	61.3	31.0		$21,477	$21,477	$00
Middle School 394	Public	PK, KG-8	188 Rochester Ave	Brooklyn	11213	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #17	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 756-3164	201	16	12.8	92.5%	1 (0.5%)	141 (70.1%)	50 (24.9%)	4 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.0%)	3 (1.5%)	28.9	1809^th of 2445 public elementary schools	26.0%		14.1	2239^th of 2445 public elementary schools	8.4%	430					100.0	36.4	29.4	62.5	39.3	48.2	100.0	18.2	11.8	37.5	67.9	28.6	18.8	72.0	$40,828	$3,216	$37,612
Ps 335 Granville T Woods	Public	PK, KG-5	130 Rochester Ave	Brooklyn	11213	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #16	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 493-7736	170	16	10.9	97.1%	1 (0.6%)	133 (78.2%)	33 (19.4%)	1 (0.6%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	67.5	754^th of 2445 public elementary schools	69.2%		48.8	1203^rd of 2445 public elementary schools	50.8%	449					82.4	57.1	72.0				87.5	66.7	66.7				34.8		$45,484	$2,773	$42,711
Ps 191 Paul Robeson	Public	PK, KG-5	1600 Park Pl	Brooklyn	11233	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #17	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 756-1206	163	22	7.4	92.0%	4 (2.5%)	119 (73.0%)	35 (21.5%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	3 (1.8%)	37	1549^th of 2445 public elementary schools	36.6%		16.2	2180^th of 2445 public elementary schools	10.8%	631					41.2	80.0	58.3				36.8	42.9	41.7				30.0		$45,160	$2,900	$42,260
New Bridges Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1025 Eastern Pkwy	Brooklyn	11213	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #17	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 363-8200	431	38	11.2	81.2%	11 (2.6%)	309 (71.7%)	91 (21.1%)	7 (1.6%)	7 (1.6%)	2 (0.5%)	4 (0.9%)	62.7	876^th of 2445 public elementary schools	64.2%		53.9	1054^th of 2445 public elementary schools	56.9%	178					66.7	62.9	76.5				61.5	48.7	60.8				48.8		$33,426	$3,364	$30,062
Ps 243 Weeksville School (The)	Public	PK, KG-5	1580 Dean St	Brooklyn	11213	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #16	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 604-6909	199	21	9.4	94.5%	1 (0.5%)	128 (64.3%)	57 (28.6%)	5 (2.5%)	1 (0.5%)	3 (1.5%)	4 (2.0%)	19.7	2086^th of 2445 public elementary schools	14.7%		6.4	2394^th of 2445 public elementary schools	2.1%	308					42.1	26.3	41.7				57.1	14.3	24.0				29.2		$41,836	$4,492	$37,343
Dr Jacqueline Peek-Davis School	Public	PK, KG-5	430 Howard Ave	Brooklyn	11233	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #17	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 953-4569	218	14	15.5	96.8%	12 (5.5%)	149 (68.3%)	49 (22.5%)	6 (2.8%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	27.5	1847^th of 2445 public elementary schools	24.5%		39.8	1459^th of 2445 public elementary schools	40.3%	388					39.1	41.7	64.3				27.3	36.0	53.9						$37,966	$3,705	$34,260
KIPP Always Mentally Prepared Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	1224 Park Pl-4th Fl	Brooklyn	11213	Kings County	KIPP Always Mentally Prepared Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(718) 943-3710	891	43	20.7	89.1%	14 (1.6%)	726 (81.5%)	88 (9.9%)	7 (0.8%)	32 (3.6%)	6 (0.7%)	18 (2.0%)	77.8	487^th of 2445 public elementary schools	80.1%		61.1	875^th of 2445 public elementary schools	64.2%	388		79.4			67.4	73.9	73.3	70.3	78.7	80.8	75.6	83.3	67.0	74.0	93.0		47.5	75.0	$19,613	$19,613	$00
Ps 189 Bilingual Center (The)	Public	K-8	1100 E New York Ave	Brooklyn	11212	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #17	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 756-0210	887	69	12.8	97.2%	34 (3.8%)	583 (65.7%)	240 (27.1%)	12 (1.4%)	7 (0.8%)	6 (0.7%)	5 (0.6%)	41	1445^th of 2445 public elementary schools	40.9%		47.1	1231^st of 2445 public elementary schools	49.7%	214	90.0	100.0	100.0	72.2	63.1	44.3	42.5	53.4	58.7	53.9	64.6	64.4	28.9	44.2	59.4	53.1	28.1	45.3	$31,855	$3,576	$28,279
Ps 21 Crispus Attucks	Public	PK, KG-5	180 Chauncey St	Brooklyn	11233	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #16	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 493-9681	430	33	13.1	79.8%	4 (0.9%)	359 (83.5%)	62 (14.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.7%)	83.4	344^th of 2445 public elementary schools	85.9%		62.7	830^th of 2445 public elementary schools	66.1%	486					75.0	83.3	81.1				81.0	78.3	71.7				56.5		$33,873	$3,212	$30,661

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