Lamad Academy Charter School

Lamad Academy Charter School is a middle school located in Brooklyn, New York, serving grades 6-8 with a total enrollment of 167 students. The school is part of the Lamad Academy Charter School District, which is ranked 514 out of 874 districts in New York and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Academically, Lamad Academy Charter School has consistently underperformed compared to the state average in English Language Arts (ELA) and Math proficiency across grades 6-8 over the past 3 school years. In 2024-2025, the school's ELA proficiency rates ranged from 46.94% to 50%, while the state average was 50.86% to 52.38%. In Math, the school's proficiency rates ranged from 36.73% to 74.07%, with the state average being 46.74% to 51.2%. The school's performance on Regents exams, such as Living Environment and Algebra I, also lagged behind the state average. Interestingly, nearby schools like New Heights Middle School, Brooklyn Science and Engineering Academy, and Mott Hall Bridges Academy generally outperform Lamad Academy Charter School in academic proficiency, especially in ELA and Math.

The school has shown varying performance across different student subgroups, with female students and African American students performing better than their male and Hispanic counterparts, respectively. Students with special needs and those from low socioeconomic backgrounds have also struggled, with their performance ranking in the bottom half of New York middle schools. Notably, homeless students at the school have performed particularly poorly, ranking in the bottom 10% of New York middle schools. These challenges suggest a need for the school to address the learning needs of its diverse student population and optimize its resource allocation to drive meaningful and sustainable improvements in student outcomes.