Lamad Academy Charter School is a middle school located in Brooklyn, New York, serving grades 6-8 with a total enrollment of 187 students. The school is part of the Lamad Academy Charter School District, which is ranked 737 out of 865 districts in New York and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Lamad Academy Charter School consistently underperforms the state average in proficiency rates for English Language Arts (ELA) and Math across all grade levels. For example, in 2023-2024, the school's 8th-grade ELA proficiency rate was 48.28% compared to the state's 51.88%, and its 8th-grade Math proficiency rate was 35.09% compared to the state's 40.72%. The school's performance is particularly low for certain student subgroups, such as male students, who ranked in the bottom 25% of New York middle schools in 2023-2024. However, the school's performance is relatively stronger for African American and Hispanic students, ranking in the top 50% of New York middle schools for these subgroups. Lamad Academy Charter School has consistently ranked in the bottom 25% of New York middle schools, with a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger for the past three school years.
Despite the relatively high per-student spending at Lamad Academy Charter School, the school's academic performance and student-teacher ratio of 38.8 in 2020-2021 (significantly higher than the nearby schools, which had ratios ranging from 6.6 to 13.7 in 2022-2023) indicate that the resources may not be effectively utilized to support student learning. The nearby schools, such as New Heights Middle School, Brooklyn Science and Engineering Academy, and IS 392, generally outperform Lamad Academy Charter School in academic proficiency rates, school rankings, and ratings, despite serving a similar demographic of students.
Lamad Academy Charter School ranks 1091st of 1504 New York middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.
In the 2023-24 school year, 167 students attended Lamad Academy Charter School.
Students at Lamad Academy Charter School are 77% African American, 11% Hispanic, 5% Two or more races, 3% White, 2% Asian, 1% American Indian.
Lamad Academy Charter School