Prospect Schools

Founded and run by excellent teachers, Prospect Schools (formerly Brooklyn Prospect Charter School) has achieved outstanding results for an incredibly diverse student body. Teachers and faculty at Prospect are similarly diverse, coming from a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences. 89% hold advanced degrees, six years is the average classroom experience, and 16 different languages are spoken across the organization.

The guiding principle behind Prospect is a re-imagination of elementary, middle, and high school education with the purpose of giving students a lifelong passion for learning and setting them up to thrive in a global community. Finding your fit here means connecting with a student population ready for positive influence.

Student population

39% White
24% Black
19% Hispanic
10% Multiracial
5% Asian
2% Unreported

Charter initiatives

• Curriculum. Prospect is prioritizing the development of K-12 unit plans to be shared network-wide, with more rigorous student performance expectations.
• Operations. We’re devoting time and resources to streamlining and improving operations, so we maximize the benefits of being a network of schools and make it easier for our teachers to concentrate on what matters most: classroom time.
• Diversity. An ongoing initiative and something that Prospect will always focus on is creating a more inclusive adult community.
• Data. All divisions are strengthening their use of evidence to make better, more informed decisions that create a positive and enriching learning environment for our students.
• Growth. We are focused on bringing our school integration model to new communities in Brooklyn and to regions outside of NYC. We’re also in the process of enlarging our high school and starting to sketch out a plan for establishing a new elementary school in the next few years.