Broad Foundation Awards $2.5 Million in New Grants to Expand Premier Public Charter Schools in New York City

Schools across the Uncommon network consistently outperform their neighboring district schools and rank among the top schools in their cities and states. For example:
• On the 2008 New York State math and English language arts exams, Uncommon Schools’ students – 99 percent of whom are Black or Latino – collectively closed the “achievement gap” in grades three through seven, out-performing the state’s white students.
• In addition, 96 percent of Uncommon’s New York City students across four schools scored advanced or proficient on math exams, besting the overall state average by 15 percentage points and the white student average by eight percentage points.
• On English language arts exams, 80 percent of Uncommon students scored advanced or proficient, exceeding both the state average the state’s white student average.
• Based on the 2008 New York City Department of Education Progress Reports,
Uncommon’s Excellence Boys Charter School of Bedford Stuyvesant is the highestranked public elementary school in the city.