LAUNCH EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING CHARTER SCHOOL

Located on the third floor of 1580 Dean Street in Brooklyn, New York, Launch Expeditionary Learning Charter School operates as an active, independent charter district focused entirely on middle school education. Serving a large city community within the vibrant New York-Newark-Jersey City metropolitan region, this single-school district delivers targeted instruction to students in grades 6 through 8, alongside dedicated ungraded offerings. Functioning as its own local education agency for federal programs, the district provides an accessible urban learning environment tailored to adolescent development, conveniently situated to serve families across the local Brooklyn neighborhood.

The district maintains a close-knit learning community with a total enrollment of 268 students—comprising 88 sixth graders, 90 seventh graders, 88 eighth graders, and 2 ungraded students. The student body is racially diverse, reflecting its vibrant urban surroundings with 197 Black students, 60 Hispanic students, 5 White students, 3 students of two or more races, 2 Asian students, and 1 Pacific Islander student, alongside a gender distribution of 147 female and 121 male learners. To support student growth, Launch Expeditionary Learning Charter School maintains a remarkably robust staffing structure totaling 110 full-time equivalent (FTE) staff members. This includes 54 FTE teachers—resulting in an exceptionally low student-to-teacher ratio of under five to one—complemented by 11 FTE instructional aides and 45 FTE support staff who together foster a supportive, well-resourced academic environment.