All of the third graders in Success Academy Flatbush (SA Flatbush), which opened in 2016, passed the state tests in both math and the English Language Arts (ELA), while less than half of the rest of students tested across the public schools in Brooklyn managed to pass.

Minority students do better overall as charters gain market share.

If Mayor de Blasio has plans for the location of a new Queens-based middle school for the Success Academy charter school organization he is keeping them a guarded secret a week after thousands of Queens parents and students rallied in St. Albans demanding action from City Hall.

The Success Academy charter network operates four of the top 10 elementary schools in the borough, but needs to open a second Queens middle school to handle all its rising students come next August.