Prospect Park High School

What Prospect Park High School does

Bnos Leah Prospect Park Yeshiva is a private, non-profit Jewish girls' educational institution headquartered at 1784 East 17th Street in Brooklyn, NY, with a secondary location in Monsey, NY. Founded in 1952 by Rabbi Avrohom Kelman with the support of the Prospect Park shul, the school is recognized as the first girls' school to offer continuous K-12 Jewish education and holds a nationally renowned reputation within the Bais Yaakov community. It operates three divisions — Nursery/Preschool, Elementary (K-8), and High School (9-12) — delivering a dual curriculum of Limudei Kodesh (Jewish studies) and secular academics including STEM, writing, and enrichment programs such as E2K Math and Science (Gruss Foundation-funded), chess with Grandmaster Oleg Frenkel, and after-school clubs.

The institution is led by Rabbi Leib Kelman (Dean) and Rabbi Akiva Kelman (Associate Dean), continuing a family-run leadership model. Proprietary curriculum programs — including Hashkafah, Yesodos Haemunah "Kivun," Tznius, Penina Parsha, K'riah N'ima, and Brain Gym — are developed by named masters of Chinuch and reportedly adopted by Bais Yaakov schools nationally. Revenue is generated through tuition and registration fees (subscription recurring model), donations (general, dinner, Maos Chitim, special campaigns), Simcha Hall venue rentals for community celebrations, and annual dinner fundraising events. Pricing is not publicly disclosed. Go-to-market is community-led via word-of-mouth referrals through the Prospect Park shul and the broader Orthodox Jewish network, with online registration via the NYC MySchools portal (ppbrooklynreg.myschools.info). The institution operates as a private non-profit with no parent company, private equity, or venture capital ownership indicated.

Name

Prospect Park High School

Legal name

Bnos Leah Prospect Park Yeshiva

Website

https://bloppy.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1952

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Bnos Leah Prospect Park Yeshiva is a private, non-profit Jewish girls' K-12 institution in Brooklyn, NY, founded in 1952, offering Limudei Kodesh and secular academics across nursery, elementary, and high school divisions, with secondary location in Monsey.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Private K-12 Jewish Education

NAICS

Other Schools and Instruction (6116), All Other Schools and Instruction (61169)

akta.pro primary industry

Jewish Theological Seminaries & Rabbinical Colleges (EDAHAKAH)

Keywords

• Jewish girls education
• K-12 private school
• Religious education
• Chinuch programs
• Torah studies

Headquarters

HQ city

Brooklyn

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Tuition and Registration: School collects tuition and registration fees from families for nursery through 12th grade education
2. Donations: General donations, dinner donations, Maos Chitim (Pesach aid), and special campaign contributions accepted through website
3. Simcha Hall Rentals: Event venue rental for celebrations (simchas) generating rental income
4. School Dinner Events: Annual dinner events with donation options for dinner contributions

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Bnos Leah Prospect Park Yeshiva is a private K-12 Jewish girls' educational institution operating three divisions — Nursery/Preschool, Elementary, and High School — delivering a dual curriculum of Limudei Kodesh (Torah/Jewish studies) and secular academics including STEM, writing, chess, robotics, and enrichment programs. It also operates a Simcha Hall event venue for community celebrations.

Product overview

Bnos Leah Prospect Park Yeshiva is a Jewish girls' educational institution offering a unified K-12 educational program across three divisions: Nursery/Preschool, Elementary School, and High School. The institution provides religious education (Limudei Kodesh), secular academics including STEM and writing programs, and enrichment programs such as E2K Math and Science (Gruss Foundation funded), chess instruction by Grandmaster Oleg Frenkel, and various after school clubs. Additionally, the institution operates Simcha Hall as an event venue rental facility. The school was founded in 1952 and is led by Dean Rabbi Leib Kelman and Associate Dean Rabbi Akiva Kelman.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• High School Division High school program for grades 9-12 delivering Limudei Kodesh alongside secular academics including STEM, rigorous writing, Mesila Financial Literacy, Hashkafah curriculum, Yesodos Haemunah "Kivun", Tznius curriculum, and Challenges of Digital Technology program. For girls in the Orthodox Jewish community seeking a continuous K-12 Torah environment.
• Elementary School Division
• Nursery/Preschool Division
• Simcha Hall Venue Rental

Quantifiable outcome

• First girls school to offer K-12 education
• +1 more outcomes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature9 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Yeshivah of Flatbush: One of the largest Orthodox day schools in Brooklyn serving the same community. While co-ed, it competes for Orthodox Jewish families seeking intensive religious + secular education and operates similar enrichment and extracurricular programs.
• Bais Yaakov of Brooklyn: Orthodox Jewish girls' school in Brooklyn offering a comparable Limudei Kodesh + secular dual curriculum across multiple grade levels. Directly competes for the same Orthodox Jewish family demographic in Brooklyn.
• Central Yeshiva High School for Girls: Bais Yaakov-style girls' high school in Brooklyn serving the same Orthodox community. Competes directly for grades 9-12 enrollment and offers comparable Limudei Kodesh and STEM curriculum.
• Manhattan High School for Girls: Bais Yaakov high school in Manhattan offering a comparable Orthodox girls' education model. Competes with Bnos Leah for Brooklyn families willing to commute and serves the same broader Orthodox demographic.
• Bnos Israel: Orthodox girls' school in Brooklyn targeting the same community. Direct competitor for K-12 enrollment of Orthodox Jewish families in the Brooklyn/Monsey corridor.

Broad incumbents

• Yeshiva University High Schools: Long-established Orthodox high schools (boys' and girls' divisions) affiliated with Yeshiva University. Provides similar rigorous Jewish + secular education at a larger institutional scale with broader brand recognition.

Regional players

• Hebrew Academy of Long Beach: Orthodox day school on Long Island with a similar dual-curriculum model for boys and girls. Operates in a comparable Jewish education category but serves a different geographic market (Five Towns/Long Beach) rather than Brooklyn directly.

Others

• Beth Medrash Govoha: Major post-secondary yeshiva in Lakewood, NJ. Not a direct K-12 competitor but part of the broader Orthodox education ecosystem in the Northeast that shares the feeder community and faculty pipeline.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/school/prospect-park-high-school

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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