Enrollment
256
Elementary
STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ACHIEVEMENT FIRST LEGACY CHARTER SCHOOL·NCES 360123006738
ACHIEVEMENT FIRST LEGACY CHARTER SCHOOL
118-49 MONTAUK ST, SAINT ALBANS, NY 11412 · (347) 471-2646 · Queens County
GRADES KG–03ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL256 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 83% of New York public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New York public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
23 FTE teachers
STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
212 students
STATE 58%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 54 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 25% |
| Grade 2 | 54 | 21% |
| Grade 3 | 85 | 33% |
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
STATE 72% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
67.0%
NY avg 58.3%
Math
64.0%
NY avg 57.4%
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
65.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+21.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 45% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 21 points, placing it in New York's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like ACHIEVEMENT FIRST LEGACY CHARTER SCHOOL
ACHIEVEMENT FIRST LEGACY CHARTER SCHOOL's state test result (65.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACHIEVEMENT FIRST LEGACY CHARTER SCHOOL this school | 256 | 82.8% | 65.5% |
| PS 279 HERMAN SCHREIBER BROOKLYN | 276 | 85.1% | 54.3% |
| CYNTHIA JENKINS SCHOOL JAMAICA | 297 | 80.1% | 39.8% |
| PS 15 JACKIE ROBINSON SPRINGFIELD GARDENS | 294 | 79.3% | 42.4% |
| NEW AMERICAN ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL (THE) BROOKLYN | 247 | 77.3% | 59.0% |
| IVY HILL PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 259 | 78.8% | 45.7% |
Matched among New York elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where ACHIEVEMENT FIRST LEGACY CHARTER SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.5% | #544 of 2,335 | #70 of 220 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #924 of 2,342 | #125 of 219 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.0% | #644 of 2,343 | #90 of 220 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 256 | #2,211 of 2,585 | #220 of 230 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.1:1 | #899 of 2,338 | #40 of 218 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.8% | #1,789 of 2,388 | #198 of 225 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.8% | #686 of 2,534 | #95 of 230 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 256 | 23 | 11.1:1 | 83% (212) |
| 2023-24 | 194 | 13 | 14.9:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 153 | 15 | 10.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ACHIEVEMENT FIRST LEGACY CHARTER SCHOOL.
About ACHIEVEMENT FIRST LEGACY CHARTER SCHOOL
ACHIEVEMENT FIRST LEGACY CHARTER SCHOOL is a low-enrollment elementary school based in SAINT ALBANS, New York. It educates 256 students in kindergarten through 3. The school's enrollment is 42% smaller than the 443 average for elementary schools in New York.
In federal data, the district for ACHIEVEMENT FIRST LEGACY CHARTER SCHOOL is the school itself.
At ACHIEVEMENT FIRST LEGACY CHARTER SCHOOL, Black students make up 80% of the student body. The school is also 11% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 17%. The chance that two students picked at random at ACHIEVEMENT FIRST LEGACY CHARTER SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 34%.
Its 23 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 11.1:1. That ratio is under the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 83%.
ACHIEVEMENT FIRST LEGACY CHARTER SCHOOL is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 83% of New York public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The BeatsExpectations model predicts 44.5% for ACHIEVEMENT FIRST LEGACY CHARTER SCHOOL, given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The actual figure is 65.5%. The 21.0-point gap ranks in the top 10% of New York schools.
Within Queens County, median household income is about $86,136, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Federal data list 392 public schools in Queens County, with a combined enrollment of about 268,205.
The school nearest to ACHIEVEMENT FIRST LEGACY CHARTER SCHOOL is RIVERTON STREET CHARTER SCHOOL, at a distance of less than a tenth of a mile. Within five miles of ACHIEVEMENT FIRST LEGACY CHARTER SCHOOL, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, ACHIEVEMENT FIRST LEGACY CHARTER SCHOOL is 3rd of 9 nearby schools with test data.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. It is a charter school, open to the public and funded by taxpayers.
Threads on this page can be about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Queens County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,323,052
Census ACS
Median income
$86,136
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
392
268,205 students
Quick facts
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Other schools in SAINT ALBANS
- RIVERTON STREET CHARTER SCHOOLElementary · 1,003 students
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- PS 118 LORRAINE HANSBERRYElementary · 398 students
- IS 192 LINDEN (THE)Middle · 355 students
- PS 136 ROY WILKINSElementary · 336 students
- PS 36 SAINT ALBANS SCHOOLElementary · 277 students
Nearby schools
- RIVERTON STREET CHARTER SCHOOL0.1 mi · 1,003
- PS 36 SAINT ALBANS SCHOOL0.2 mi · 277
- PS 15 JACKIE ROBINSON0.4 mi · 294
- IS 59 SPRINGFIELD GARDENS0.7 mi · 401
- SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL - SPRINGFIELD GARDENS0.7 mi · 998
- JERMAINE L GREEN STEM INSTITUTE OF QUEENS (THE)0.8 mi · 526
Frequently asked questions
About ACHIEVEMENT FIRST LEGACY CHARTER SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at ACHIEVEMENT FIRST LEGACY CHARTER SCHOOL?
ACHIEVEMENT FIRST LEGACY CHARTER SCHOOL enrolls approximately 256 students in grades KG-03.
What age range does ACHIEVEMENT FIRST LEGACY CHARTER SCHOOL serve?
ACHIEVEMENT FIRST LEGACY CHARTER SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 03.
How many teachers does ACHIEVEMENT FIRST LEGACY CHARTER SCHOOL have?
ACHIEVEMENT FIRST LEGACY CHARTER SCHOOL employs 23 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at ACHIEVEMENT FIRST LEGACY CHARTER SCHOOL?
At ACHIEVEMENT FIRST LEGACY CHARTER SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 2% White, 11% Hispanic, 80% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees ACHIEVEMENT FIRST LEGACY CHARTER SCHOOL?
ACHIEVEMENT FIRST LEGACY CHARTER SCHOOL is overseen by ACHIEVEMENT FIRST LEGACY CHARTER SCHOOL in Queens County.
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