Enrollment
288
Elementary
STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AMBER CHARTER SCHOOL EAST HARLEM·NCES 360003904439
AMBER CHARTER SCHOOL EAST HARLEM
220 E 106TH ST, NEW YORK, NY 10029 · (646) 964-2452 · New York County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL288 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 51% of New York public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats 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
11.5:1
25 FTE teachers
STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
269 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 | 37 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 33 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 32 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 40 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 56 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 47 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 43 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (37) is 14% smaller than its 6th grade class (43).
Student demographics
46%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
56.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +18.0pp since 2023
Math
53.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +14.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 18 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 14 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.0% | 53.0% |
| 2023-24 | 38.0% | 39.0% |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
44.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New York's top nor bottom 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 AMBER CHARTER SCHOOL EAST HARLEM
AMBER CHARTER SCHOOL EAST HARLEM's state test result (44.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMBER CHARTER SCHOOL EAST HARLEM this school | 288 | 93.4% | 44.8% |
| PS 120 CARLOS TAPIA BROOKLYN | 289 | 94.8% | 42.0% |
| BGLIG-SHIRLEY RODRIGUEZ-REMENESKI CS BRONX | 313 | 92.3% | 49.6% |
| PS 73 BRONX BRONX | 283 | 95.1% | 29.0% |
| PS 23 NEW CHILDREN'S SCHOOL (THE) BRONX | 332 | 92.8% | 20.5% |
| PS 146 ANN M SHORT NEW YORK | 305 | 96.7% | 32.1% |
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 AMBER CHARTER SCHOOL EAST HARLEM ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In New York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.8% | #1,402 of 2,335 | #99 of 154 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #1,307 of 2,342 ▲ 384 | #87 of 151 ▲ 21 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #1,087 of 2,343 ▲ 272 | #88 of 151 ▲ 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 288 | #2,055 of 2,585 | #108 of 158 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.5:1 | #1,066 of 2,338 | #57 of 122 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.2% | #1,388 of 2,388 | #95 of 133 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.4% | #278 of 2,534 | #38 of 155 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -41.8% | #94 of 1,757 | #17 of 114 |
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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
288
-201 (-41%) vs 2020
-33% since 2010-11, when it was 433
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
was 16.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 288 | 25 | 11.5:1 | 93% (269) |
| 2023-24 | 312 | 22 | 14.2:1 | 99% (309) |
| 2022-23 | 336 | 26 | 12.9:1 | 90% (303) |
| 2020-21 | 489 | 30 | 16.3:1 | 89% (437) |
| 2017-18 | 495 | 28 | 17.7:1 | 99% (492) |
| 2015-16 | 480 | 26 | 18.5:1 | N/A |
| 2010-11 | 433 | 27 | 16.0:1 | 83% (360) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for AMBER CHARTER SCHOOL EAST HARLEM.
About AMBER CHARTER SCHOOL EAST HARLEM
In NEW YORK, New York, part of New York County, AMBER CHARTER SCHOOL EAST HARLEM is an elementary school. It educates 288 students in kindergarten through 6. The typical figure for elementary schools in New York is about 443 students.
In federal data, the district for AMBER CHARTER SCHOOL EAST HARLEM is the school itself.
AMBER CHARTER SCHOOL EAST HARLEM is 69% Hispanic by enrollment. Smaller groups are 24% Black, 3% White, and 2% multiracial. County-wide, 24% of New York County residents are Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 46%, meaning two students picked at random have a 46% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
AMBER CHARTER SCHOOL EAST HARLEM's 25 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 11.5:1. That is lower than the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 93%. Among public schools in New York County, the average eligibility rate is 70%.
allk12 grades AMBER CHARTER SCHOOL EAST HARLEM a B-. The grade compares the school only with New York public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 40.6% for AMBER CHARTER SCHOOL EAST HARLEM. The school posts 44.8%, 4.2 points above the prediction.
Recent Census Bureau figures for New York County show that the median household income is $103,931, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 64%, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. Besides AMBER CHARTER SCHOOL EAST HARLEM, New York County has 357 other public schools.
The closest public school, PARK EAST HIGH SCHOOL, is less than a tenth of a mile from AMBER CHARTER SCHOOL EAST HARLEM. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, AMBER CHARTER SCHOOL EAST HARLEM is 4th on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for AMBER CHARTER SCHOOL EAST HARLEM is City: Large, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. AMBER CHARTER SCHOOL EAST HARLEM is a publicly funded charter school.
The 2020-21 count was 489 students and the 2024-25 count was 288. A difference that large may reflect a change in which grades the school serves. Students per teacher fell from 16.3 in 2020-21 to 11.5 in 2024-25.
Discussions about AMBER CHARTER SCHOOL EAST HARLEM may include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
New York County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,629,477
Census ACS
Median income
$103,931
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
64%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
358
152,104 students
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Frequently asked questions
About AMBER CHARTER SCHOOL EAST HARLEMHow large is AMBER CHARTER SCHOOL EAST HARLEM?
AMBER CHARTER SCHOOL EAST HARLEM enrolls approximately 288 students in grades KG-06.
Is AMBER CHARTER SCHOOL EAST HARLEM an elementary, middle, or high school?
AMBER CHARTER SCHOOL EAST HARLEM is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many teachers does AMBER CHARTER SCHOOL EAST HARLEM have?
AMBER CHARTER SCHOOL EAST HARLEM employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.5:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at AMBER CHARTER SCHOOL EAST HARLEM?
At AMBER CHARTER SCHOOL EAST HARLEM, the student body is approximately 3% White, 69% Hispanic, 24% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees AMBER CHARTER SCHOOL EAST HARLEM?
AMBER CHARTER SCHOOL EAST HARLEM is overseen by AMBER CHARTER SCHOOL EAST HARLEM in New York County.
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