AMBER CHARTER SCHOOL EAST HARLEM

AMBER CHARTER SCHOOL EAST HARLEM operates as a low-enrollment primary school in NEW YORK, New York, part of AMBER CHARTER SCHOOL EAST HARLEM. Current enrollment sits at 288 students spanning grades K through 6. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so AMBER CHARTER SCHOOL EAST HARLEM sits 35% below that benchmark.

AMBER CHARTER SCHOOL EAST HARLEM is the operating authority for AMBER CHARTER SCHOOL EAST HARLEM, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

On the student-mix side, AMBER CHARTER SCHOOL EAST HARLEM shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 69% of enrollment; the rest reads as 24% Black, 3% White, 2% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 24%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 93% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against New York County (around 70%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, AMBER CHARTER SCHOOL EAST HARLEM sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 40.6%; this one delivers 44.8%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for New York County indicate median household income runs about $103,931, roughly 64% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, New York County runs 358 public schools (combined enrollment of about 152,104 students), of which AMBER CHARTER SCHOOL EAST HARLEM is one.

The closest other public school is PARK EAST HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, AMBER CHARTER SCHOOL EAST HARLEM comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 51.2%.

AMBER CHARTER SCHOOL EAST HARLEM operates from an urban location. AMBER CHARTER SCHOOL EAST HARLEM is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 42%: 495 students in 2018 compared to 288 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 31% to 24% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 17.7:1 in 2018 to 11.5:1 today.

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