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Enrollment
900
Combined
STATE 544
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DEMOCRACY PREP HARLEM CHARTER SCHOOL·NCES 360101006183
DEMOCRACY PREP HARLEM CHARTER SCHOOL
207 W 133RD ST, NEW YORK, NY 10030 · (212) 281-1248 · New York County
GRADES KG–12COMBINED11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL900 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 33% of New York public K-12 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 K-12 schools
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
85 FTE teachers
STATE 8.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
807 students
STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 18 | 2% |
| Grade 1 | 39 | 4% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 6% |
| Grade 3 | 54 | 6% |
| Grade 4 | 52 | 6% |
| Grade 5 | 43 | 5% |
| Grade 6 | 78 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 86 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 107 | 12% |
| Grade 9 | 111 | 12% |
| Grade 10 | 101 | 11% |
| Grade 11 | 89 | 10% |
| Grade 12 | 63 | 7% |
| Ungraded | 4 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (18) is 83% smaller than its 8th grade class (107).
Student demographics
47%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
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
47.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +4.9pp since 2023
Math
41.1%
NY avg 57.4% . -2.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.0% | 41.1% |
| 2023-24 | 42.1% | 43.6% |
% 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
41.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 →
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
900
-250 (-22%) vs 2020
+726% since 2010-11, when it was 109
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
was 13.5:1
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 | 900 | 84.8 | 10.6:1 | 90% (807) |
| 2023-24 | 1,012 | 87.7 | 11.5:1 | 89% (900) |
| 2022-23 | 1,017 | 97.5 | 10.4:1 | 90% (916) |
| 2020-21 | 1,150 | 85 | 13.5:1 | 84% (966) |
| 2017-18 | 930 | 85 | 10.9:1 | 81% (755) |
| 2015-16 | 816 | 77 | 10.6:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2010-11 | 109 | 5 | 21.8:1 | 81% (88) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for DEMOCRACY PREP HARLEM CHARTER SCHOOL.
About DEMOCRACY PREP HARLEM CHARTER SCHOOL
DEMOCRACY PREP HARLEM CHARTER SCHOOL is one of the public schools in NEW YORK, New York. It is a large combined-grade school. The student body numbers 900 students, from kindergarten through 12. Average enrollment for combined schools in New York is about 544, so this school runs 65% larger than that.
Federal records list DEMOCRACY PREP HARLEM CHARTER SCHOOL as its own district.
Roughly 67% of students at DEMOCRACY PREP HARLEM CHARTER SCHOOL are Black. Beyond that, enrollment is 29% Hispanic. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 14%. DEMOCRACY PREP HARLEM CHARTER SCHOOL's diversity index is 47%, against a US figure of 70%.
DEMOCRACY PREP HARLEM CHARTER SCHOOL operates with 84.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 10.6:1. On average, combined schools in New York have 8.7:1, compared with 10.6:1 here. DEMOCRACY PREP HARLEM CHARTER SCHOOL reports 90% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The rate at public schools in New York County averages 70%, lower than here.
The allk12 Grade for DEMOCRACY PREP HARLEM CHARTER SCHOOL is C. Compared with New York public K-12 schools, the school scored higher than 33% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, DEMOCRACY PREP HARLEM CHARTER SCHOOL is within a point of the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 41.3% actual, 42.0% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in New York.
Within New York County, the median household income is $103,931, roughly 64% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides DEMOCRACY PREP HARLEM CHARTER SCHOOL, New York County has 357 other public schools.
ST. HOPE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, less than a tenth of a mile away. Within five miles of DEMOCRACY PREP HARLEM CHARTER SCHOOL, there are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, DEMOCRACY PREP HARLEM CHARTER SCHOOL ranks 4th on average proficiency.
DEMOCRACY PREP HARLEM CHARTER SCHOOL falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. The school is a charter school, funded with public money and operated under a charter agreement.
Over 4 years, DEMOCRACY PREP HARLEM CHARTER SCHOOL's enrollment declined 22%, to 900. The number of students per teacher fell from 13.5 to 10.6 over 4 years.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for DEMOCRACY PREP HARLEM CHARTER SCHOOL covering things like sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 DEMOCRACY PREP HARLEM CHARTER SCHOOLHow many students attend DEMOCRACY PREP HARLEM CHARTER SCHOOL?
DEMOCRACY PREP HARLEM CHARTER SCHOOL enrolls approximately 900 students in grades KG-12.
What grades does DEMOCRACY PREP HARLEM CHARTER SCHOOL serve?
DEMOCRACY PREP HARLEM CHARTER SCHOOL serves grades KG-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at DEMOCRACY PREP HARLEM CHARTER SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at DEMOCRACY PREP HARLEM CHARTER SCHOOL is approximately 10.6:1 (85 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at DEMOCRACY PREP HARLEM CHARTER SCHOOL?
At DEMOCRACY PREP HARLEM CHARTER SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 1% White, 29% Hispanic, 67% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is DEMOCRACY PREP HARLEM CHARTER SCHOOL public or private?
DEMOCRACY PREP HARLEM CHARTER SCHOOL is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by DEMOCRACY PREP HARLEM CHARTER SCHOOL.
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