DEMOCRACY PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL

Located at 2230 5TH AVE, in NEW YORK, New York, DEMOCRACY PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL is a mid-tier senior high that instructs 583 students (grades 6 through 12), run under DEMOCRACY PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL.

Operationally, DEMOCRACY PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL answers to DEMOCRACY PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

Demographically, DEMOCRACY PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL lists that Black students make up the majority at 61%. The remainder consists of 30% Hispanic, 4% Native American. By comparison, New York County as a whole is about 14% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.0:1 average. About 84% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, New York County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), DEMOCRACY PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 44.3%; this one delivers 53.4%.

In the surrounding community, New York County reports that median household earnings sit near $103,931, about 64% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. DEMOCRACY PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL is one of 358 public schools in New York County (combined enrollment of about 152,104 students).

The closest other public school is PS 197 JOHN B RUSSWURM, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), DEMOCRACY PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 40.1%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting. As a public charter, DEMOCRACY PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Five-year trend. DEMOCRACY PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL's enrollment has shrank 16% since 2018, when it stood at 691 (now 583). Over the same period, the Black share shrank from 67% to 61%.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.