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What's the one class at DREAM CHARTER SCHOOL every student should take?
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Enrollment
554
Elementary
STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DREAM CHARTER SCHOOL EAST HARLEM·NCES 360096406038
DREAM CHARTER SCHOOL EAST HARLEM
1991 2ND AVE, NEW YORK, NY 10029 · (212) 722-0232 · New York County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL554 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 86% 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
12.9:1
43 FTE teachers
STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
524 students
STATE 58%
Community
1
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 | 61 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 62 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 61 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 61 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 62 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 62 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 62 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 61 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is about the same size as its 8th grade class (61).
Student demographics
55%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
79.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +18.1pp since 2023
Math
76.5%
NY avg 57.4% . +12.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 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 12 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 79.0% | 76.5% |
| 2023-24 | 60.9% | 64.4% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
65.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+25.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 40% 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 26 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 DREAM CHARTER SCHOOL EAST HARLEM
DREAM CHARTER SCHOOL EAST HARLEM's state test result (65.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| DREAM CHARTER SCHOOL EAST HARLEM this school | 554 | 94.6% | 65.9% |
| NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL OF HARLEM NEW YORK | 623 | 92.9% | 66.0% |
| PS 44 THOMAS C BROWN STATEN ISLAND | 521 | 92.9% | 17.9% |
| PS 41 GUN HILL ROAD BRONX | 593 | 94.9% | 30.6% |
| PS 55 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN BRONX | 495 | 97.6% | 23.5% |
| CHILDREN'S AID COLLEGE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL BRONX | 601 | 90.7% | 64.2% |
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 DREAM CHARTER SCHOOL EAST HARLEM ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In New York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.9% | #532 of 2,335 | #58 of 154 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.5% | #469 of 2,342 ▲ 278 | #54 of 151 ▲ 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.0% | #268 of 2,343 ▲ 233 | #44 of 151 ▲ 20 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 554 | #619 of 2,585 | #27 of 158 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #1,589 of 2,338 | #75 of 122 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.5% | #1,030 of 2,388 | #77 of 133 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.6% | #214 of 2,534 | #29 of 155 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.7% | #1,295 of 1,757 | #100 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
554
-342 (-38%) vs 2020
+177% since 2010-11, when it was 200
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 28.9:1
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 | 554 | 43 | 12.9:1 | 95% (524) |
| 2023-24 | 992 | 40.8 | 24.3:1 | 92% (915) |
| 2022-23 | 929 | 78.5 | 11.8:1 | 90% (834) |
| 2020-21 | 896 | 31 | 28.9:1 | 81% (725) |
| 2017-18 | 600 | 63 | 9.5:1 | 89% (533) |
| 2015-16 | 447 | 51 | 8.8:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2010-11 | 200 | 19 | 10.5:1 | 82% (163) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for DREAM CHARTER SCHOOL EAST HARLEM.
About DREAM CHARTER SCHOOL EAST HARLEM
DREAM CHARTER SCHOOL EAST HARLEM is a mid-sized elementary school that serves part of NEW YORK, New York. The school serves pre-K through 8. Enrollment is 554 students. That is 25% bigger than the average of about 443 students for elementary schools in New York.
DREAM CHARTER SCHOOL EAST HARLEM is its own local education agency in federal data.
More than half of the students at DREAM CHARTER SCHOOL EAST HARLEM are Hispanic (55%). Beyond that, enrollment is 38% Black and 2% White. In New York County overall, about 24% of residents are Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, DREAM CHARTER SCHOOL EAST HARLEM scores 55%.
There are 43 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 12.9:1. That is in line with the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. On the income side, 95% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 70% average for public schools in New York County, the school's rate is higher.
Among New York public elementary schools, DREAM CHARTER SCHOOL EAST HARLEM outscored 86%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for DREAM CHARTER SCHOOL EAST HARLEM is +25.7 points, in the top 10% of New York. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 65.9%, and the predicted rate is 40.2%.
The school's county is New York County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $103,931 a year, roughly 64% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in New York County number 358, with about 152,104 students.
Of the public schools around it, DREAM CHARTER SCHOOL EAST HARLEM is closest to PS 38 ROBERTO CLEMENTE, less than a tenth of a mile away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, DREAM CHARTER SCHOOL EAST HARLEM places 3rd out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
DREAM CHARTER SCHOOL EAST HARLEM falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools 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.
Enrollment decreased by 38% across 4 years, from 896 in 2020-21 to 554 in 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 28.9:1 to 12.9:1 over the same years.
The allk12 page for DREAM CHARTER SCHOOL EAST HARLEM lets the school community talk about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 DREAM CHARTER SCHOOL EAST HARLEMHow large is DREAM CHARTER SCHOOL EAST HARLEM?
DREAM CHARTER SCHOOL EAST HARLEM enrolls approximately 554 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does DREAM CHARTER SCHOOL EAST HARLEM serve?
DREAM CHARTER SCHOOL EAST HARLEM serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at DREAM CHARTER SCHOOL EAST HARLEM?
The student-to-teacher ratio at DREAM CHARTER SCHOOL EAST HARLEM is approximately 12.9:1 (43 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at DREAM CHARTER SCHOOL EAST HARLEM?
Student demographics at DREAM CHARTER SCHOOL EAST HARLEM are roughly 2% White, 55% Hispanic, 38% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees DREAM CHARTER SCHOOL EAST HARLEM?
DREAM CHARTER SCHOOL EAST HARLEM is overseen by DREAM CHARTER SCHOOL EAST HARLEM in New York County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.