EAST HARLEM SCHOLARS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL

EAST HARLEM SCHOLARS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL operates as a well-populated all-grades campus in NEW YORK, New York, overseen by EAST HARLEM SCHOLARS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL. Current enrollment sits at 922 students spanning grades pre-K through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 69% bigger than the state mean of about 544.

Operationally, EAST HARLEM SCHOLARS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL answers to EAST HARLEM SCHOLARS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

On the student-mix side, EAST HARLEM SCHOLARS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL logs that 69% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest is composed of 25% Black, 2% White. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 24%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, EAST HARLEM SCHOLARS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL has 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 8.7:1, putting EAST HARLEM SCHOLARS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. Around 89% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, New York County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, EAST HARLEM SCHOLARS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 42.2%; this one delivers 33.1%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for New York County indicate median household earnings sit near $103,931, roughly 64% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Across New York County's 358 public schools (combined enrollment of about 152,104 students), EAST HARLEM SCHOLARS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

PARK EAST HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts EAST HARLEM SCHOLARS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 56.3%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting. EAST HARLEM SCHOLARS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at EAST HARLEM SCHOLARS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL has climbed 76%, going from 525 students in 2018 to 922 in 2025. Class-load math has loosened: from 10.1:1 in 2018 to 18.1:1 in 2025.

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