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What's the one class at EAST HARLEM SCHOLARS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL every student should take?
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Enrollment
922
Combined
STATE 544
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EAST HARLEM SCHOLARS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL·NCES 360104206252
EAST HARLEM SCHOLARS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL
2050 2ND AVE, NEW YORK, NY 10026 · (212) 348-2518 · New York County
GRADES PK–12COMBINED11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL922 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 11% of New York public K-12 schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
18.1:1
51 FTE teachers
STATE 8.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
823 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 1 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 50 | 5% |
| Grade 1 | 56 | 6% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 5% |
| Grade 3 | 56 | 6% |
| Grade 4 | 53 | 6% |
| Grade 5 | 52 | 6% |
| Grade 6 | 46 | 5% |
| Grade 7 | 61 | 7% |
| Grade 8 | 62 | 7% |
| Grade 9 | 155 | 17% |
| Grade 10 | 123 | 13% |
| Grade 11 | 81 | 9% |
| Grade 12 | 79 | 9% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is 19% smaller than its 8th grade class (62).
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
41.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -1.9pp since 2023
Math
31.7%
NY avg 57.4% . +3.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.0% | 31.7% |
| 2023-24 | 42.9% | 27.8% |
% 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
33.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% 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
922
+150 (+19%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
was 30.9:1
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 | 922 | 51 | 18.1:1 | 89% (823) |
| 2023-24 | 897 | 61 | 14.7:1 | 87% (784) |
| 2022-23 | 846 | 63 | 13.4:1 | 82% (696) |
| 2020-21 | 772 | 25 | 30.9:1 | 84% (645) |
| 2017-18 | 525 | 52 | 10.1:1 | 99% (522) |
| 2015-16 | 325 | N/A | N/A | 0% (0) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for EAST HARLEM SCHOLARS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL.
About EAST HARLEM SCHOLARS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL
EAST HARLEM SCHOLARS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL is a public high-enrollment school serving multiple grade levels in NEW YORK, New York. Enrollment stands at 922 students, covering pre-K through 12. It has 69% more students than the average for combined schools in New York (about 544).
EAST HARLEM SCHOLARS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL operates as its own local education agency.
More than half of enrollment at EAST HARLEM SCHOLARS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL is Hispanic: 69%. Other groups make up 25% Black and 2% White. New York County as a whole is about 24% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 47%.
For every teacher at EAST HARLEM SCHOLARS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL, there are about 18.1 students; the school has 51 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for combined schools in New York is 8.7:1, so this school has more students per teacher. There are 823 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 89% of enrollment. By comparison, the figure for public schools in New York County is 70%.
On the allk12 Grade, EAST HARLEM SCHOLARS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL lands at D, ahead of 11% of New York public K-12 schools.
EAST HARLEM SCHOLARS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL is 9.1 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (33.1% versus 42.2%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in New York.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for New York County show that median household income comes to about $103,931, roughly 64% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. New York County counts 358 public schools with about 152,104 students.
PARK EAST HIGH SCHOOL is less than a tenth of a mile from EAST HARLEM SCHOLARS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around EAST HARLEM SCHOLARS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL holds at least 8 other public schools. The school's 33.1% average proficiency ranks 6th among 9 nearby schools.
NCES assigns EAST HARLEM SCHOLARS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL the locale City: Large, meaning 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.
In 2020-21, EAST HARLEM SCHOLARS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL enrolled 772 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 922. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 30.9:1; by 2024-25 it was 18.1:1.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at EAST HARLEM SCHOLARS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL. 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 EAST HARLEM SCHOLARS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOLHow large is EAST HARLEM SCHOLARS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL?
EAST HARLEM SCHOLARS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL enrolls approximately 922 students in grades PK-12.
What grades does EAST HARLEM SCHOLARS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL serve?
EAST HARLEM SCHOLARS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL serves grades PK-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at EAST HARLEM SCHOLARS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at EAST HARLEM SCHOLARS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL is approximately 18.1:1 (51 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at EAST HARLEM SCHOLARS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL?
Student demographics at EAST HARLEM SCHOLARS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL are roughly 2% White, 69% Hispanic, 25% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is EAST HARLEM SCHOLARS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL in?
EAST HARLEM SCHOLARS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL is part of EAST HARLEM SCHOLARS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL.
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