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EQUALITY CHARTER SCHOOL
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 69 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 34 | 5% |
| Grade 6 | 92 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 90 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 89 | 12% |
| Grade 9 | 117 | 16% |
| Grade 10 | 93 | 12% |
| Grade 11 | 76 | 10% |
| Grade 12 | 90 | 12% |
| Ungraded | 2 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (69) is 22% smaller than its 8th grade class (89).
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 8 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.8% | 56.3% |
| 2023-24 | 54.5% | 64.7% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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%.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 752 | 70 | 10.7:1 | 91% (687) |
| 2023-24 | 631 | 71.5 | 8.8:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 615 | 59 | 10.4:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 619 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 638 | 52 | 12.3:1 | 79% (502) |
| 2015-16 | 447 | 37 | 12.1:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2010-11 | 205 | 15 | 13.7:1 | 76% (155) |
About EQUALITY CHARTER SCHOOL
EQUALITY CHARTER SCHOOL is a mid-sized school serving multiple grade levels in BRONX, New York, under EQUALITY CHARTER SCHOOL. The school enrolls 752 students in kindergarten through 12. Combined schools in New York average about 544 students, which makes this school 38% above average.
EQUALITY CHARTER SCHOOL operates as its own local education agency.
The share of Black students at EQUALITY CHARTER SCHOOL is 63%, a majority. The remaining students are 32% Hispanic. Census figures show Bronx County is about 33% Black. A diversity index of 50% means there is a 50% chance two randomly chosen students at EQUALITY CHARTER SCHOOL are from different groups.
Its staff includes 70 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 10.7 students per teacher. The average for combined schools in New York, 8.7:1, is lower. EQUALITY CHARTER SCHOOL has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 91%. That is in line with the 90% average for public schools in Bronx County.
EQUALITY CHARTER SCHOOL earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 63% of New York public K-12 schools.
Compared with New York schools that have similar shares of low-income students, EQUALITY CHARTER SCHOOL's results are 11.1 points above predicted: 52.5% against 41.4%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Bronx County show that the median household earns about $48,676 a year, about 22% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 23% of residents are in poverty. Bronx County has 472 public schools with about 202,028 students, including EQUALITY CHARTER SCHOOL.
PS 160 WALT DISNEY is the nearest public school to EQUALITY CHARTER SCHOOL, less than a tenth of a mile away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 49.5% proficiency; EQUALITY CHARTER SCHOOL posts 52.5%.
NCES assigns EQUALITY CHARTER SCHOOL the locale City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. EQUALITY CHARTER SCHOOL holds a charter, making it a public charter school.
The school's student count rose 21% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
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