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HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE PROMISE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 27 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 41% 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 21 points, placing it in New York's top 10%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE PROMISE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL
HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE PROMISE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL operates as a sizable combined-grade school in NEW YORK, New York, one of the schools within HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE PROMISE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL. Current enrollment sits at 1,176 students spanning grades K through 12. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 544 students each, so HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE PROMISE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL sits 116% larger than that benchmark.
Operationally, HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE PROMISE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL answers to HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE PROMISE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.
For racial and ethnic makeup, HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE PROMISE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL reports that Black students make up the majority at 79%. Other groups include 18% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 14% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.
On the income-and-resources front, HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE PROMISE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL lists 68 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.3:1. The state averages around 8.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 92% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against New York County (around 70%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.
With demographic context factored in, HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE PROMISE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 41.2%; this one delivers 62.3%, a residual of +21.1 points.
Around the school, census data for New York County shows median household income runs about $103,931, about 64% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE PROMISE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL is one of 358 public schools in New York County (combined enrollment of about 152,104 students).
PS 154 HARRIET TUBMAN is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE PROMISE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 39.5%.
The school occupies a metropolitan site. As a public charter, HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE PROMISE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.
Over the past 7-year window. HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE PROMISE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 1,154 (now 1,176). Class-load math has grew: from 13.9:1 in 2018 to 17.3:1 in 2025.
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