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What tradition at HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE PROMISE ACADEMY II CHARTER SCHOOL should never be changed?
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Enrollment
1,053
Combined
STATE 544
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE PROMISE ACADEMY II CHARTER SCHOOL·NCES 360014005777
HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE PROMISE ACADEMY II CHARTER SCHOOL
35 E 125TH ST, NEW YORK, NY 10035 · (212) 360-3255 · New York County
GRADES KG–12COMBINED11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,053 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 55% of New York public K-12 schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
14.4:1
73 FTE teachers
STATE 8.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
991 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 83 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 90 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 98 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 96 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 111 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 101 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 84 | 8% |
| Grade 7 | 90 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 88 | 8% |
| Grade 9 | 66 | 6% |
| Grade 10 | 52 | 5% |
| Grade 11 | 46 | 4% |
| Grade 12 | 48 | 5% |
This year's kindergarten class (83) is 6% smaller than its 8th grade class (88).
Student demographics
35%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
52.9%
NY avg 58.3% . -0.8pp since 2023
Math
46.6%
NY avg 57.4% . -14.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 15 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.9% | 46.6% |
| 2023-24 | 53.7% | 61.2% |
% 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
49.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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
1,053
-13 (-1%) vs 2020
+111% since 2010-11, when it was 500
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 1,053 | 72.9 | 14.4:1 | 94% (991) |
| 2023-24 | 1,054 | 65.6 | 16.1:1 | 94% (990) |
| 2022-23 | 1,019 | 66 | 15.4:1 | 92% (938) |
| 2020-21 | 1,066 | 70 | 15.2:1 | 93% (989) |
| 2017-18 | 1,002 | 82.3 | 12.2:1 | 83% (829) |
| 2015-16 | 872 | 77 | 11.3:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2010-11 | 500 | 35 | 14.3:1 | 70% (351) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE PROMISE ACADEMY II CHARTER SCHOOL.
About HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE PROMISE ACADEMY II CHARTER SCHOOL
Families in NEW YORK, New York, are served by HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE PROMISE ACADEMY II CHARTER SCHOOL, a large school serving multiple grade levels. It reports enrollment of 1,053 students in kindergarten through 12. On average, combined schools in New York enroll around 544, and this school is 94% larger than that mark.
HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE PROMISE ACADEMY II CHARTER SCHOOL operates as its own local education agency.
Federal enrollment data show HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE PROMISE ACADEMY II CHARTER SCHOOL is 78% Black. Next come 17% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. The county population is about 14% Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 35, compared with 70 nationally.
For every teacher at HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE PROMISE ACADEMY II CHARTER SCHOOL, there are about 14.4 students; the school has 72.9 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 991 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 94% of enrollment. Public schools in New York County average 70%.
HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE PROMISE ACADEMY II 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 55% of New York public K-12 schools.
HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE PROMISE ACADEMY II CHARTER SCHOOL is 9.3 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (49.7% versus 40.4%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in New York.
For the population of New York County, 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's 358 public schools enroll about 152,104 students and include HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE PROMISE ACADEMY II CHARTER SCHOOL.
Of the public schools around it, HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE PROMISE ACADEMY II CHARTER SCHOOL is closest to HARLEM RENAISSANCE HIGH SCHOOL, about 0.1 miles away. HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE PROMISE ACADEMY II CHARTER SCHOOL has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE PROMISE ACADEMY II CHARTER SCHOOL at 2nd of 7.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Large. Charter status: HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE PROMISE ACADEMY II CHARTER SCHOOL is a public charter school.
Enrollment went from 1,066 in 2020-21 to 1,053 in 2024-25, a change of 13 students.
The allk12 page for HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE PROMISE ACADEMY II CHARTER SCHOOL lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE PROMISE ACADEMY II CHARTER SCHOOLHow many students attend HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE PROMISE ACADEMY II CHARTER SCHOOL?
HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE PROMISE ACADEMY II CHARTER SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,053 students in grades KG-12.
Is HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE PROMISE ACADEMY II CHARTER SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE PROMISE ACADEMY II CHARTER SCHOOL is a combined-grade school covering grades KG-12.
How many teachers does HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE PROMISE ACADEMY II CHARTER SCHOOL have?
HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE PROMISE ACADEMY II CHARTER SCHOOL employs 73 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.4:1.
What is the student diversity at HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE PROMISE ACADEMY II CHARTER SCHOOL?
Student demographics at HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE PROMISE ACADEMY II CHARTER SCHOOL are roughly 1% White, 17% Hispanic, 78% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE PROMISE ACADEMY II CHARTER SCHOOL in?
HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE PROMISE ACADEMY II CHARTER SCHOOL is part of HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE PROMISE ACADEMY II CHARTER SCHOOL.
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