Enrollment
309
Elementary
STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HARLEM LINK CHARTER SCHOOL·NCES 360013805775
HARLEM LINK CHARTER SCHOOL
21 W 111TH ST-RM 357, NEW YORK, NY 10026 · (212) 289-3249 · New York County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL309 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 54% of New York public elementary 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
24 FTE teachers
STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
269 students
STATE 58%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 1 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 39 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 43 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 51 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 59 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 61 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 54 | 17% |
| Grade 8 | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
53%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
59.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +22.0pp since 2023
Math
57.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +7.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 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 22 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.0% | 57.0% |
| 2023-24 | 37.0% | 50.0% |
% 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
47.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 →
Schools most like HARLEM LINK CHARTER SCHOOL
HARLEM LINK CHARTER SCHOOL's state test result (47.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HARLEM LINK CHARTER SCHOOL this school | 309 | 87.1% | 47.3% |
| PS 273 WORTMAN BROOKLYN | 299 | 89.6% | 27.9% |
| ICAHN CHARTER SCHOOL 1 BRONX | 340 | 89.1% | 89.1% |
| SCHOOL 54-FLOWER CITY COMMUNITY SCHOOL ROCHESTER | 325 | 87.7% | 18.4% |
| PS 178 SAINT CLAIR MCKELWAY BROOKLYN | 313 | 92.7% | 33.6% |
| HARLEM VILLAGE ACADEMY EAST CHARTER SCHOOL NEW YORK | 349 | 90.3% | 77.2% |
Matched among New York elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where HARLEM LINK CHARTER SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In New York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.3% | #1,283 of 2,335 | #95 of 154 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #1,177 of 2,342 ▲ 106 | #81 of 151 ▲ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #973 of 2,343 ▲ 448 | #79 of 151 ▲ 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 309 | #1,936 of 2,585 | #98 of 158 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #1,587 of 2,338 | #74 of 122 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.7% | #1,118 of 2,388 | #85 of 133 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.1% | #533 of 2,534 | #66 of 155 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.4% | #419 of 1,757 | #62 of 114 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
309
-113 (-27%) vs 2020
+7% since 2010-11, when it was 290
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 | 309 | 24 | 12.9:1 | 87% (269) |
| 2023-24 | 339 | 16 | 21.2:1 | 89% (303) |
| 2022-23 | 364 | 19 | 19.2:1 | 92% (334) |
| 2020-21 | 422 | N/A | N/A | 93% (391) |
| 2017-18 | 414 | 41 | 10.1:1 | 79% (327) |
| 2015-16 | 309 | 33 | 9.4:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2010-11 | 290 | 29 | 10.0:1 | 86% (250) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HARLEM LINK CHARTER SCHOOL.
About HARLEM LINK CHARTER SCHOOL
HARLEM LINK CHARTER SCHOOL operates as a small elementary school in NEW YORK, New York. Grades offered run from pre-K through 8, with 309 students enrolled. For comparison, elementary schools in New York average about 443 students.
Federal records list HARLEM LINK CHARTER SCHOOL as its own district.
At 61%, Black students outnumber all other groups at HARLEM LINK CHARTER SCHOOL combined. The school is also 32% Hispanic and 3% White. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 14%. The chance that two students picked at random at HARLEM LINK CHARTER SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 53%.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.9:1 at HARLEM LINK CHARTER SCHOOL, with 24 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across elementary schools in New York, the average ratio is about 12.8:1. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 87% of enrollment. The average for public schools in New York County is 70%.
HARLEM LINK CHARTER SCHOOL is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 54% of New York public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Test results at HARLEM LINK CHARTER SCHOOL are 4.3 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (47.3% actual, 43.0% predicted).
According to the American Community Survey, in New York County, median household income is about $103,931, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 64% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 13%. HARLEM LINK CHARTER SCHOOL is one of 358 public schools in New York County, which together enroll about 152,104 students.
LOCKE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND ENGINEERING (THE) is the nearest neighboring public school, less than a tenth of a mile away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, HARLEM LINK CHARTER SCHOOL ranks 4th on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes HARLEM LINK CHARTER SCHOOL as City: Large. HARLEM LINK CHARTER SCHOOL is a publicly funded charter school.
The number of students dropped from 422 to 309 over 4 years.
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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 LINK CHARTER SCHOOLHow large is HARLEM LINK CHARTER SCHOOL?
HARLEM LINK CHARTER SCHOOL enrolls approximately 309 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does HARLEM LINK CHARTER SCHOOL serve?
HARLEM LINK CHARTER SCHOOL serves grades PK-08.
How many students per teacher at HARLEM LINK CHARTER SCHOOL?
Approximately 12.9:1 students per teacher at HARLEM LINK CHARTER SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at HARLEM LINK CHARTER SCHOOL?
At HARLEM LINK CHARTER SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 3% White, 32% Hispanic, 61% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees HARLEM LINK CHARTER SCHOOL?
HARLEM LINK CHARTER SCHOOL is overseen by HARLEM LINK CHARTER SCHOOL in New York County.
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