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What's the state of after-school transportation at HARLEM PREP CHARTER SCHOOL?
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Enrollment
647
Combined
STATE 544
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HARLEM PREP CHARTER SCHOOL·NCES 360006804870
HARLEM PREP CHARTER SCHOOL
240 E 123RD ST-3RD FL, NEW YORK, NY 10035 · (212) 876-9953 · New York County
GRADES 03–12COMBINED11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL647 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 25% 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.
- 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
10.0:1
65 FTE teachers
STATE 8.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
578 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 1 | 0% |
| Grade 4 | 25 | 4% |
| Grade 5 | 42 | 6% |
| Grade 6 | 45 | 7% |
| Grade 7 | 43 | 7% |
| Grade 8 | 87 | 13% |
| Grade 9 | 87 | 13% |
| Grade 10 | 121 | 19% |
| Grade 11 | 96 | 15% |
| Grade 12 | 98 | 15% |
| Ungraded | 2 | 0% |
Student demographics
52%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
50.7%
NY avg 58.3% . +0.1pp since 2023
Math
46.2%
NY avg 57.4% . +0.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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 have held steady.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.7% | 46.2% |
| 2023-24 | 50.6% | 45.2% |
% 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
39.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.1%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% 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 →
Schools most like HARLEM PREP CHARTER SCHOOL
HARLEM PREP CHARTER SCHOOL's state test result (39.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HARLEM PREP CHARTER SCHOOL this school | 647 | 89.3% | 39.6% |
| BOYS PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL OF NEW YORK BRONX | 546 | 89.6% | 53.3% |
| CITIZENSHIP AND SCIENCE ACADEMY OF SYRACUSE CHARTER SCHOOL SYRACUSE | 764 | 82.1% | 22.0% |
| BEDFORD STUYVESANT NEW BEGINNINGS CHARTER SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 665 | 96.5% | 78.5% |
| UNCOMMON CROWN HEIGHTS CHARTER SCHOOL NYC BROOKLYN | 513 | 85.2% | 58.9% |
| GIRLS PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL OF THE BRONX BRONX | 402 | 89.8% | 58.2% |
Matched among New York K-12 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 PREP CHARTER SCHOOL ranks
Among K-12 schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In New York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.6% | #88 of 101 | #6 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.2% | #72 of 101 ▲ 9 | #4 of 7 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.7% | #61 of 101 ▼ 11 | #7 of 7 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 647 | #29 of 192 | #5 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.0:1 | #107 of 146 | #7 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.7% | #60 of 152 | #10 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.3% | #27 of 136 | #5 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.1% | #11 of 95 | #1 of 6 |
Ranked against other public K-12 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
647
-401 (-38%) vs 2020
+163% since 2010-11, when it was 246
Student : Teacher
10.0:1
was 11.9:1
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 | 647 | 64.7 | 10.0:1 | 89% (578) |
| 2023-24 | 793 | 68.2 | 11.6:1 | 90% (715) |
| 2022-23 | 759 | 79.4 | 9.6:1 | 88% (670) |
| 2020-21 | 1,048 | 88 | 11.9:1 | 87% (911) |
| 2017-18 | 913 | 78 | 11.7:1 | 71% (649) |
| 2015-16 | 692 | 65 | 10.7:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2010-11 | 246 | 17 | 14.5:1 | 87% (215) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HARLEM PREP CHARTER SCHOOL.
About HARLEM PREP CHARTER SCHOOL
HARLEM PREP CHARTER SCHOOL is a mid-sized school serving multiple grade levels in NEW YORK, New York, one of the schools in HARLEM PREP CHARTER SCHOOL. The school serves grades 3 through 12. Enrollment is 647 students.
HARLEM PREP CHARTER SCHOOL is not part of a larger district; federal data list it as its own local education agency.
At HARLEM PREP CHARTER SCHOOL, 60% of students are Black. The school is also 35% Hispanic. That is higher than the 14% Black share among all New York County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 52%.
With 64.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 10.0:1. Combined schools in New York have an average ratio of 8.7:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at HARLEM PREP CHARTER SCHOOL, 89% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 70% average for public schools in New York County.
HARLEM PREP CHARTER SCHOOL earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 25% of New York public K-12 schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 42.1% for HARLEM PREP CHARTER SCHOOL. The school posts 39.6%, 2.6 points below the prediction.
In the surrounding county, New York County, the median household earns about $103,931 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 64%, and about 13% of people live in poverty. Counting HARLEM PREP CHARTER SCHOOL, New York County has 358 public schools.
URBAN DOVE TEAM CHARTER SCHOOL IV is the nearest public school to HARLEM PREP CHARTER SCHOOL, less than a tenth of a mile away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. HARLEM PREP CHARTER SCHOOL comes in 3rd of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Large. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. As a charter school, HARLEM PREP CHARTER SCHOOL is publicly funded and operates under a charter.
Enrollment fell 38% over 4 years, reaching 647 in 2024-25. Its ratio of students to teachers was 11.9:1 in 2020-21, and 10.0:1 in 2024-25.
The discussion board for HARLEM PREP CHARTER SCHOOL is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 PREP CHARTER SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at HARLEM PREP CHARTER SCHOOL?
HARLEM PREP CHARTER SCHOOL enrolls approximately 647 students in grades 03-12.
What grades does HARLEM PREP CHARTER SCHOOL serve?
HARLEM PREP CHARTER SCHOOL serves grades 03-12.
How many teachers does HARLEM PREP CHARTER SCHOOL have?
HARLEM PREP CHARTER SCHOOL employs 65 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.0:1.
What is the student diversity at HARLEM PREP CHARTER SCHOOL?
Student demographics at HARLEM PREP CHARTER SCHOOL are roughly 1% White, 35% Hispanic, 60% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is HARLEM PREP CHARTER SCHOOL public or private?
HARLEM PREP CHARTER SCHOOL is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by HARLEM PREP CHARTER SCHOOL.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.