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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at HARLEM VILLAGE ACADEMY EAST CHARTER SCHOOL this year?
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Enrollment
349
Elementary
STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HARLEM VILLAGE ACADEMY EAST CHARTER SCHOOL·NCES 360014105778
HARLEM VILLAGE ACADEMY EAST CHARTER SCHOOL
2351 1ST AVE-4TH FL, NEW YORK, NY 10035 · (646) 812-9400 · New York County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL349 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 95% of New York public elementary schools
- ATest 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
33 FTE teachers
STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
315 students
STATE 58%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 58 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 41 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 48 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 38 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 44 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 25 | 7% |
| Grade 7 | 19 | 5% |
| Grade 8 | 31 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (58) is 87% larger than its 8th grade class (31).
Student demographics
55%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
88.7%
NY avg 58.3% . +13.9pp since 2023
Math
92.6%
NY avg 57.4% . +7.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 89 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 93 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 14 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 88.7% | 92.6% |
| 2023-24 | 74.8% | 84.7% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
77.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+35.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 42% 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 35 points, placing it in New York's top 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 VILLAGE ACADEMY EAST CHARTER SCHOOL
HARLEM VILLAGE ACADEMY EAST CHARTER SCHOOL's state test result (77.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HARLEM VILLAGE ACADEMY EAST CHARTER SCHOOL this school | 349 | 90.3% | 77.2% |
| ICAHN CHARTER SCHOOL 1 BRONX | 340 | 89.1% | 89.1% |
| PS 178 SAINT CLAIR MCKELWAY BROOKLYN | 313 | 92.7% | 33.6% |
| PS 87 BRONX | 307 | 87.9% | 41.0% |
| PS 13 ROBERTO CLEMENTE BROOKLYN | 331 | 95.2% | 51.9% |
| PS 111 SETON FALLS BRONX | 397 | 94.2% | 29.5% |
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 VILLAGE ACADEMY EAST CHARTER SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In New York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 77.2% | #213 of 2,335 | #37 of 154 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 92.6% | #103 of 2,342 ▲ 99 | #24 of 151 ▲ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 88.7% | #97 of 2,343 ▲ 79 | #23 of 151 ▲ 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 349 | #1,675 of 2,585 | #85 of 158 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.6:1 | #639 of 2,338 | #42 of 122 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.1% | #1,001 of 2,388 | #71 of 133 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.3% | #406 of 2,534 | #55 of 155 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -57.4% | #14 of 1,757 | #3 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
349
-304 (-47%) vs 2020
-1% since 2010-11, when it was 351
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
was 11.1:1
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 | 349 | 33 | 10.6:1 | 90% (315) |
| 2023-24 | 388 | 38.6 | 10.0:1 | 92% (357) |
| 2022-23 | 478 | 52.1 | 9.2:1 | 92% (439) |
| 2020-21 | 653 | 59 | 11.1:1 | 86% (559) |
| 2017-18 | 820 | 73.5 | 11.2:1 | 70% (572) |
| 2015-16 | 908 | 79 | 11.5:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2010-11 | 351 | 36 | 9.8:1 | 74% (261) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HARLEM VILLAGE ACADEMY EAST CHARTER SCHOOL.
About HARLEM VILLAGE ACADEMY EAST CHARTER SCHOOL
HARLEM VILLAGE ACADEMY EAST CHARTER SCHOOL sits in NEW YORK, New York, and is classified as an elementary school. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 349 students in pre-K through 8. The average for elementary schools in New York is about 443 students, so this school is 21% smaller than average.
In federal data, the district for HARLEM VILLAGE ACADEMY EAST CHARTER SCHOOL is the school itself.
A majority of students at HARLEM VILLAGE ACADEMY EAST CHARTER SCHOOL, 56%, are Black. Beyond that, enrollment is 37% Hispanic and 6% multiracial. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 14%. By the diversity index, HARLEM VILLAGE ACADEMY EAST CHARTER SCHOOL comes in at 55%.
Teacher staffing is 33 full-time equivalents, or about 10.6 students per teacher. Among elementary schools in New York, the typical ratio is 12.8:1. About 90% of students, or 315, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 70% average for public schools in New York County, the school's rate is higher.
Measured against New York public elementary schools, HARLEM VILLAGE ACADEMY EAST CHARTER SCHOOL receives an A+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Test results at HARLEM VILLAGE ACADEMY EAST CHARTER SCHOOL are 35.4 points above what its student poverty level predicts. The average proficiency rate on state tests is 77.2%, compared with a predicted 41.8%, which ranks in the top 10% in New York.
Federal survey data for New York County show that median household income is about $103,931, about 64% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 13%. A total of 358 public schools operate in New York County, serving about 152,104 students.
The next-closest public school is RIVER EAST ELEMENTARY, less than a tenth of a mile away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. HARLEM VILLAGE ACADEMY EAST CHARTER SCHOOL's average proficiency of 77.2% compares with 32.9% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Large. This is a charter school, which is a tuition-free public school operating under a charter.
In 2020-21, federal data counted 653 students at HARLEM VILLAGE ACADEMY EAST CHARTER SCHOOL; in 2024-25, 349. The grades served may not have been the same in both years.
Discussions about HARLEM VILLAGE ACADEMY EAST CHARTER SCHOOL may include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Questions from prospective families are welcome 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 VILLAGE ACADEMY EAST CHARTER SCHOOLHow large is HARLEM VILLAGE ACADEMY EAST CHARTER SCHOOL?
HARLEM VILLAGE ACADEMY EAST CHARTER SCHOOL enrolls approximately 349 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does HARLEM VILLAGE ACADEMY EAST CHARTER SCHOOL serve?
HARLEM VILLAGE ACADEMY EAST CHARTER SCHOOL serves grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at HARLEM VILLAGE ACADEMY EAST CHARTER SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at HARLEM VILLAGE ACADEMY EAST CHARTER SCHOOL is approximately 10.6:1 (33 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at HARLEM VILLAGE ACADEMY EAST CHARTER SCHOOL?
At HARLEM VILLAGE ACADEMY EAST CHARTER SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 1% White, 37% Hispanic, 56% Black, 0% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is HARLEM VILLAGE ACADEMY EAST CHARTER SCHOOL in?
HARLEM VILLAGE ACADEMY EAST CHARTER SCHOOL is part of HARLEM VILLAGE ACADEMY EAST CHARTER SCHOOL.
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