HARLEM VILLAGE ACADEMY EAST CHARTER SCHOOL

Set in NEW YORK, New York, HARLEM VILLAGE ACADEMY EAST CHARTER SCHOOL is a compact primary school, overseen by HARLEM VILLAGE ACADEMY EAST CHARTER SCHOOL. It works with 349 students across grades pre-K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 21% below typical.

Operationally, HARLEM VILLAGE ACADEMY EAST CHARTER SCHOOL answers to HARLEM VILLAGE ACADEMY EAST CHARTER SCHOOL, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

On demographics, HARLEM VILLAGE ACADEMY EAST CHARTER SCHOOL logs that 56% of the student body identifies as Black. Other groups include 37% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 14%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, HARLEM VILLAGE ACADEMY EAST CHARTER SCHOOL shows 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. An estimated 90% 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 meaningfully above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, HARLEM VILLAGE ACADEMY EAST CHARTER SCHOOL sits in the top 10% of New York schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 41.8%; actual is 77.2%, +35.4 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for New York County indicate median household earnings sit near $103,931, 64% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. HARLEM VILLAGE ACADEMY EAST CHARTER SCHOOL is one of 358 public schools in New York County (combined enrollment of about 152,104 students).

RIVER EAST ELEMENTARY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around HARLEM VILLAGE ACADEMY EAST CHARTER SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts HARLEM VILLAGE ACADEMY EAST CHARTER SCHOOL at 1st of 7; the average score across the group is 32.9%.

The school occupies an urban site. HARLEM VILLAGE ACADEMY EAST CHARTER SCHOOL is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at HARLEM VILLAGE ACADEMY EAST CHARTER SCHOOL has decreased 57%, going from 820 students in 2018 to 349 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment edged down from 63% to 56% over that span.

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