JOHN W LAVELLE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL

JOHN W LAVELLE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL operates as a heavily attended all-grades campus in STATEN ISLAND, New York, one of the schools within JOHN W LAVELLE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL. Current enrollment sits at 884 students spanning grades K through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 63% above the state mean of about 544.

JOHN W LAVELLE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL is the operating authority for JOHN W LAVELLE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

For racial and ethnic makeup, JOHN W LAVELLE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL lists that the most-represented group is Black (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder comes out to 37% Hispanic, 6% White, 3% multiracial, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 10% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Roughly 82% of students at JOHN W LAVELLE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Richmond County (around 67%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, JOHN W LAVELLE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 44.8%, the actual is 34.4%, a residual of -10.4 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Richmond County put the typical household earns roughly $98,333 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Richmond County runs 88 public schools (combined enrollment of about 62,254 students), of which JOHN W LAVELLE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: RICHMOND PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts JOHN W LAVELLE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 55.7%.

The campus sits in an urban setting. JOHN W LAVELLE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Trend over the last 7 years. JOHN W LAVELLE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL's enrollment has increased 27% since 2018, when it stood at 697 (now 884). Black enrollment moved from 42% to 50% across the same window.

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