MANHATTAN CHARTER SCHOOL II

MANHATTAN CHARTER SCHOOL II is a K-5 school of very small scale in NEW YORK, New York, run under MANHATTAN CHARTER SCHOOL II, instructing 73 students in grades 2 through 6. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so MANHATTAN CHARTER SCHOOL II sits 84% below that benchmark.

MANHATTAN CHARTER SCHOOL II sits inside MANHATTAN CHARTER SCHOOL II, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

On demographics, MANHATTAN CHARTER SCHOOL II lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 60% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 38% Black. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 24%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 4.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting MANHATTAN CHARTER SCHOOL II tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 96% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above New York County's rate of about 70%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), MANHATTAN CHARTER SCHOOL II falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 39.7%; this one comes in at 18.8%, -21.0 points off the demographic line.

In the area at large, census data for New York County shows the typical household earns roughly $103,931 per year, about 64% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Across New York County's 358 public schools (combined enrollment of about 152,104 students), MANHATTAN CHARTER SCHOOL II is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is ORCHARD COLLEGIATE ACADEMY, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around MANHATTAN CHARTER SCHOOL II. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MANHATTAN CHARTER SCHOOL II ranks 9th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 60.7%.

The school occupies an inner-city site. As a public charter, MANHATTAN CHARTER SCHOOL II runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Over the past 7-year window. MANHATTAN CHARTER SCHOOL II's enrollment has contracted 65% since 2018, when it stood at 207 (now 73). Black enrollment moved from 31% to 38% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 12.9:1 in 2018 to 4.9:1 in 2025.

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