MANHATTAN CHARTER SCHOOL

MANHATTAN CHARTER SCHOOL is one of the cozy elementary-level communitys in NEW YORK, New York, overseen by MANHATTAN CHARTER SCHOOL, with 184 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 58% below typical.

MANHATTAN CHARTER SCHOOL is the operating authority for MANHATTAN CHARTER SCHOOL, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

On the student-mix side, MANHATTAN CHARTER SCHOOL logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 65%. Other groups include 29% Black, 3% multiracial, 2% Asian. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 24%.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. An estimated 87% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, New York County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, MANHATTAN CHARTER SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 43.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 41.0%.

Across the wider county, census data for New York County shows the typical household earns roughly $103,931 per year, roughly 64% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. MANHATTAN CHARTER SCHOOL is one of 358 public schools in New York County (combined enrollment of about 152,104 students).

The closest other public school is PS 142 AMALIA CASTRO, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around MANHATTAN CHARTER SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MANHATTAN CHARTER SCHOOL at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 48.1%.

The school occupies an inner-city site. MANHATTAN 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. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 30%: 263 students in 2018 compared to 184 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share grew from 16% to 29%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.5:1 in 2018 to 10.2:1 in 2025.

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