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NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL OF HARLEM

691 ST NICHOLAS AVE, NEW YORK, NY 10031 · (646) 701-7117 · New York County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL623 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 86% of New York public elementary schools
  • A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
  • ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.

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

Enrollment
623
Elementary
STATE 443
Student : Teacher
,
Teacher data unavailable
STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
579 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

GradeStudentsShare
Kindergarten6811%
Grade 16210%
Grade 27813%
Grade 37111%
Grade 47412%
Grade 57312%
Grade 67111%
Grade 76410%
Grade 86110%
Ungraded10%

This year's kindergarten class (68) is 11% larger than its 8th grade class (61).

Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
STATE 72% · US 70%
White
112%
STATE 39% · US 43%
Hispanic
34255%
STATE 31% · US 30%
Black
23938%
STATE 16% · US 15%
Asian
102%
STATE 10% · US 6%
Two+
152%
STATE 4% · US 5%
Native American
41%
STATE 1% · US 1%
Pacific Islander
20%
STATE 0% · US 0%
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
Male
30449%
Female
31951%

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Test scores

NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)
English Language Arts
62.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +11.0pp since 2023
Math
90.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +19.6pp since 2023

What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 90 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 20 points.

NYS Assessments results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2562.0%90.0%
2023-2451.0%70.4%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
66.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+25.2pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 41% 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 25 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 NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL OF HARLEM

NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL OF HARLEM's state test result (66.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL OF HARLEM this school62392.9%66.0%
CHILDREN'S AID COLLEGE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL
BRONX
60190.7%64.2%
DREAM CHARTER SCHOOL EAST HARLEM
NEW YORK
55494.6%65.9%
PS 41 GUN HILL ROAD
BRONX
59394.9%30.6%
KIPP FREEDOM CHARTER SCHOOL
BRONX
61590.2%60.5%
PS 44 THOMAS C BROWN
STATEN ISLAND
52192.9%17.9%
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 NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL OF HARLEM ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn New YorkIn New York County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
66.0%#523 of 2,335#57 of 154
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
90.0%#136 of 2,342
▲ 409
#29 of 151
▲ 29
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
62.0%#850 of 2,343
▼ 26
#70 of 151
▲ 6
Enrollment
ranked largest first
623#404 of 2,585#18 of 158
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
55.0%#1,003 of 2,388#72 of 133
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
92.9%#300 of 2,534#44 of 155
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked fastest growth first
+34.0%#70 of 606#6 of 28
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 2024-25
Enrollment
623
-49 (-7%) vs 2020
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-25623N/AN/A93% (579)
2023-24596N/AN/A95% (567)
2022-236243020.8:198% (610)
2020-21672N/AN/A88% (588)
2017-18465519.1:179% (366)
2015-16313378.5:10% (0)
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL OF HARLEM.

About NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL OF HARLEM

NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL OF HARLEM is a mid-sized elementary school in NEW YORK, New York. It offers kindergarten through 8 and has 623 students enrolled. By comparison, elementary schools in New York enroll about 443 students on average.

NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL OF HARLEM is not part of a larger district; federal data list it as its own local education agency.

More than half of enrollment at NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL OF HARLEM is Hispanic: 55%. Enrollment also includes 38% Black and 2% multiracial. The school's Hispanic share is 31 points above the 24% share among New York County residents. The diversity index for NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL OF HARLEM is 55%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.

Federal data show 93% of students (579) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in New York County, the average is 70%.

On the allk12 Grade, NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL OF HARLEM lands at A, ahead of 86% of New York public elementary schools.

When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL OF HARLEM ranks in the top 10% of New York schools. It scores 66.0%; the prediction is 40.8%.

The school is in New York County, where median household income comes to about $103,931, 64% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of people live in poverty. New York County's 358 public schools enroll about 152,104 students and include NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL OF HARLEM.

PS 153 ADAM CLAYTON POWELL is the nearest public school to NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL OF HARLEM, about 0.2 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 56.8% proficiency; NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL OF HARLEM posts 66.0%.

Under the NCES locale system, NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL OF HARLEM is City: Large. The school is classified as a charter school in federal data.

Enrollment was 623 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 672.

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New York County at a glance

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Population
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

Quick facts

School name
NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL OF HARLEM
District
NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL OF HARLEM
Address
691 ST NICHOLAS AVE, NEW YORK, NY 10031
Phone
(646) 701-7117
County
New York County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
KG–08
Total enrollment
623
Free and reduced lunch
579 (93%)
Locale
11-City: Large
NCES ID
360107706308
Charter school
Yes
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL OF HARLEM
How large is NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL OF HARLEM?
NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL OF HARLEM enrolls approximately 623 students in grades KG-08.
Is NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL OF HARLEM an elementary, middle, or high school?
NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL OF HARLEM is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
What is the student diversity at NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL OF HARLEM?
Student demographics at NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL OF HARLEM are roughly 2% White, 55% Hispanic, 38% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL OF HARLEM?
NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL OF HARLEM is overseen by NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL OF HARLEM in New York County.
What county does NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL OF HARLEM serve?
NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL OF HARLEM serves New York County in NY.
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