OPPORTUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL

OPPORTUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL is a small four-year high school in NEW YORK, New York, run under OPPORTUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL. The school caters to 388 students in grades 6 through 12. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 668 students each, so OPPORTUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL sits 42% below that benchmark.

Operationally, OPPORTUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL answers to OPPORTUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

For racial and ethnic makeup, OPPORTUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL reports that 51% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest reads as 45% Hispanic, 3% Native American. By comparison, New York County as a whole is about 14% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 11.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 94% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. 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, OPPORTUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 40.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 22.3%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for New York County put the typical household earns roughly $103,931 per year, 64% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. OPPORTUNITY 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 STEM INSTITUTE OF MANHATTAN, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, OPPORTUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 52.9%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting. OPPORTUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at OPPORTUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL has fell 6%, going from 411 students in 2018 to 388 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 10.0:1 in 2018 to 11.5:1 today.

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