Enrollment
830
Combined
STATE 544
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL 2 (THE)·NCES 360122506727
RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL 2 (THE)
45-20 83RD ST, ELMHURST, NY 11373 · (917) 242-3505 · Queens County
GRADES KG–10COMBINED11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL830 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 46% of New York public K-12 schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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 K-12 schools
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
50 FTE teachers
STATE 8.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
711 students
STATE 58%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 72 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 103 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 108 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 77 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 135 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 78 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 81 | 10% |
| Grade 9 | 78 | 9% |
| Grade 10 | 98 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (72) is 11% smaller than its 6th grade class (81).
Student demographics
38%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
STATE 72% · US 70%
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
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
48.6%
NY avg 58.3% . +4.6pp since 2023
Math
50.8%
NY avg 57.4% . -3.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.6% | 50.8% |
| 2023-24 | 44.0% | 53.9% |
% 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 · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
48.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New York's top nor bottom 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 RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL 2 (THE)
RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL 2 (THE)'s state test result (48.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL 2 (THE) this school | 830 | 85.7% | 48.2% |
| WASHINGTON HEIGHTS EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING SCHOOL NEW YORK | 908 | 88.0% | 39.7% |
| SCHOOL IN THE SQUARE PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL NEW YORK | 728 | 85.4% | 45.8% |
| BRILLA COLLEGE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL BRONX | 739 | 91.6% | 49.9% |
| BEGINNING WITH CHILDREN CHARTER SCHOOL II BROOKLYN | 800 | 91.4% | 61.9% |
| SOUTH BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL BRONX | 434 | 91.5% | 63.4% |
Matched among New York K-12 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 RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL 2 (THE) ranks
Among K-12 schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.2% | #60 of 101 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.8% | #63 of 101 ▼ 1 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.6% | #68 of 101 ▼ 1 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 830 | #15 of 192 | #1 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #143 of 146 | #7 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.8% | #72 of 152 | #7 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.7% | #42 of 136 | #4 of 7 |
Ranked against other public K-12 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 2024-25Enrollment
830
+691 (+497%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 13.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 830 | 50 | 16.6:1 | 86% (711) |
| 2023-24 | 587 | 36 | 16.3:1 | 84% (492) |
| 2022-23 | 371 | 24.9 | 14.9:1 | 83% (309) |
| 2020-21 | 139 | 10 | 13.9:1 | 69% (96) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL 2 (THE).
About RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL 2 (THE)
Families in ELMHURST, New York, are served by RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL 2 (THE), a high-enrollment school serving multiple grade levels. Enrollment totals 830 students across kindergarten through 10. That puts enrollment 53% larger than the 544-student average for combined schools in New York.
RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL 2 (THE) is not part of a larger district; federal data list it as its own local education agency.
Federal enrollment data show RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL 2 (THE) is 77% Hispanic. Enrollment also includes 15% Asian, 3% Black, and 2% White. The school's Hispanic share is 49 points above the 28% share among Queens County residents. A diversity index of 38% means there is a 38% chance two randomly chosen students at RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL 2 (THE) are from different groups.
The student-to-teacher ratio at RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL 2 (THE) is 16.6:1, based on 50 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, combined schools in New York average 8.7:1. Lunch program data show 86% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Public schools in Queens County average 77%.
Among New York public K-12 schools, RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL 2 (THE) outscored 46%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
Schools in New York with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 43.5%. RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL 2 (THE) scores 48.2%.
Looking at the county, Queens County, median household income comes to about $86,136, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. The county has 392 public schools and about 268,205 students.
Among nearby public schools, PS 7 LOUIS F SIMEONE is closest at about 0.1 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL 2 (THE). Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL 2 (THE) is 6th on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL 2 (THE) is coded City: Large, for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL 2 (THE) is a charter school, a type of public school that operates under a charter.
RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL 2 (THE) reported 139 students in 2020-21 and 830 in 2024-25. Changes that large sometimes follow a school adding or dropping grades, so the two figures may not cover the same grades. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 13.9:1; by 2024-25 it was 16.6:1.
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Queens County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,323,052
Census ACS
Median income
$86,136
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
392
268,205 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ELMHURST
- NEWTOWN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,072 students
- IS 5 WALTER CROWLEY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL (THE)Middle · 1,203 students
- PS 7 LOUIS F SIMEONEElementary · 1,187 students
- PS 102 BAYVIEWElementary · 1,107 students
- PS 89 JOSE PERALTA SCHOOL OF DREAMERS (THE)Elementary · 1,047 students
- MASPETH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,001 students
Nearby schools
- PS 7 LOUIS F SIMEONE0.1 mi · 1,187
- ELM COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL0.3 mi · 460
- FORTE PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL0.3 mi · 561
- PS 89 JOSE PERALTA SCHOOL OF DREAMERS (THE)0.4 mi · 1,047
- IS 5 WALTER CROWLEY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL (THE)0.4 mi · 1,203
- NEWTOWN HIGH SCHOOL0.4 mi · 2,072
Frequently asked questions
About RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL 2 (THE)What is the total enrollment at RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL 2 (THE)?
RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL 2 (THE) enrolls approximately 830 students in grades KG-10.
What age range does RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL 2 (THE) serve?
RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL 2 (THE) serves students from grade KG through grade 10.
How many students per teacher at RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL 2 (THE)?
Approximately 16.6:1 students per teacher at RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL 2 (THE).
How diverse is RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL 2 (THE)?
RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL 2 (THE) reports a student body of 2% White, 77% Hispanic, 3% Black, 15% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL 2 (THE) in?
RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL 2 (THE) is part of RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL 2 (THE).
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