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Enrollment
728
Combined
STATE 544
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SCHOOL IN THE SQUARE PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL·NCES 360113906571
SCHOOL IN THE SQUARE PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL
120 WADSWORTH AVE, NEW YORK, NY 10033 · (718) 916-7683 · New York County
GRADES PK–09COMBINED11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL728 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 41% of New York public K-12 schools
- CTest 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
14.3:1
51 FTE teachers
STATE 8.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
622 students
STATE 58%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 2 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 71 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 78 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 64 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 53 | 7% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 83 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 89 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 105 | 14% |
| Grade 9 | 113 | 16% |
| Ungraded | 2 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is 32% smaller than its 8th grade class (105).
Student demographics
14%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
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
54.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +11.0pp since 2023
Math
45.1%
NY avg 57.4% . -27.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 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 down about 28 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.0% | 45.1% |
| 2023-24 | 43.0% | 73.0% |
% 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
45.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 SCHOOL IN THE SQUARE PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL
SCHOOL IN THE SQUARE PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL's state test result (45.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCHOOL IN THE SQUARE PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL this school | 728 | 85.4% | 45.8% |
| WASHINGTON HEIGHTS EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING SCHOOL NEW YORK | 908 | 88.0% | 39.7% |
| SOUTH BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL BRONX | 434 | 91.5% | 63.4% |
| BRILLA COLLEGE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL BRONX | 739 | 91.6% | 49.9% |
| BEGINNING WITH CHILDREN CHARTER SCHOOL II BROOKLYN | 800 | 91.4% | 61.9% |
| RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL 2 (THE) ELMHURST | 830 | 85.7% | 48.2% |
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 SCHOOL IN THE SQUARE PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL ranks
Among K-12 schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In New York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.8% | #74 of 101 | #4 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.1% | #80 of 101 ▼ 56 | #5 of 7 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #52 of 101 ▲ 21 | #4 of 7 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 728 | #21 of 192 | #3 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #139 of 146 | #10 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 14.4% | #110 of 152 | #13 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.4% | #44 of 136 | #10 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +256.9% | #1 of 59 | #1 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
728
+316 (+77%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 10.6:1
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 | 728 | 50.9 | 14.3:1 | 85% (622) |
| 2023-24 | 566 | 31 | 18.3:1 | 82% (466) |
| 2022-23 | 552 | 43 | 12.8:1 | 85% (468) |
| 2020-21 | 412 | 39 | 10.6:1 | 80% (328) |
| 2017-18 | 204 | 16 | 12.7:1 | 83% (170) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SCHOOL IN THE SQUARE PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL.
About SCHOOL IN THE SQUARE PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL
SCHOOL IN THE SQUARE PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL is a mid-sized school serving multiple grade levels in New York, located in NEW YORK. There are 728 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 9. Across combined schools in New York, the average enrollment is about 544.
SCHOOL IN THE SQUARE PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL is not part of a larger district; federal data list it as its own local education agency.
Roughly 92% of students at SCHOOL IN THE SQUARE PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL are Hispanic. Other groups make up 3% Black and 3% White. County-wide, 24% of New York County residents are Hispanic. The diversity index for SCHOOL IN THE SQUARE PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL is 14%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
SCHOOL IN THE SQUARE PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL has 50.9 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.3:1. The gap from the 8.7:1 average for combined schools in New York is 5.6 students per teacher. At SCHOOL IN THE SQUARE PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL, 85% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The average for public schools in New York County is 70%.
SCHOOL IN THE SQUARE PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 41% of New York public K-12 schools.
Compared with New York schools that have similar shares of low-income students, SCHOOL IN THE SQUARE PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL's results are 2.2 points above predicted: 45.8% against 43.6%.
For the population of New York County, median household income comes to about $103,931, 64% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. New York County counts 358 public schools with about 152,104 students.
IS 528 BEA FULLER RODGERS SCHOOL is the nearest public school to SCHOOL IN THE SQUARE PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL, about 0.1 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 45.8% is above the 38.0% average for nearby schools.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Large. SCHOOL IN THE SQUARE PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL is one of the charter schools in New York.
Reported enrollment: 412 (2020-21) and 728 (2024-25). These figures may describe different sets of grades. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 10.6:1 to 14.3:1.
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New York County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
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
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Frequently asked questions
About SCHOOL IN THE SQUARE PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLHow large is SCHOOL IN THE SQUARE PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL?
SCHOOL IN THE SQUARE PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL enrolls approximately 728 students in grades PK-09.
Is SCHOOL IN THE SQUARE PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
SCHOOL IN THE SQUARE PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL is a combined-grade school covering grades PK-09.
How many teachers does SCHOOL IN THE SQUARE PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL have?
SCHOOL IN THE SQUARE PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL employs 51 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.3:1.
What is the student diversity at SCHOOL IN THE SQUARE PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL?
Student demographics at SCHOOL IN THE SQUARE PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL are roughly 3% White, 92% Hispanic, 3% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is SCHOOL IN THE SQUARE PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL in?
SCHOOL IN THE SQUARE PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL is part of SCHOOL IN THE SQUARE PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.