SISULU-WALKER CHARTER SCHOOL OF HARLEM

SISULU-WALKER CHARTER SCHOOL OF HARLEM is one of the one-room-style primary schools in NEW YORK, New York, part of SISULU-WALKER CHARTER SCHOOL OF HARLEM, with 152 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 66% below the state mean of about 443.

SISULU-WALKER CHARTER SCHOOL OF HARLEM sits inside SISULU-WALKER CHARTER SCHOOL OF HARLEM, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

On demographics, SISULU-WALKER CHARTER SCHOOL OF HARLEM logs that the largest single group is Black, at 71% of enrollment. Other groups include 22% Hispanic, 3% Native American. The wider county runs roughly 14% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, SISULU-WALKER CHARTER SCHOOL OF HARLEM has 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.7:1. The state averages about 12.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 85% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against New York County (around 70%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, SISULU-WALKER CHARTER SCHOOL OF HARLEM sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 43.8%; this one delivers 60.8%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for New York County put median household income runs about $103,931, roughly 64% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Across New York County's 358 public schools (combined enrollment of about 152,104 students), SISULU-WALKER CHARTER SCHOOL OF HARLEM is one campus in the mix.

PS 129 JOHN H FINLEY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, SISULU-WALKER CHARTER SCHOOL OF HARLEM comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 37.6%.

The school occupies an urban site. SISULU-WALKER CHARTER SCHOOL OF HARLEM operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 31%: 220 students in 2018 compared to 152 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment ticked down from 80% to 71% over that span. Class-load math has grew: from 10.5:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 in 2025.

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