SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-FAR ROCKAWAY

Set in FAR ROCKAWAY, New York, SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-FAR ROCKAWAY is a well-populated elementary campus, operated by SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-FAR ROCKAWAY. It hosts 728 students across grades K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 64% larger than the state mean of about 443.

SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-FAR ROCKAWAY is the operating authority for SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-FAR ROCKAWAY, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

For racial and ethnic makeup, SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-FAR ROCKAWAY records that Black students make up the majority at 72%; the rest is composed of 22% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 17% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, About 77% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-FAR ROCKAWAY sits in the top 10% of New York schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 46.6%; actual is 82.8%, +36.1 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Queens County indicate the typical household earns roughly $86,136 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-FAR ROCKAWAY is one of 392 public schools in Queens County (combined enrollment of about 268,205 students).

MS 53 BRIAN PICCOLO is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-FAR ROCKAWAY. On composite proficiency, SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-FAR ROCKAWAY comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 49.9%.

The school occupies a city-core site. As a public charter, SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-FAR ROCKAWAY runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-FAR ROCKAWAY has climbed 168%, going from 272 students in 2018 to 728 in 2025.

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