SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-SOUTH JAMAICA

Located at 120-27 141ST ST, in JAMAICA, New York, SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-SOUTH JAMAICA is an average-sized elementary school that teaches 553 students (grades K through 4), operated by SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-SOUTH JAMAICA. Enrollment runs roughly 25% bigger than the state mean of about 443.

SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-SOUTH JAMAICA is a school of SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-SOUTH JAMAICA, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

On demographics, SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-SOUTH JAMAICA lists that Black students make up the majority at 58%. Beyond that, the school reports 16% Hispanic, 14% Asian, 6% Native American, 3% White. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 17%.

On the resource side, Roughly 72% of students at SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-SOUTH JAMAICA qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-SOUTH JAMAICA is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 48.5%; this one delivers 93.6%, a residual of +45.1 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Queens County put median household income runs about $86,136, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-SOUTH JAMAICA is one of 392 public schools in Queens County (combined enrollment of about 268,205 students).

The closest other public school is PS 123, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-SOUTH JAMAICA ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 50.8%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting. As a public charter, SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-SOUTH JAMAICA 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-SOUTH JAMAICA has edged up 139%, going from 231 students in 2018 to 553 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment shrank from 70% to 58% over that span.

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