SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-UNION SQUARE

SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-UNION SQUARE is one of the sprawling elementary schools in NEW YORK, New York, one of the schools within SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-UNION SQUARE, with 967 students on its rolls from grades K through 8. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-UNION SQUARE sits 118% larger than that benchmark.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-UNION SQUARE lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 33%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest consists of 24% Asian, 22% Black, 15% White, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 24% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Roughly 59% of students at SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-UNION SQUARE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is lower than New York County's rate of about 70%.

After controlling for student poverty, SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-UNION SQUARE 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 53.4%; this one delivers 93.3%, a residual of +39.9 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for New York County put median household income runs about $103,931, 64% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, New York County runs 358 public schools (combined enrollment of about 152,104 students), of which SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-UNION SQUARE is one.

UNION SQUARE ACADEMY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-UNION SQUARE ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 61.0%.

SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-UNION SQUARE operates from an inner-city location. SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-UNION SQUARE operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Over the past 7-year window. SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-UNION SQUARE's enrollment has grew 56% since 2018, when it stood at 621 (now 967). The White share of enrollment shrank from 28% to 15% over that span.

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