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Enrollment
1,002
Elementary
STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-UPPER WEST·NCES 360103906260
SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-UPPER WEST
145 W 84TH ST-2ND FL, NEW YORK, NY 10024 · (646) 274-1580 · New York County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,002 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 99% of New York public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
,
Teacher data unavailable
STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
564 students
STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 53 | 5% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 4% |
| Grade 2 | 57 | 6% |
| Grade 3 | 57 | 6% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 8% |
| Grade 5 | 210 | 21% |
| Grade 6 | 187 | 19% |
| Grade 7 | 171 | 17% |
| Grade 8 | 143 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (53) is 63% smaller than its 8th grade class (143).
Student demographics
75%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
95.3%
NY avg 58.3% . +3.4pp since 2023
Math
98.2%
NY avg 57.4% . -0.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 95 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 98 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 95.3% | 98.2% |
| 2023-24 | 91.9% | 98.2% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
94.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+40.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 95% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 54% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 41 points, placing it in New York's top 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 SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-UPPER WEST
SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-UPPER WEST's state test result (94.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-UPPER WEST this school | 1,002 | 56.3% | 94.9% |
| SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-UNION SQUARE NEW YORK | 967 | 58.8% | 93.3% |
| JOHN F KENNEDY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DEER PARK | 882 | 47.6% | 46.3% |
| PS 207 ELIZABETH G LEARY BROOKLYN | 918 | 61.1% | 60.3% |
| PS 99 KEW GARDENS KEW GARDENS | 758 | 61.2% | 70.2% |
| PS 166 HENRY GRADSTEIN LONG ISLAND CITY | 825 | 62.3% | 69.5% |
Matched among New York elementary 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 SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-UPPER WEST ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In New York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 94.9% | #12 of 2,335 | #5 of 154 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 98.2% | #29 of 2,342 ▼ 2 | #8 of 151 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 95.3% | #22 of 2,343 ▼ 5 | #5 of 151 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,002 | #43 of 2,585 | #2 of 158 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 75.4% | #42 of 2,388 | #2 of 133 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.3% | #1,238 of 2,534 | #114 of 155 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +36.0% | #60 of 606 | #5 of 28 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
1,002
+95 (+10%) vs 2020
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 | 1,002 | N/A | N/A | 56% (564) |
| 2023-24 | 1,001 | N/A | N/A | 54% (542) |
| 2022-23 | 943 | N/A | N/A | 51% (477) |
| 2020-21 | 907 | N/A | N/A | 56% (505) |
| 2017-18 | 737 | 47 | 15.7:1 | 43% (314) |
| 2015-16 | 542 | 36 | 15.1:1 | 0% (0) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-UPPER WEST.
About SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-UPPER WEST
Families in NEW YORK, New York, are served by SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-UPPER WEST, a high-enrollment elementary school. Classes run from kindergarten through 8, and the school has 1,002 students. Against the 443-student average for elementary schools in New York, enrollment here is 126% higher.
Federal records list SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-UPPER WEST as its own district.
Hispanic students are the largest group at SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-UPPER WEST, with 37% of enrollment. Other reported shares: 20% Asian, 19% Black, 18% White, and 4% multiracial. New York County's residents are about 24% Hispanic, 13 points below the school's share. SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-UPPER WEST has a diversity index of 75%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The free or reduced-price lunch rate at SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-UPPER WEST is 56%. Compared with the 70% average for public schools in New York County, the school's rate is lower.
Measured against New York public elementary schools, SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-UPPER WEST receives an A+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Schools in New York with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to post an average proficiency rate on state tests near 54.3%. SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-UPPER WEST posts 94.9%, 40.6 points above that, which places it in the top 10% statewide on BeatsExpectations.
According to the American Community Survey, in New York County, median household income is about $103,931, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 64%, and about 13% of people live in poverty. A total of 358 public schools operate in New York County, serving about 152,104 students.
GLOBAL LEARNING COLLABORATIVE (THE) is the public school closest to SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-UPPER WEST, less than a tenth of a mile away. SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-UPPER WEST has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-UPPER WEST ranks 1st of 8 nearby schools, at 94.9% versus a 60.4% average.
Its location is classified as City: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics. SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-UPPER WEST is a publicly funded charter school.
The number of students grew from 907 to 1,002 over 4 years.
Questions about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-UPPER WESTHow large is SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-UPPER WEST?
SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-UPPER WEST enrolls approximately 1,002 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-UPPER WEST serve?
SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-UPPER WEST serves grades KG-08.
What is the racial breakdown of students at SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-UPPER WEST?
At SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-UPPER WEST, the student body is approximately 18% White, 37% Hispanic, 19% Black, 20% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-UPPER WEST public or private?
SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-UPPER WEST is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-UPPER WEST.
What county does SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-UPPER WEST serve?
SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-UPPER WEST serves New York County in NY.
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