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Enrollment
410
Elementary
STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL - WASHINGTON HEIGHTS·NCES 360111006501
SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL - WASHINGTON HEIGHTS
701 FORT WASHINGTON AVE, NEW YORK, NY 10040 · (646) 558-0027 · New York County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL410 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 97% 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
78%
318 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 | 46 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 53 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 81 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 77 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 84 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (46) is 45% smaller than its 5th grade class (84).
Student demographics
39%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
86.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +9.0pp since 2023
Math
94.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 86 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 94 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 86.0% | 94.0% |
| 2023-24 | 77.0% | 96.0% |
% 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
85.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+38.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 85% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 46% 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 39 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 - WASHINGTON HEIGHTS
SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL - WASHINGTON HEIGHTS's state test result (85.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL - WASHINGTON HEIGHTS this school | 410 | 77.6% | 85.3% |
| ARCHER STREET SCHOOL FREEPORT | 433 | 76.2% | 50.3% |
| HEMPSTEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SPRING VALLEY | 459 | 81.3% | 22.6% |
| LAWRENCE PRIMARY SCHOOL AT #2 SCHOOL INWOOD | 419 | 81.1% | 38.3% |
| MILTON FEIN SCHOOL BRONX | 363 | 80.7% | 64.5% |
| JACKSON MAIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HEMPSTEAD | 436 | 83.5% | 42.6% |
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 - WASHINGTON HEIGHTS ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In New York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 85.3% | #89 of 2,335 | #24 of 154 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 94.0% | #83 of 2,342 ▼ 27 | #21 of 151 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 86.0% | #135 of 2,343 ▲ 10 | #33 of 151 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 410 | #1,302 of 2,585 | #64 of 158 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.4% | #1,625 of 2,388 | #104 of 133 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.6% | #841 of 2,534 | #90 of 155 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.7% | #588 of 1,757 | #72 of 114 |
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
410
-224 (-35%) 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 | 410 | N/A | N/A | 78% (318) |
| 2023-24 | 541 | N/A | N/A | 74% (402) |
| 2022-23 | 541 | N/A | N/A | 74% (400) |
| 2020-21 | 634 | N/A | N/A | 82% (519) |
| 2017-18 | 517 | 31 | 16.7:1 | 72% (370) |
| 2015-16 | 241 | 12 | 20.1:1 | 0% (0) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL - WASHINGTON HEIGHTS.
About SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL - WASHINGTON HEIGHTS
SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL - WASHINGTON HEIGHTS is a public elementary school run by SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL - WASHINGTON HEIGHTS in NEW YORK, New York. It covers kindergarten through 5, with a total enrollment of 410 students.
The school serves as its own district in federal records.
By race and ethnicity, SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL - WASHINGTON HEIGHTS is 76% Hispanic. It is also 14% Black, 4% White, and 4% multiracial. For comparison, the population of New York County is roughly 24% Hispanic. SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL - WASHINGTON HEIGHTS has a diversity index of 39%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 78% in 2024-25.
The allk12 Grade for SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL - WASHINGTON HEIGHTS is A+. Compared with New York public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 97% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL - WASHINGTON HEIGHTS is +38.8 points, in the top 10% of New York. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 85.3%, and the predicted rate is 46.5%.
Census Bureau estimates for New York County show that median household income is about $103,931, 64% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 358 public schools operate in New York County, serving about 152,104 students.
The shortest distance from SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL - WASHINGTON HEIGHTS to another public school is about 0.2 miles, to PS/IS 187 HUDSON CLIFFS. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL - WASHINGTON HEIGHTS places 1st of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Large. SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL - WASHINGTON HEIGHTS is a charter school, a type of public school that operates under a charter.
The student count in 2024-25 was 410, 35% below the 634 of 2020-21.
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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 - WASHINGTON HEIGHTSWhat is the total enrollment at SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL - WASHINGTON HEIGHTS?
SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL - WASHINGTON HEIGHTS enrolls approximately 410 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL - WASHINGTON HEIGHTS serve?
SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL - WASHINGTON HEIGHTS serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the racial breakdown of students at SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL - WASHINGTON HEIGHTS?
At SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL - WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, the student body is approximately 4% White, 76% Hispanic, 14% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL - WASHINGTON HEIGHTS?
SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL - WASHINGTON HEIGHTS is overseen by SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL - WASHINGTON HEIGHTS in New York County.
What county does SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL - WASHINGTON HEIGHTS serve?
SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL - WASHINGTON HEIGHTS serves New York County in NY.
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