UTICA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL

As a sizable K-12 campus in FRANKFORT, New York, UTICA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL teaches 997 students from grades K through 12, run under UTICA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL. Compared to the state average of about 544 students per school, that is 83% bigger than typical.

UTICA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL sits inside UTICA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

On the student-mix side, UTICA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL records that the most-represented group is Black (26%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder is composed of 24% Hispanic, 23% White, 22% Asian, 5% multiracial. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 1%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 8.7:1 average. An estimated 81% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Herkimer County runs at roughly 44%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), UTICA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 45.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 41.0%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Herkimer County) records that median household earnings sit near $68,515, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. UTICA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL is one of 25 public schools in Herkimer County (combined enrollment of about 9,619 students).

Nearest neighbor: ALBANY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 2.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around UTICA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts UTICA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 39.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area. UTICA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Looking at the recent track record. UTICA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL's enrollment has increased 123% since 2018, when it stood at 448 (now 997). Over the same period, the White share decreased from 41% to 23%. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 12.1:1 in 2018 to 18.8:1 today.

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