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Enrollment
824
Elementary
STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ZETA CHARTER SCHOOL - INWOOD·NCES 360117106637
ZETA CHARTER SCHOOL - INWOOD
401 W 218TH ST, NEW YORK, NY 10034 · (929) 447-5281 · New York County
GRADES PK–07ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL824 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
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
81%
667 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 2 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 134 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 107 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 100 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 121 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 111 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 102 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 89 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 58 | 7% |
This year's kindergarten class (134) is 131% larger than its 7th grade class (58).
Student demographics
31%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
92.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +16.0pp since 2023
Math
95.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +8.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 92 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 95 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 16 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 92.0% | 95.0% |
| 2023-24 | 76.0% | 87.0% |
% 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
87.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+42.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 87% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 45% 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 42 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 ZETA CHARTER SCHOOL - INWOOD
ZETA CHARTER SCHOOL - INWOOD's state test result (87.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZETA CHARTER SCHOOL - INWOOD this school | 824 | 80.9% | 87.4% |
| AMBER CHARTER SCHOOL KINGSBRIDGE BRONX | 720 | 84.0% | 50.0% |
| COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEW ROCHELLE | 728 | 86.3% | 44.4% |
| SUMMIT PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEW CITY | 659 | 82.9% | 12.3% |
| ANDREW T MORROW SCHOOL ISLANDIA | 821 | 72.5% | 32.2% |
| SOUTHWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BAY SHORE | 975 | 76.6% | 30.6% |
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 ZETA CHARTER SCHOOL - INWOOD ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In New York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 87.4% | #66 of 2,335 | #20 of 154 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 95.0% | #67 of 2,342 ▲ 89 | #17 of 151 ▲ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 92.0% | #64 of 2,343 ▲ 93 | #15 of 151 ▲ 24 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 824 | #127 of 2,585 | #4 of 158 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.3% | #1,853 of 2,388 | #114 of 133 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.9% | #745 of 2,534 | #83 of 155 |
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
824
+404 (+96%) 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 | 824 | N/A | N/A | 81% (667) |
| 2023-24 | 668 | N/A | N/A | 81% (544) |
| 2022-23 | 520 | N/A | N/A | 80% (414) |
| 2020-21 | 420 | N/A | N/A | 82% (344) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ZETA CHARTER SCHOOL - INWOOD.
About ZETA CHARTER SCHOOL - INWOOD
ZETA CHARTER SCHOOL - INWOOD, located in NEW YORK, New York, is a high-enrollment elementary school. It offers pre-K through 7 and has 824 students enrolled. That is 86% larger than the average of about 443 students for elementary schools in New York.
ZETA CHARTER SCHOOL - INWOOD operates as its own local education agency.
At ZETA CHARTER SCHOOL - INWOOD, 82% of students are Hispanic. Smaller groups are 15% Black. For comparison, the population of New York County is roughly 24% Hispanic. The diversity index for ZETA CHARTER SCHOOL - INWOOD is 31%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school has 81% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 70% average for public schools in New York County is 11 points.
ZETA CHARTER SCHOOL - INWOOD holds an A+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 97% of New York public elementary schools.
ZETA CHARTER SCHOOL - INWOOD is 42.2 points above expectations on state tests, given its student poverty level, placing it in the top 10% in New York.
New York County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $103,931 a year, roughly 64% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in New York County number 358, with about 152,104 students.
AMBER CHARTER SCHOOL INWOOD is about 0.3 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Within five miles of ZETA CHARTER SCHOOL - INWOOD, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, ZETA CHARTER SCHOOL - INWOOD places 1st out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Large, or inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. It is a charter school, open to the public and funded by taxpayers.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, reported enrollment went from 420 to 824. Such a large difference may reflect a change in the grades served.
The allk12 page for ZETA CHARTER SCHOOL - INWOOD lets the school community talk about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 ZETA CHARTER SCHOOL - INWOODHow many students attend ZETA CHARTER SCHOOL - INWOOD?
ZETA CHARTER SCHOOL - INWOOD enrolls approximately 824 students in grades PK-07.
Is ZETA CHARTER SCHOOL - INWOOD an elementary, middle, or high school?
ZETA CHARTER SCHOOL - INWOOD is an elementary school covering grades PK-07.
How diverse is ZETA CHARTER SCHOOL - INWOOD?
ZETA CHARTER SCHOOL - INWOOD reports a student body of 2% White, 82% Hispanic, 15% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is ZETA CHARTER SCHOOL - INWOOD public or private?
ZETA CHARTER SCHOOL - INWOOD is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by ZETA CHARTER SCHOOL - INWOOD.
Where is ZETA CHARTER SCHOOL - INWOOD located?
ZETA CHARTER SCHOOL - INWOOD is located at 401 W 218TH ST, NEW YORK, NY 10034.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.