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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
Enrollment
824
Elementary
STATE 443
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
Pre-K
2
Kindergarten
134
Grade 1
107
Grade 2
100
Grade 3
121
Grade 4
111
Grade 5
102
Grade 6
89
Grade 7
58
Student demographics
White
152%
STATE 39%
Hispanic
67282%
STATE 31%
Black
12115%
STATE 16%
Asian
71%
STATE 10%
Two+
40%
STATE 4%
Native American
51%
STATE 1%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Male
40549%
Female
41951%

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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.

Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
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 →

About ZETA CHARTER SCHOOL - INWOOD

Set in NEW YORK, New York, ZETA CHARTER SCHOOL - INWOOD is a large K-5 school, part of ZETA CHARTER SCHOOL - INWOOD. It works with 824 students across grades pre-K through 7. That puts it 86% bigger than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 443 students.

ZETA CHARTER SCHOOL - INWOOD sits inside ZETA CHARTER SCHOOL - INWOOD, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

Looking at the student body, ZETA CHARTER SCHOOL - INWOOD reports that 82% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder reads as 15% Black. By comparison, New York County as a whole is about 24% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, About 81% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against New York County (around 70%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, ZETA CHARTER SCHOOL - INWOOD 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 45.2%; this one delivers 87.4%, a residual of +42.2 points.

In the area at large, New York County reports that median household earnings sit near $103,931, 64% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. In all, New York County runs 358 public schools (combined enrollment of about 152,104 students), of which ZETA CHARTER SCHOOL - INWOOD is one.

Nearest neighbor: AMBER CHARTER SCHOOL INWOOD, around 0.3 miles off. 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), ZETA CHARTER SCHOOL - INWOOD ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 46.6%.

ZETA CHARTER SCHOOL - INWOOD operates from a city-core location. ZETA CHARTER SCHOOL - INWOOD operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

In the discussion threads here, members of the ZETA CHARTER SCHOOL - INWOOD community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.

New York County at a glance

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Population
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

Quick facts

School name
ZETA CHARTER SCHOOL - INWOOD
District
ZETA CHARTER SCHOOL - INWOOD
Address
401 W 218TH ST, NEW YORK, NY 10034
Phone
(929) 447-5281
County
New York County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–07
Total enrollment
824
Free/Reduced lunch
667 (81%)
Locale
11-City: Large
NCES ID
360117106637
Charter school
Yes
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About ZETA CHARTER SCHOOL - INWOOD
How 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.
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