Summary:
Equality Charter School is a public charter high school serving grades 6-12 in the Bronx, New York, with a student population of 615. The school is part of the Equality Charter School District, which is ranked 536 out of 865 districts in New York and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Equality Charter School has relatively strong performance in 6th and 7th grade math, with students scoring above the state average in proficiency. However, 8th grade math proficiency is below the state average. In English Language Arts (ELA), the school's 8th grade proficiency is above the state average, but 6th and 7th grade proficiency is below. Regents exam performance is mixed, with Equality Charter School students performing better than the state average in some subjects, such as Algebra II and ELA, but significantly below in others, like Chemistry and Geometry. The school's African American students perform significantly better than the state average, ranking in the top 36% of New York high schools for this subgroup, while Hispanic students, English Language Learners, students with disabilities, and those from low socioeconomic backgrounds perform poorly, ranking in the bottom 40-50% of New York high schools.
Equality Charter School's four-year graduation rate has been around 84-85% in recent years, slightly below the state average, and the school's dropout rate has fluctuated between 0-10% over the past few years, which is higher than the state average. The school also has a very high chronic absenteeism rate, ranging from 34-67% in recent years, significantly above the state average. When compared to nearby high schools in the same district, Equality Charter School generally performs at a similar or slightly lower level in terms of student achievement and other key metrics.
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Detail:
Public, Charter 6-12
District:
Equality Charter School
SchoolDigger Rank:
857th of 1,242 New York High Schools
Per Pupil Expenditures: $26,529
Student/teacher ratio: 10.4
Number of students: 615
Racial breakdown:
African American:
58.4%
Hispanic:
37.7%
Asian:
1.5%
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Two or more races:
0.8%
White:
0.7%
American Indian:
0.5%
Pacific Islander:
0.5%
Free/discounted lunch recipients: 77.5%
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