Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 5

Summary:

Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 5 is an exceptional elementary school serving 869 students in grades K-8 in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City. This highly ranked school consistently places in the top 5% of New York elementary schools, delivering outstanding academic results that far surpass state and local district averages.

The school's academic performance is truly remarkable. In the 2023-2024 school year, 77.38% of 3rd graders, 84.38% of 4th graders, and 93.81% of 7th graders scored proficient or better on the New York State ELA assessments, outpacing the state averages by 34.78, 37.33, and 44.25 percentage points, respectively. In math, an astounding 98.81% of 3rd graders, 95.31% of 4th graders, and 98.23% of 7th graders scored proficient or better, exceeding the state by 44.88, 37.28, and 41.15 percentage points. The school's exceptional performance extends across diverse student subgroups, including African American, Hispanic, English Language Learners, and students from low-income backgrounds.

Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 5's academic excellence is further demonstrated by its outstanding Regents exam results, with 100% proficiency in Common Core English Language Arts, 96.69% in Global History and Geography, 96.1% in Living Environment, and 100% in Algebra I. Interestingly, the school spends significantly more per student ($16,538 in 2022-2023) compared to the nearby traditional public schools, which have per-student spending ranging from $23,889 to $35,553. This higher investment in resources may contribute to the school's ability to provide a comprehensive educational program and support services that enable its students to thrive.


Detail:

Public, Charter K-8

 301 W 140th St-3rd Fl
       New York, NY  10030


(646) 380-2580

District: Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 5

SchoolDigger Rank:
116th of 2,445 New York Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $16,538 Help


Student/teacher ratio:  13.6 Help
Number of students:  793

Racial breakdown:

African American:
63.8%
Hispanic:
28.8%
White:
2.1%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  81% Help


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Compare Details Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 5 ranks better than 95.3% of elementary schools in New York. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 94.04. (See more...)
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Compare Details Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 5 ranks better than 98.5% of middle schools in New York. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 98.23. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: African American (63.8%), Hispanic (28.8%), Asian (2.1%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 81% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 5 is $16,538.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 5:

SchoolDigger ranks Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 5 116th of 2445 New York public elementary schools. (See Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 5 in the ranking list.)

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SchoolDigger ranks Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 5 23rd of 1504 New York public middle schools. (See Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 5 in the ranking list.)

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Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 5:

SchoolDigger ranks Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 5 30th of 865 New York school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 5

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Rank History for all elementary school students at Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 5

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2014 95.80 25th 2345 98.9%
2015 93.80 59th 2352 97.5%
2016 95.84 22nd 2366 99.1%
2017 96.93 10th 2386 99.6%
2018 96.93 9th 2395 99.6%
2019 98.48 21st 2413 99.1%
2022 90.74 176th 2434 92.8%
2023 90.09 214th 2439 91.2%
2024 94.04 116th 2445 95.3%
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Rank History for elementary school English Language Learner students at Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 5

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 99.76 2nd 1027 99.8%
2023 97.92 13th 1001 98.7%
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Rank History for elementary school Special Education students at Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 5

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 98.81 7th 1941 99.6%
2019 99.66 22nd 1859 98.8%
2022 87.11 126th 2031 93.8%
2023 89.33 116th 2016 94.2%
2024 95.63 56th 2110 97.3%
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Rank History for elementary school Low Socio Economic Status students at Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 5

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 98.16 10th 2045 99.5%
2019 99.49 19th 2032 99.1%
2022 94.69 62nd 2099 97.0%
2023 95.12 84th 2041 95.9%
2024 97.48 42nd 2078 98.0%
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Rank History for elementary school Homeless students at Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 5

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 97.78 11th 730 98.5%
2022 94.62 24th 622 96.1%
2023 93.76 26th 637 95.9%
2024 96.84 21st 766 97.3%
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Rank History for elementary school Female students at Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 5

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 96.05 12th 2338 99.5%
2019 97.62 28th 2357 98.8%
2022 88.27 204th 2401 91.5%
2023 91.07 175th 2403 92.7%
2024 92.49 133rd 2413 94.5%
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Rank History for elementary school Male students at Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 5

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 96.76 8th 2340 99.7%
2019 98.39 18th 2358 99.2%
2022 91.23 133rd 2400 94.5%
2023 85.61 282nd 2400 88.3%
2024 93.39 105th 2411 95.6%
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Rank History for elementary school African American students at Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 5

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 98.38 8th 948 99.2%
2019 99.20 15th 891 98.3%
2022 96.63 26th 936 97.2%
2023 93.18 54th 857 93.7%
2024 97.44 26th 927 97.2%
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Rank History for elementary school Hispanic students at Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 5

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 99.85 1st 1315 99.9%
2022 96.29 38th 1503 97.5%
2023 95.52 43rd 1429 97.0%
2024 98.20 27th 1531 98.2%
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Data source: test scores: NY State Education Department, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

Rank History for Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 5

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Rank History for all middle school students at Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 5

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 98.44 25th 1455 98.3%
2018 97.87 27th 1438 98.1%
2019 99.43 8th 1439 99.4%
2022 98.14 23rd 1479 98.4%
2023 98.09 19th 1500 98.7%
2024 98.23 23rd 1504 98.5%
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Rank History for middle school Special Education students at Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 5

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 99.21 9th 1170 99.2%
2019 100.00 3rd 1139 99.7%
2022 99.08 15th 1283 98.8%
2023 99.77 9th 1307 99.3%
2024 99.78 14th 1303 98.9%
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Rank History for middle school Low Socio Economic Status students at Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 5

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 99.27 18th 1245 98.6%
2019 99.93 2nd 1241 99.8%
2022 99.11 17th 1306 98.7%
2023 99.30 8th 1288 99.4%
2024 99.34 16th 1296 98.8%
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Rank History for middle school Homeless students at Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 5

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 95.70 14th 487 97.1%
2023 98.56 9th 543 98.3%
2024 99.22 7th 594 98.8%
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Rank History for middle school Female students at Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 5

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 97.51 27th 1353 98.0%
2019 98.80 15th 1370 98.9%
2022 96.82 32nd 1454 97.8%
2023 97.78 9th 1463 99.4%
2024 97.50 21st 1465 98.6%
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Rank History for middle school Male students at Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 5

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 97.12 36th 1352 97.3%
2019 99.48 9th 1366 99.3%
2022 98.20 23rd 1455 98.4%
2023 97.16 30th 1464 98.0%
2024 98.11 22nd 1464 98.5%
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Rank History for middle school African American students at Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 5

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 99.32 11th 663 98.3%
2019 99.82 2nd 653 99.7%
2022 98.76 16th 706 97.7%
2023 98.89 11th 696 98.4%
2024 98.89 15th 705 97.9%
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Rank History for middle school Hispanic students at Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 5

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 99.45 4th 914 99.6%
2023 99.41 4th 943 99.6%
2024 99.24 9th 953 99.1%
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Data source: test scores: NY State Education Department, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 5

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
2011 1 115 0 50 0 0 20 0 186
2013 1 214 4 97 3 0 8 0 327
2014 2 290 4 129 3 0 7 0 435
2015 3 344 6 156 2 0 12 0 523
2016 6 400 6 178 5 0 12 0 607
2017 6 461 6 188 6 0 11 0 678
2018 9 543 11 219 8 0 16 0 806
2019 14 506 8 198 6 1 15 0 748
2020 13 509 12 241 5 2 17 0 799
2021 19 522 10 276 7 3 15 0 852
2022 19 581 11 313 5 3 12 0 944
2023 17 543 14 273 7 3 12 0 869
2024 17 506 17 228 10 4 10 1 793

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

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For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 5

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
2011 186 10.0 18.6 83.3
2013 327 18.0 18.1 86.5
2014 435 19.5 22.3 86
2015 523 23.0 22.7 58.7
2016 607 40.0 15.1 0
2017 678 49.8 13.6 83.3
2018 806 63.7 12.6 78.7
2019 748 54.9 13.6 78.6
2020 799 n/a n/a 86.5
2021 852 n/a n/a 87.2
2022 944 n/a n/a 87.4
2023 869 n/a n/a 80.4
2024 793 n/a n/a 81

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 5

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
2011 186 10.0 18.6 83.3
2013 327 18.0 18.1 86.5
2014 435 19.5 22.3 86
2015 523 23.0 22.7 58.7
2016 607 40.0 15.1 0
2017 678 49.8 13.6 83.3
2018 806 63.7 12.6 78.7
2019 748 54.9 13.6 78.6
2020 799 n/a n/a 86.5
2021 852 n/a n/a 87.2
2022 944 n/a n/a 87.4
2023 869 n/a n/a 80.4
2024 793 n/a n/a 81

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 5

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $689 (3.9%) $16,772 (96.1%) $17,461
2020 $1,696 (11.4%) $13,239 (88.6%) $14,935
2021 $2,792 (19.5%) $11,501 (80.5%) $14,293
2022 $4,687 (32.4%) $9,772 (67.6%) $14,459
2023 $390 (2.4%) $16,148 (97.6%) $16,538

Data source: New York Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 5

The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America. Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased. SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school. Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores, enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.

Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 21st of 2413 Elementary schoolsRanks 214th of 2439 Elementary schools
 7.9%
Ranks 8th of 1439 Middle schoolsRanks 19th of 1500 Middle schools
 0.7%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade English Language Arts (Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 5)9357
 36%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (New York)5244.9
 7.1%
3rd Grade Math (Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 5)10090.6
 9.4%
   3rd Grade Math (New York)5453.7
 0.3%
4th Grade English Language Arts (Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 5)9164.6
 26.4%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (New York)4848.8
 0.8%
4th Grade Math (Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 5)9888.6
 9.4%
   4th Grade Math (New York)5053.9
 3.8%
5th Grade English Language Arts (Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 5)7366.4
 6.6%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (New York)3845.1
 7.1%
5th Grade Math (Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 5)10081.2
 18.8%
   5th Grade Math (New York)4649.7
 3.7%
6th Grade English Language Arts (Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 5)9782
 15%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (New York)4745.8
 1.2%
6th Grade Math (Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 5)10088.5
 11.5%
   6th Grade Math (New York)4748.1
 1.1%
7th Grade English Language Arts (Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 5)9693.9
 2.1%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (New York)4048
 8%
7th Grade Math (Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 5)10098
 2%
   7th Grade Math (New York)4451.9
 7.9%
8th Grade English Language Arts (Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 5)9498.6
 4.6%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (New York)4855.2
 7.2%
End of Course Common Core Algebra I (Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 5)100100
   End of Course Common Core Algebra I (New York)71.164.6
 6.5%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students748869
 16.2%
African American506543
 7.3%
American Indian67
 16.7%
Asian814
 75%
Hispanic198273
 37.9%
Pacific Islander13
 200%
White1417
 21.4%
Two or More Races1512
 20%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients78.6%80.4%
 1.8%


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In the 2023-24 school year, 793 students attended Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 5.

Yes! Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 5 is one of the best elementary schools in the state. It ranks 116th of 2445 New York elementary schools.

Students at Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 5 are 64% African American, 29% Hispanic, 2% White, 2% Asian, 1% American Indian, 1% Two or more races.


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau, the WNYC and the New York State Department of Health and the NY State Education Department.

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