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District-Level NCES Analysis
Amber Charter School Inwood operates 1 public schools serving 102 students, placing it among the smallest districts in New York. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in New York County.
a 179:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 29.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 78.2% Hispanic or Latino, 16.8% African American, 3.4% White across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Amber Charter School Inwood, enrolling 179 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Amber Charter School Inwood accounts for 100.0% of all Amber Charter School Inwood student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Amber Charter School Inwood a distant remainder — means Amber Charter School Inwood-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Amber Charter School Inwood has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 84.3% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Areas above 75% eligibility — including this one — receive concentration grants on top of the basic Title I formula. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
Amber Charter School Inwood student-counselor ratio is 179:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Amber Charter School Inwood chronic absenteeism rate is 29.6% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Variation between sub-units within Amber Charter School Inwood is typically wider than the Amber Charter School Inwood-aggregate figure suggests.
How many schools are in Amber Charter School Inwood?
Amber Charter School Inwood has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 102 students.
What is the demographic composition of Amber Charter School Inwood?
Amber Charter School Inwood students are 78.2% Hispanic or Latino, 16.8% African American, 3.4% White, 1.1% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.