An equity score of 7/100 ranks Brighter Choice Charter School for Girls #896 of 931 districts in New York (state average 45). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $15,785 per pupil, Brighter Choice Charter School for Girls ranks #964 of 986 New York districts by per-pupil spending (New York districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Brighter Choice Charter School for Girls operates 1 public schools serving 326 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 Albany County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $15,785 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 99 of 986 New York districts by per-pupil spending. See how New York compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The district's equity score is 7/100, ranked #896 of 931 in New York against a state average of 45, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 316:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 44.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 57.6% African American, 15.2% Hispanic or Latino, 10.4% Asian across the district's schools.
Brighter Choice Charter School for Girls accounts for 96.9% of all Brighter Choice Charter School for Girls student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Brighter Choice Charter School for Girls a distant remainder — means Brighter Choice Charter School for Girls-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: elementary. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.
Brighter Choice Charter School for Girls reports 72.4% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share sits between 62.5% and 75%, above a simple majority but below the highest descriptive band used here. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.
Brighter Choice Charter School for Girls student-counselor ratio is 316:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
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 Variation between sub-units within Brighter Choice Charter School for Girls is typically wider than the Brighter Choice Charter School for Girls-aggregate figure suggests.
Brighter Choice Charter School for Girls chronic absenteeism rate is 44.6% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Comparisons are relative to Brighter Choice Charter School for Girls's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in Brighter Choice Charter School for Girls?
Brighter Choice Charter School for Girls has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 326 students.
How much does Brighter Choice Charter School for Girls spend per student?
Brighter Choice Charter School for Girls spends $15,785 per student. The district has an equity score of 7/100, ranking #896 in New York.
What is the demographic composition of Brighter Choice Charter School for Girls?
Brighter Choice Charter School for Girls students are 57.6% African American, 15.2% Hispanic or Latino, 10.4% Asian, 7.0% White, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Brighter Choice Charter School for Girls?
Brighter Choice Charter School for Girls has an equity score of 7/100, ranking #896 out of 931 districts in New York.