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New York, New York - 1 schools
An equity score of 31/100 ranks Democracy Prep Harlem Charter School #700 of 941 districts in New York (state average 45). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $18,066 per pupil, Democracy Prep Harlem Charter School ranks #921 of 999 New York districts by per-pupil spending (New York districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Democracy Prep Harlem Charter School operates 1 public schools serving 1,017 students, placing it among the smallest districts in New York. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined 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.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $18,066 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 100 of 999 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 31/100, ranked #700 of 941 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.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 1 schools offering Advanced Placement (5 AP courses district-wide), a 450:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 88.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 66.7% African American, 28.6% Hispanic or Latino, 1.1% White across the district's schools.
Democracy Prep Harlem Charter School accounts for 88.5% of all Democracy Prep Harlem Charter School student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Democracy Prep Harlem Charter School a distant remainder — means Democracy Prep Harlem Charter School-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. 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.
Democracy Prep Harlem Charter School has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 85.9% 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.
Democracy Prep Harlem Charter School student-counselor ratio is 450:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Democracy Prep Harlem Charter School chronic absenteeism rate is 88.6% — 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 Democracy Prep Harlem Charter School'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 Democracy Prep Harlem Charter School?
Democracy Prep Harlem Charter School has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 1,017 students.
How much does Democracy Prep Harlem Charter School spend per student?
Democracy Prep Harlem Charter School spends $18,066 per student. The district has an equity score of 31/100, ranking #700 in New York.
What is the demographic composition of Democracy Prep Harlem Charter School?
Democracy Prep Harlem Charter School students are 66.7% African American, 28.6% Hispanic or Latino, 1.1% White, 0.3% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Democracy Prep Harlem Charter School?
Democracy Prep Harlem Charter School has an equity score of 31/100, ranking #700 out of 941 districts in New York.