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An equity score of 71/100 ranks Dream Charter School #93 of 941 districts in New York (state average 45). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $32,123 per pupil, Dream Charter School ranks #144 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
Dream Charter School operates 1 public schools serving 929 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 $32,123 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half 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 71/100, ranked #93 of 941 in New York against a state average of 45, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 69.3:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, . Demographically, the student body averages 55.4% Hispanic or Latino, 38.3% African American, 2.3% White across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Dream Charter School, enrolling 554 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Dream Charter School accounts for 59.6% of all Dream Charter School student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Dream Charter School a distant remainder — means Dream 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.
Dream Charter School has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 86.9% 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.
Dream Charter School student-counselor ratio is 69:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 Values this far below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
Dream Charter School has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 929 students.
How much does Dream Charter School spend per student?
Dream Charter School spends $32,123 per student. The district has an equity score of 71/100, ranking #93 in New York.
What is the demographic composition of Dream Charter School?
Dream Charter School students are 55.4% Hispanic or Latino, 38.3% African American, 2.3% White, 1.3% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Dream Charter School?
Dream Charter School has an equity score of 71/100, ranking #93 out of 941 districts in New York.