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New York, New York - 1 schools
An equity score of 3/100 ranks Success Academy Charter School-Union Square #922 of 941 districts in New York (state average 45). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $17,153 per pupil, Success Academy Charter School-Union Square ranks #944 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
Success Academy Charter School-Union Square operates 1 public schools serving 993 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.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $17,153 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 3/100, ranked #922 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.
a 967:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 21.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 32.8% Hispanic or Latino, 24.1% Asian, 22.4% African American across the district's schools.
Success Academy Charter School-Union Square accounts for 97.4% of all Success Academy Charter School-Union Square student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Success Academy Charter School-Union Square a distant remainder — means Success Academy Charter School-Union Square-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.
Success Academy Charter School-Union Square student-counselor ratio is 967:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 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.
Success Academy Charter School-Union Square chronic absenteeism rate is 21.8% — 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 Success Academy Charter School-Union Square is typically wider than the Success Academy Charter School-Union Square-aggregate figure suggests.
Comparisons are relative to Success Academy Charter School-Union Square'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 Success Academy Charter School-Union Square?
Success Academy Charter School-Union Square has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 993 students.
How much does Success Academy Charter School-Union Square spend per student?
Success Academy Charter School-Union Square spends $17,153 per student. The district has an equity score of 3/100, ranking #922 in New York.
What is the demographic composition of Success Academy Charter School-Union Square?
Success Academy Charter School-Union Square students are 32.8% Hispanic or Latino, 24.1% Asian, 22.4% African American, 14.9% White, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Success Academy Charter School-Union Square?
Success Academy Charter School-Union Square has an equity score of 3/100, ranking #922 out of 941 districts in New York.