Elementary school (grades K-5) · New York, NY

Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 5

Federal NCES profile for Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 5, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 19/100.

2024-25 NCES dataElementary school (grades K-5)NCES 360100906212Charter school
0/100100/10019/100
🌟 Gifted program
30
🎓 Counselors
27
📋 Attendance
0
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →

The verdict

Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 5 earns 19/100 on the Resource Investment Index on federal resource data.

#43 of 46
elementary schools in New York · Resource Index
19
Resource Index · Lower
80.3%
free-lunch eligible
733
students enrolled

By Resource Investment Index, Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 5 ranks #43 of 46 elementary schools in New York, NY.

Enrollment

733

New York · 2024-25 NCES data

Free-lunch eligible

80.3%

vs 56.2% New York avg

+43% vs state

What stands out at Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 5

Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 5 is a high-poverty, mid-sized charter elementary school in New York, New York, enrolling 733 students.

Economic need runs somewhat above the state's typical profile, with 80.3% of students eligible for free meals.

Enrollment of 733 puts it in the larger third of New York schools by headcount.

Its Resource Investment Index trails 97% of the 4,801 New York schools with a score on record, one of the lower results on this measure.

Among 672 similarly sized, similarly resourced-need New York schools statewide, it ranks #570, in the lower tier once campus size and economic need are matched.

Its student body is led by African American (65%) and Hispanic or Latino (28%) (diversity index 50/100).

Counselor availability sits well past the ASCA benchmark, roughly 367 students sharing each counselor, though short of the most stretched campuses.

Chronic absenteeism is elevated: 47.9% of students missed 10% or more of school days (2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection).

The surrounding Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 5 spends $15,989 per pupil, 39% below the New York average, a leaner-resourced district than most.

Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 5 is a single-school charter district, so Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 5 operates independently rather than alongside district-mates.

Sourced from NCES CCD, CRDC, and F-33 (federal records, not a quality verdict). How we source and compute this.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data + CRDC + F-33 · 2024-25

How Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 5 compares

Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 5 on the metrics families compare, against New York and U.S. means.

Metric This school vs New York New York avg U.S. avg
Free-lunch eligible 80.3% ▲ 43% 56.2% 51.7%
Enrollment 733 top 17% - -

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25

733
Bigger than 82% of US schools by enrollment, a large campus nationally.

Equity indicators (what these measure)

Economic need
80.3%
free-lunch eligible - 43% above the New York average of 56.2%
Above the 40% Title I schoolwide threshold; federal funds support the whole school, not individual students.
Engagement
47.9%
chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days)
At or above 20%, the commonly used threshold for "high" chronic absenteeism, signaling significant barriers to regular attendance.
Funding equity
$15,989
per pupil, district-wide - below New York avg of $26,410
Close to the U.S. public-school average per-pupil spend.
Support staff
Counselors2.0 FTE
Per 367 students, the combined health-and-guidance staffing load for this school.
Discipline context
0
in-school suspensions + 104 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 14.2 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.

Overview

  • Common Core of Data (June 2026): enrollment, staffing, and the student-teacher ratio above.
  • Civil Rights Data Collection: discipline counts and program access (AP, gifted, special education).
  • F-33 School District Finance Survey: the district-wide per-pupil spending figures below.

Three separate federal collections, each on its own reporting cadence - which is why this school's numbers line up on a consistent basis against every other school and state on this site, rather than mixing figures pulled from different survey years.

Student demographics

African American 64.6%
Hispanic or Latino 28.3%
Asian 2.3%
Two or More 1.8%
White 1.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native 0.7%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander 0.7%

Largest group: African American at 64.6% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 50.1/100

Simpson diversity index - at 50.1, Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 5 is more mixed than the New York school average of 45.5.

Programs

Funding & spending

District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 5, which includes Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 5.

$15,989
Per student
-39%
vs New York
Avg $26,410
-4%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593

Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey District-level finance · FY 2021-22 Per-pupil expenditure reflects the district-wide average. Individual school budgets are not reported at the federal level.

Similar elementary schools statewide

Matched by enrollment size and by staffing ratio across all of New York, not just this city - a different peer set than the local comparisons above.

Next steps

Verify locally before acting on Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 5's federal record.

Federal record (CCD 2024-25, CRDC 2021-22) - PlainSchools assigns no subjective rating; the composite quality score is a transparent, reproducible index computed from this cited federal data.

Frequently asked questions about Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 5

How many students attend Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 5?

Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 5 has 733 students enrolled. It is an elementary school in New York, NY.

What percentage of students receive free lunch at Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 5?

80.3% of students at Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 5 are eligible for free lunch, compared to the New York average of 56.2%.

What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 5?

The largest demographic group at Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 5 is African American at 64.6% of enrollment, in New York, NY. Its student body is more racially and ethnically mixed than most US schools, with a diversity index of 50.1/100.

What is the Resource Investment Index for Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 5?

Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 5 has a Resource Investment Index of 19/100 (lower reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 3 factors: student-teacher ratio, counselor availability, attendance rates. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).

How does Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 5 rank among elementary schools in New York?

By Resource Investment Index, Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 5 ranks #43 of 46 elementary schools in New York, NY. This compares federal resource and staffing data among local peers; it is not a test-score or academic ranking. See all elementary schools in New York on the city page.

Is Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 5 a good school?

Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 5 earns 19/100 on the Resource Investment Index on federal resource data. This is a resource snapshot, not an academic rating; see the Resource Investment Index question above for what the number does and doesn't measure.

What other schools are in Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 5?

None; Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 5 is a single-school charter district, and Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 5 is its only campus.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) CCD + Public School Universe (2024-25), CRDC (2021-22), F-33 District Finance Survey (FY 2021-22) · 2024-25 Data as of the 2024-25 school year. Coverage from U.S. Department of Education NCES Common Core of Data. Varies by entity type; administrative districts and certain charter networks may report only a subset of fields.

All federal data sources used on this page

Full source list and how we compute each figure: methodology page.

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