Enrollment
381
New York · 2024-25 NCES data
2024-25 NCES data Elementary school (grades K-5) NCES 360115906610 Charter school
Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 6 — New York, NY
Federal NCES profile for Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 6, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators — Resource Investment Index 18/100.
🌟 Gifted program 30
🎓 Counselors 24
📋 Attendance 0
How this works: Each indicator above is scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC data, then averaged into the Resource Investment Index. This measures resource allocation — staffing, programs, and support services — not standardized test scores or academic outcomes. Full methodology →
The verdict
Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 6 earns an F Resource Investment Index (18/100) on federal resource data.
- F
- Resource Index · 18/100
- 85.4%
- free-lunch eligible
- 381
- students enrolled
School address
District: Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 6 · New York
Public location data per NCES (National Center for Education Statistics) Common Core of Data. Verify the school's current address on the NCES CCD record.
Free-lunch eligible
85.4%
vs 56.2% New York avg
+52% vs state
The federal record — no proprietary index, no editorial formula.
PlainSchools publishes the actual federal measurements — enrollment, staffing, demographics, discipline, and finance — straight from the NCES Common Core of Data, CRDC, and F-33 surveys. No composite rating, no opinion-based score on top. You get the same raw numbers researchers and policymakers use, with benchmarks, spending context, and equity indicators computed from the same federal datasets. Full methodology linked below.
What this school's NCES data tells you
Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 6 reports 381 enrolled students to the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).
Title I and federal lunch eligibility offer another window into the student body: 85.4% of pupils qualify for free meals, a proxy for household income that federal programs use to direct funding. The free-lunch share is 52% above the New York average and 65% above the national baseline. Counselor coverage works out to roughly 381 students per counselor, above the ASCA-recommended ceiling of 250:1. Chronic absenteeism — missing 10% or more of school days — stands at 59.8% according to the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection.
On the finance side, the surrounding Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 6 spends $17,646 per pupil district-wide, below the New York average of $26,410 and above the national average of $16,593. Revenue comes per the NCES F-33 finance survey. Taken together, these measurements produce a Resource Investment Index of 18/100 (F), calculated from 3 distinct NCES and CRDC indicators measuring resource allocation rather than academic outcomes.
Source: National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data + CRDC + F-33 · 2024-25
How Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 6 compares
Cross-validating school-level NCES values against New York state and U.S. national means lets readers see whether this school is an outlier or in line with peers.
| Metric | This school | vs New York | New York avg | U.S. avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free-lunch eligible | 85.4% | ▲ 52% | 56.2% | 51.8% |
| Enrollment | 381 | top 41% | — | — |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25
School size vs. every US school
Total enrollment — where this school sits by size (neither large nor small is 'better')
381 larger than 44% of 95,891 US schools
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Source U.S. Department of Education — NCES Common Core of Data · 2024-25
What the federal data reveals about equity at this school
Federal measurements — not ratings — surface the resource and opportunity picture. Below are the indicators that researchers, civil-rights monitors, and funding formulas use to assess equity.
Economic need
85.4%
free-lunch eligible
— 52% 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
59.8%
chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days)
Chronic absenteeism at or above 20% — the CDC threshold for "high" — signals significant barriers to regular attendance.
Funding equity
$17,646
per pupil, district-wide
— below New York avg of $26,410
Above the U.S. public-school average, reflecting higher local or state investment per enrolled student.
Support staff
Counselors1.0 FTE
Per 381 students — the combined health-and-guidance staffing load for this school.
Discipline context
0
in-school suspensions + 18 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 4.7 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.
Overview
Enrollment 381 Top 41% in New York — larger than 59% of 4,812 state schools
Teachers (FTE) —
Students per teacher —
Free-lunch eligible 85.4% +52% vs state
NCES ID 360115906610
Student demographics
African American 47.2%
Hispanic or Latino 45.7%
White 2.9%
Asian 2.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native 1.0%
Two or More 0.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander 0.3%
Largest group: African American at 47.2% of enrollment.
Programs & staff
Counselors (FTE) 1.0
Students per counselor 381:1
Discipline & special education
Chronically absent 59.8%
In-school suspensions 0
Out-of-school suspensions 18
Funding & spending
District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 6, which includes Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 6.
$17,646
Per student
-33%
vs New York
Avg $26,410
+6%
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.
Educator & family resources
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Understanding NCES data
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Choose a school district
Eight signals that matter more than the overall ranking number.
How schools are funded
Title I, F-33, state aid formulas and what per-pupil spending really means.
Chronic absenteeism
Why missing 10% of school matters and how it varies by district.
Magnet vs charter vs traditional
Three school types, three funding models, three sets of trade-offs.
School discipline data
What CRDC suspension and expulsion records do and don't reveal.
Before you act on this record
Treat this page as the federal baseline — then verify locally.
- Compare Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 6 side-by-side with another school you're considering on the same NCES measures. Compare schools
- Read the district context — spending per pupil, staffing, and equity ranking are district-level decisions that shape this school. District profile
- Confirm current enrollment windows, programs, and boundaries with the school directly — federal data lags the current school year. Choosing guide
Figures are the school's reported federal record (CCD 2024-25, CRDC 2021-22) — coverage varies by entity type, and PlainSchools does not rate or rank schools.
Frequently asked questions about Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 6
How many students attend Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 6?
Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 6 has 381 students enrolled. It is a elementary school in New York, NY.
What percentage of students receive free lunch at Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 6?
85.4% of students at Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 6 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 6?
The largest demographic group at Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 6 is African American at 47.2%. The school serves a diverse student body in New York, NY.
What is the Resource Investment Index for Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 6?
Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 6 has a Resource Investment Index of 18/100 (F) based on 3 factors: student-teacher ratio, counselor availability, attendance rates. This index measures federal resource allocation — staffing levels, program availability, and support services — not standardized test scores or academic outcomes.
Is Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 6 a good school?
Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 6 earns an F Resource Investment Index (18/100) on federal resource data. The Resource Investment Index reflects staffing, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance reported to NCES, not test scores or academic outcomes, so treat it as a resource snapshot rather than an overall rating.