A Tale of Two Schools
Amid a Crisis of Failing Schools in New York City, a Few Successful Schools—
Often Only Blocks Away—Make the Case for Bold, Urgent Change
September 2014
A Tale of Two Schools
Amid a Crisis of Failing Schools in New York City, a Few Successful Schools—
Often Only Blocks Away—Make the Case for Bold, Urgent Change
September 2014
I. INTRODUCTION
Just over a year ago, Mayor de Blasio’s campaign theme, “A Tale of Two Cities,” captured the growing divide between
our most affluent residents and growing numbers of New Yorkers who were being left behind. The task central to that
mission—educating and empowering more than a million students in our school system to succeed—remains the
linchpin of any meaningful attempt to restore opportunity to every New Yorker.
Yet as Families for Excellent Schools documented this summer, a full quarter—a Forgotten Fourth—of all New York
City’s public schools have been persistently failing over decades to achieve grade-level standards for their students.1 At
best, roughly one in ten of the 143,000 students at each of the Forgotten Fourth meet grade-level standards for math or
English. Juxtaposed with the dozens of schools where no black or Hispanic student passed one of this year’s state exams,
it is clear that our crisis of failing schools predominantly affects children of color from underserved communities.
The depth and breadth of the crisis calls for dramatic change. The need to transform 143,000 failing seats in our schools
into excellent ones is made more urgent because parents know what success looks like—and it is often only a few blocks
away. Amid a sea of failing schools, there are district and charter public schools nearby where students are excelling.
This Tale of Two Schools is a story set in New York City’s neighborhoods—in Harlem, the Bronx, Sunset Park, and
Central Brooklyn. Two schools, in the same neighborhood, serving students of similar backgrounds—mostly poor and
of-color students—that produce wildly diverging outcomes. There are district and charter schools that are beating the
odds, and by doing so they are closing the achievement gap and empowering children of color to have the same high
expectations of their affluent peers. Parents are seeing that success is possible in these schools and asking one question:
Why isn’t the city creating more of them?
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II. The Depth of the Crisis: Why We Need Bold, Transformative Change
The Vast Majority of New York City’s Schools Are Failing Our Students
To fully grasp the state of public education in New York City, consider the distribution of schools by percentage of
students passing the most recent state exams. Only 25 elementary or middle schools out of 1,262 have proficiency rates
above 80%—where four in five students are able to read and do math at grade level. At the other end of this scale,
there are 20 times as many severely failing schools: 501 schools where less than one in five students are math and
reading proficient.
Furthermore, there is a sharp disparity among the city’s schools: At schools where the majority of students are living at
or below the poverty level, achievement rates plummet. The low-performing schools are almost entirely Title I schools,
where 60% or more of students are poor enough to receive subsidized lunch. Even with additional funding, New York
City’s Title I schools are overwhelmingly low performing (Figure 1).
A Shocking Achievement Gap That Must Be Closed
The disparity in student achievement often exists across racial as well as economic differences. Not only are Asian and
white students more than twice as likely to be proficient in math and English than their black or Hispanic counterparts
citywide, but much of this achievement gap can be attributed to a set of persistently failing schools. The Forgotten
Fourth schools represent an educational apartheid: 96% of students in these schools are children of color. Across
New York City, there are 90 schools where not one black or Hispanic student passed one of the state’s exams in math
or English (Figure 2).
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100
X%
80
A Decades-Old Achievement Gap
Is Not on Track to Improve 100
MATH
X%
67%
60
40
40
20
19%
0
80
X%
56%
23%
19%
56%
Asian
80
60
60
40
40
18%
20
0
Hispanic
African
White
Asian
American
Hispanic
X%
X%
49%
23%
0
African
American
X%
English Language Arts
67%
X%
20
100 LANGUAGE
ENGLISH
ENGLISH
ARTS
LANGUAGE ARTS
X%
Math
80
60
MATH
Figure 2
20
49%
49%
18%
49%
18%
0
African
American
White
2
Asian
Hispanic
African
White
Asian
American
Hispanic
White
School Achievement Rates by Family Income
Figure 1
In NYC, few schools have excellent or even good proficiency rates, but the high number of failing
schools serving low-income students reveals stark inequities within our city’s school system.
25 schools
where 4 in 5 students are meeting grade level standards
5
schools with 60% or more
low-income minority students
schools with middle-income
students
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1 school house = 20 students
98 schools
where 3 in 5 students are meeting grade level standards
17
81
249 schools
where 2 in 5 students are meeting grade level standards
70
179
399 schools
where 1 in 5 students are meeting grade level standards
341
48
501 schools
where fewer than 1 in 5 students are meeting grade level standards
490
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A Generation at Risk—Incremental Change Will Be Too Little, Too Late
This year, student scores on the state’s English Language Arts test improved by 2.8 percentage point for NYC white
students and only 1.5 percentage points for the city’s black and Hispanic students. Math scores were similarly disparate.
At this rate, even after 10 years, less than half of all students of color would meet grade-level standards. The achievement
gap would only grow.
Proposals on the table to remedy the city’s failing schools thus far amount to minimal overall change, and we risk losing
a generation of our children. Incremental improvements will not help today’s kindergartener. At the current rate of
progress, black or Hispanic children starting school this year will, in a decade, still be facing average rates of proficiency
in math and English below 50% when they are entering high school (Figure 3). Ill prepared for the rigors of a selective
high school, these students face stiff odds of graduating and being college-ready. Unless city leaders intervene with a
sweeping plan to overhaul a system that tracks failure from elementary school to middle and high schools, black and
Hispanic children from New York City’s most disadvantaged neighborhoods will continue to be trapped in poverty.
Figure 3
Incremental Change Is Not Enough:
This year, student scores on the state’s English Language Arts test improved by 2.8 percentage points for
NYC white students and only 1.5 percentage points for the city’s black and Hispanic students. At this rate,
even after 10 years, fewer than half of students of color would meet grade-level standards and the
achievement gap would only grow.
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90
African American
and Hispanic Students
Percent of Students Proficient in ELA
80
70
White Students
60
50
40
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20
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0
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2015
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2017
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2019
2020
2021
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III. A Tale of Two Schools
There is no question that our city faces a monumental educational crisis. The sheer number of failing schools—and the
children trapped in them—almost defies imagination. Yet, amid this depressing landscape, are some very bright spots:
schools that are working well, schools where children are achieving at high levels, even as their student demographics
mirror that of the city’s worst performing schools. These schools are defying the odds and proving conventional wisdom
wrong. They are creating engaging, creative learning environments where low-income children of color, children from the
most disadvantaged neighborhoods in New York City, are excelling. They are reshaping parent communities and closing
the achievement gap, and they are empowering children of color to have the same high expectations of their more affluent
peers. In Harlem and the Bronx, Sunset Park and Central Brooklyn, these schools demonstrate that there are clear
alternatives to failure.
While poverty is a complex and significant factor that contributes to the challenges children in disadvantaged
neighborhoods face, it need not define or limit a student’s achievement. As the following case studies show, schools
with very similar student bodies can produce vastly different academic results, even when the schools are in the
same neighborhood.
This study analyzed the 923 schools that meet the following criteria:
• Title I eligible (at least 60% of students qualify for free or reduced price lunch)
• The majority of students are children of color
• Have at least one testing grade (grades 3-8)
What emerged from this analysis was stark:
• 46 schools with an average proficiency rate in English and math above 50%.
• 185 schools with an average proficiency rate in English and math 10% or below
These 46 elementary and middle schools—23 of them charter schools—make the case for why New York City urgently
needs bold change that expands access to quality schools. These are the schools that cynics claim are impossible: Title
I schools where a majority of students are African American or Hispanic, but on average, more than half of them meet
rigorous Common Core academic standards.
The study also uncovered an even darker finding. Of the 257 elementary and middle schools where no more than 10% of
students met academic standards in 2013, there were 87 that failed to improve by even one percentage point in 2014.
Parents of the 143,000 students who attended a Forgotten Fourth School last year—and especially those sending their
children to schools that fell even farther behind this year—see no reason why their child is denied access to a successful
seat. The successful schools are taking high-poverty, majority of-color student populations—children much like their
own—and helping these kids climb a ladder of success.
The successful schools are often just blocks away.
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As the graph below illustrates, 46 excellent schools are changing the academic odds for some of the city’s most
disadvantaged children. At these 46 schools (represented by the green markers), more than half of students are children
of color and at least 60% are from low-income households. Yet a majority of students still meet grade-level standards.
The gray markers represent all other schools, which are plotted from left to right (high income to low) and from top to
bottom (high achieving to worst). As the heavy concentration of gray in the lower right quadrant suggests, schools
attended by the poorest children are often the lowest achieving.
Figure 4
Poverty vs. Proficiency
Sheet 1
schools that are closing
the achievment gap
Legend
1.0
Schools That Are Closing the Achievement Gap
All other schools
all other schools
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Interactive Version
0.8
0.7
Proficiency Rate
Proficiency Rate
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0.3
0.2
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Poverty Rate
Poverty
Rate
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1.0
Without a bold, comprehensive plan from our city and state leaders that both acknowledges the depth and breadth of our
failing schools crisis and works to expand access to high-quality schools across New York City, we are at risk of denying
an entire generation of children the opportunity to succeed. Disadvantaged students can beat the odds, but to gain the
necessary tools, they need access to excellent schools.
But there are only 46 of them today — out of 923 schools with high-needs populations. This year, we can start to
change that number.
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IV. Case Studies – A Tale of Two Schools in Harlem, THE Bronx, and Brooklyn
Note: While each of the following school pairs was chosen to reflect very similar demographics and locations, exact matches are
impossible. In some cases, the percentage of children with special needs was higher for one school than the other. Therefore, in
the below comparisons of academic performance, the calculated proficiency rates exclude students with disabilities.
Two Schools from Central Brooklyn
District 17
MANHATTAN
QUEENS
PS 249 The Caton
100% Poverty Rate
92% Black/Hispanic
25% ELL
14% SPED
65%
46%
STATEN
ISLAND
BROOKLYN
3%
MATH
2%
Middle School for Academic
and Social Excellence
85% Poverty Rate
99% Black/Hispanic
5% ELL
30% SPED
ELA
Across District 17 in Central Brooklyn, there are 46 elementary and middle schools that enroll a combined total of
nearly 22,000 students. But only two schools—attended by fewer than 2,000 students—have a 50% or higher combined
pass rate.
PS 249, The Caton, has performed well above the District 17 average of 20% proficiency; it has extended schools days to
5:30pm twice a week and programs on Saturdays that include academics and extracurricular activities. They also devote
a full day each week to science education, “Super Science Friday.”2
In the same district, the Middle School for Academic and Social Excellence has less than 5% of its general education
(non-special needs) students passing either exam.3 Reportedly, staff here and the principal have trouble working together, as the school has poor results from the Learning Environment Survey and has for a number of years.4 The school also
has a history of very high chronic absentee rates (45% in 2012-13). Nearly 80% of students complain about bullying,
although the school itself failed to report a single incident of bullying, intimidation or harassment during the most
recent year data was collected.5
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A Model for Excellence in Brooklyn
District 15
99%
MANHATTAN
STATEN
ISLAND
QUEENS
PS 172 Beacon School
of Excellence
95% Poverty Rate
85% Black/Hispanic
26% ELL
23% SPED
79%
BROOKLYN
7%
MATH
10%
School for lnternational
Studies
87% Poverty Rate
81% Black/Hispanic
12% ELL
15% SPED
ELA
District 15 in Brooklyn has some of the best schools in the city, but of the 26 Title I elementary and middle schools in
the district, only two have a combined pass rate above 50%.
PS 172, The Beacon School of Excellence, is a zoned elementary school in District 15. Despite the challenges of serving
a large number of students eligible for free and reduced-priced lunch, students score proficient at nearly double the
rates of the district.6 PS 172 is known for using additional learning coaches, afterschool time and Saturdays to help
students achieve.7
Meanwhile, at the School for International Studies, also in District 15, no more than 10% of students scored proficient
on either exam.8 This school has fewer English Language Learners and children with disabilities, compared to PS 172,
yet proficiency scores fell in 2014.9
Fewer than half of the teachers at the school believe order is maintained on the campus, and 73% of students complain
about bullying. There were 52 minor altercations during the most recent year reported. Of these, four involved weapons. 10
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Two Charter Schools in the Bronx
District 9
100%
BRONX
Bronx Success Academy
Charter School 2
85% Poverty Rate
98% Black/Hispanic
9% ELL
14% SPED
MA
NH
AT
TA
N
74%
QUEENS
6%
BROOKLYN
MATH
13%
Mott Hall Charter School
91% Poverty Rate
98% Black/Hispanic
9% ELL
23% SPED
ELA
District 9 in the Bronx has 27,000 students attending elementary and middle school. Of these children, fewer than 700
attend one of the two schools with a combined passing rate above 50%.
The South Bronx is home to some of the city’s worst schools, yet there are also remarkable schools, those that are beating
the odds and proving kids in impoverished neighborhoods can achieve at extremely high levels. One of them is Success
Academy Bronx 2. The school places a special emphasis on motivating kids to love what they learn—rather than using
rote memorization. The math program emphasizes activity-based investigations and developing new and creative
approaches. Students discuss both their ideas about literature and those of their classmates, as well as read at least 30
minutes a day at home.
Nearby, Mott Hall Charter School has struggled. Opened in 2012 to serve grades 6-8, the school provides additional
academic support after school and on Saturdays.11 Despite an extended year program that includes test prep and admissions counseling, fewer students at Mott Hall do math and read on grade level than in District 9 overall. Proficiency
rates that were low in 2013 declined this year. Just 6% of general education students performed on grade level in math,
while only 13% performed on grade level in English.
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New Schools, Divergent Paths, in Bushwick
District 32
MANHATTAN
Achievement First
Bushwick Charter School
84% Poverty Rate
99% Black/Hispanic
6% ELL
13% SPED
QUEENS
72%
BROOKLYN
40%
STATEN
ISLAND
2%
MATH
4%
Evergreen Middle School
for Urban Exploration
93% Poverty Rate
94% Black/Hispanic
23% ELL
24% SPED
ELA
District 32 in the Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn has about 12,500 students in grades K-8, yet there are only two
schools, serving around 1,200 students, with combined pass rates of 50% or higher.
Opened in 2006, Achievement First Bushwick makes use of an extended school day and year, along with a rigorous
professional development program for its teachers to better serve its students. In 2013, AF Bushwick was recognized
as a top school for helping students from high needs populations prepare for college and career, and in 2014 its scores
improved by an average of nearly 7%.12
Located in the same building, Evergreen Middle School for Urban Exploration opened in 2012. In its first years, the
school has struggled—less than 5% of general education students were on grade level in math and English in 2014.13
There were 19 minor altercations at Evergreen during its first school year, with three involving weapons. A disheartening
17% of teachers thought order was maintained in the school.14
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V. Conclusion
With no choice but to attend a failing school, a kindergartener of color today has little hope of beating the odds.
Statistically, a classroom of 30 African American or Hispanic kindergarteners, hopeful and eager on their first day of
school, will emerge from the public school system 13 years later much diminished. Only 58% will graduate from high
school, and of those, only 12% will be fully prepared to succeed in college. That means 13 of these 30 kindergarteners
will drop out or linger another year or so before graduating. Of the 17 who do graduate, only two have a strong chance
of finishing college.
Failure to provide excellent schools to all children is not only a social justice issue—it has tremendous economic implications as well. A recent education report from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development shows
that the United States lags behind nearly all other industrialized nations when it comes to educational equality. Only one
in 20 Americans aged 25 to 34 whose parents didn’t finish high school has a college degree. The average across 20 rich
countries is almost one in four.15 As the New York Times’ Eduardo Porter reported: “In the American education system,
inequality is winning, gumming up the mobility that broad-based prosperity requires.”16
In New York City, this educational inequality weakens the social and economic stability of our great city and threatens
to leave the current generation of children worse off than their parents. But as this stark Tale of Two Schools suggests,
poverty need not define or limit a student’s achievement. Children in disadvantaged neighborhoods face significant
challenges, as do the schools that serve them. Yet, some of our schools are educating poor children, and children of color, exceptionally well. Others are leaving the most vulnerable kids even worse off than when they first enrolled.
The task for all of us is to ask: what drives such vast variability in performance? How is it that a small number of schools
can defy the odds, while so many remain mired in failure? Where is the accountability in our school system? What
supports, oversights, and standards must be in place to keep—and correct—schools from sliding out of control and
depriving children of their right to a sound, excellent education.
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http://www.familiesforexcellentschools.org/sites/familiesforexcellentschools/files/TheForgottenFourth.pdf
http://insideschools.org/component/schools/school/737
http://schools.nyc.gov/Accountability/data/TestResults/ELAandMathTestResults
http://www.ny1.com/content/news/143428/ny1-exclusive--survey-finds-some-city-teachers-do-not-trust-their-own-principals
http://www.p12.nysed.gov/sss/ssae/schoolsafety/vadir/
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/26/education/26test.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
http://insideschools.org/component/schools/school/679
http://insideschools.org/component/schools/school/693?Itemid=78
http://schools.nyc.gov/OA/SchoolReports/2012-13/Progress_Report_Overview_2013_EMS_K497.pdf
http://www.p12.nysed.gov/sss/ssae/schoolsafety/vadir/
http://motthallcharterschool.org/school-program/academics/
http://www.achievementfirst.org/schools/new-york-schools/achievement-first-bushwick-elementary-school/about/
http://schools.nyc.gov/Accountability/data/TestResults/ELAandMathTestResults
http://www.p12.nysed.gov/sss/ssae/schoolsafety/vadir/
http://www.keepeek.com/Digital-Asset-Management/oecd/education/education-at-a-glance-2014_eag-2014-en#page1
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/11/business/economy/a-simple-equation-more-education-more-income.html?_r=0
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Appendix A: The 185 Schools With Many Disadvantaged Children Where Fewer
Than 1 in 10 Are Proficient
School
PS 22 (District 17)
Math Proficiency
ELA Proficiency
Poverty Rate
Children of Color
0%
0%
97%
93%
MS 203 (District 07)
0%
1%
100%
99%
Choir Academy of Harlem (District 05)
0%
1%
89%
99%
Middle School for The Arts (District 17)
1%
1%
81%
99%
Academy for Social Action-A College Board School (District 05)
2%
0%
87%
98%
Urban Assembly School for The Urban Environment (The) (District 14)
3%
0%
95%
97%
Harbor Heights (District 06)
3%
1%
100%
100%
Frederick Douglass Academy IV Secondary School (District 16)
4%
0%
89%
98%
Brownsville Collaborative Middle School (District 23)
3%
1%
99%
96%
JHS 166 George Gershwin (District 19)
1%
3%
100%
98%
Middle School for Academic and Social Excellence (District 17)
1%
3%
85%
99%
PS 133 Fred R Moore (District 05)
3%
1%
92%
92%
PS 332 Charles H Houston School (District 23)
0%
5%
99%
99%
PS 150 Christopher (District 23)
2%
3%
99%
95%
Evergreen Middle School for Urban Exploration (District 32)
2%
4%
93%
94%
JHS 296 The Anna Gonzalez Community School (District 32)
3%
3%
99%
96%
Juan Morel Campos Secondary School (District 14)
4%
2%
100%
96%
MS 301 Paul L Dunbar (District 08)
2%
5%
90%
98%
MS 584 (District 16)
5%
2%
98%
97%
Lyons Community School (District 14)
3%
4%
95%
96%
Urban Scholars Community School (District 12)
4%
2%
95%
98%
Henry Street School for International Studies (District 01)
4%
3%
91%
84%
IS 219 New Venture School (District 09)
3%
4%
94%
99%
Hunts Point School (The) (District 08)
4%
4%
94%
99%
Urban Assembly Bronx Academy Of Letters (The) (District 07)
4%
3%
96%
98%
JHS 151 Lou Gehrig (District 07)
3%
4%
96%
99%
MS 328 Manhattan Middle School for Scientific Inquiry (District 06)
3%
4%
99%
99%
Knowledge and Power Prep Academy IV (District 05)
2%
5%
87%
95%
Ebbets Field Middle School (District 17)
3%
4%
96%
94%
PS 92 (District 12)
3%
4%
92%
96%
PS 67 Charles A Dorsey (District 13)
3%
4%
89%
88%
JHS 22 Jordan L Mott (District 09)
1%
7%
93%
98%
Opportunity Charter School (District 03)
3%
5%
92%
98%
New Design Middle School (District 05)
2%
6%
92%
96%
MS 596 Peace Academy (District 13)
4%
4%
89%
97%
Bronx Mathematics Preparatory School (The) (District 08)
2%
6%
96%
95%
PS 328 Phyllis Wheatley (District 19)
4%
4%
97%
98%
New Heights Middle School (District 17)
1%
7%
95%
100%
PS 298 Dr Betty Shabazz (District 23)
2%
7%
94%
95%
General D Chappie James Middle School of Science (District 23)
3%
5%
94%
99%
Urban Science Academy (District 09)
3%
6%
100%
98%
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School
Math Proficiency
ELA Proficiency
Poverty Rate
Children of Color
Brooklyn School for Global Studies (District 15)
6%
3%
89%
90%
Academy for Personal Leadership and Excellence (District 10)
2%
6%
97%
96%
JHS 145 Arturo Toscanini (District 09)
2%
7%
100%
97%
MS 53 Brian Piccolo (District 27)
3%
6%
100%
98%
PS 64 Pura Belpre (District 09)
5%
3%
98%
98%
PS 65 Mother Hale Academy (District 07)
4%
5%
98%
99%
JHS 13 Jackie Robinson (District 04)
4%
4%
91%
94%
New Millennium Business Academy Middle School (District 09)
4%
5%
100%
97%
MS 142 John Philip Sousa (District 11)
4%
5%
100%
93%
Elijah Stroud Middle School (District 17)
5%
5%
89%
98%
Academy Of Public Relations (District 07)
4%
5%
100%
100%
IS 313 School Of Leadership Development (District 09)
5%
4%
100%
98%
IS 206 Ann Mersereau (District 10)
7%
3%
100%
98%
Wadleigh Secondary School for The Performing and Visual Arts (District
03)
4%
6%
100%
97%
Madiba Prep Middle School (District 16)
5%
5%
86%
98%
Essence School (District 19)
5%
5%
96%
97%
School Of Business Finance & Entrepreneurship (District 16)
5%
5%
100%
97%
PS 213 New Lots (District 19)
7%
3%
95%
95%
JHS 80 The Mosholu Parkway (District 10)
5%
5%
92%
83%
East Fordham Academy for The Arts (District 10)
4%
6%
98%
95%
South Bronx Academy for Applied Media (District 07)
3%
8%
100%
99%
Urban Assembly Institute for New Technologies (District 05)
5%
6%
95%
99%
Bronx Park Middle School (District 11)
5%
5%
92%
85%
School of Performing Arts (District 12)
4%
6%
94%
94%
IS 117 Joseph H Wade (District 09)
5%
5%
95%
96%
PS/IS 224 (District 07)
6%
4%
99%
96%
East Flatbush Community Research School (District 18)
7%
4%
97%
95%
Ps 174 Dumont (District 19)
3%
7%
100%
97%
Entrada Academy (District 12)
4%
7%
97%
99%
Jhs 162 Lola Rodriguez De Tio (District 07)
6%
4%
93%
99%
PS 212 (District 12)
5%
6%
89%
96%
Upper School at PS 25 (District 16)
4%
7%
95%
100%
JHS 50 John D Wells (District 14)
4%
7%
97%
96%
JHS 123 James M Kiernan (District 08)
3%
8%
100%
97%
PS/MS 42 R Vernam (District 27)
5%
6%
96%
95%
Satellite East Middle School (District 13)
4%
7%
98%
92%
MS 256 Academic and Athletic Excellence (District 03)
4%
7%
91%
97%
PS 85 Great Expectations (District 10)
7%
5%
97%
98%
JHS 291 Roland Hayes (District 32)
6%
6%
93%
96%
MS 246 Walt Whitman (District 17)
4%
8%
100%
97%
PS 102 Joseph O Loretan (District 12)
8%
4%
100%
94%
New York City Montessori Charter School (District 07)
8%
4%
91%
89%
PS 102 Jacques Cartier (District 04)
7%
5%
92%
92%
PS 23 The New Children's School (District 10)
6%
6%
100%
98%
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School
Math Proficiency
ELA Proficiency
Poverty Rate
Children of Color
IS 339 (District 09)
6%
6%
95%
98%
Academy for College Prep & Career Exploration: A College Board School (District 17)
7%
5%
83%
98%
JHS 143 Eleanor Roosevelt (District 06)
6%
7%
100%
99%
Urban Assembly for Civic Engagement (District 08)
4%
9%
88%
89%
PS 123 Mahalia Jackson (District 05)
4%
8%
91%
95%
Launch Expeditionary Learning Charter School (District 16)
6%
7%
89%
97%
Renaissance School of The Arts (District 04)
4%
8%
89%
97%
IS 68 Isaac Bildersee (District 18)
3%
10%
76%
96%
PS 105 The Bay School (District 27)
7%
6%
100%
95%
PS 15 Roberto Clemente (District 01)
10%
3%
100%
92%
Esperanza Prepatory Academy (District 04)
4%
9%
96%
95%
School for Human Rights (The) (District 17)
5%
8%
91%
99%
Academy for New Americans (District 30)
12%
1%
99%
59%
PS 78 (District 31)
11%
2%
98%
91%
International School for Liberal Arts (District 10)
8%
5%
100%
99%
Young Leaders Elementary School (District 07)
9%
4%
98%
97%
West Bronx Academy for The Future (District 10)
4%
10%
96%
94%
10%
3%
94%
95%
MS 442 Carroll Gardens School for Innovation (District 15)
5%
9%
81%
91%
PS 112 Bronxwood (District 11)
7%
6%
99%
100%
PS 194 Countee Cullen (District 05)
The Bronx School of Young Leaders (District 10)
7%
6%
100%
98%
PS 73 Thomas S Boyland (District 23)
8%
6%
100%
98%
School of Diplomacy (District 11)
5%
8%
90%
96%
Middle School of Marketing and Legal Studies (District 18)
6%
8%
79%
97%
IS 528 Bea Fuller Rodgers School (District 06)
5%
9%
98%
98%
School for International Studies (District 15)
6%
8%
87%
81%
PS 333 The Museum School (District 08)
8%
6%
100%
96%
Brooklyn Collegiate-A College Board School (District 23)
3%
11%
87%
95%
IS 218 Salome Urena (District 06)
7%
7%
95%
99%
Eagle Academy for Young Men (District 09)
3%
11%
84%
97%
PS 215 Lucretia Mott (District 27)
7%
8%
98%
96%
IS 232 (District 09)
6%
9%
95%
99%
MS 266 Park Place Community Middle School (District 13)
8%
7%
86%
97%
East New York Middle School of Excellence (District 19)
4%
10%
94%
98%
10%
5%
94%
82%
6%
9%
94%
96%
PS 137 John L Bernstein (District 01)
Bronx Early College Academy for Teaching and Learning (District 09)
Angelo Patri Middle School (The) (District 10)
7%
8%
100%
99%
PS 50 Vito Marcantonio (District 04)
8%
7%
100%
97%
MS 326 Writers Today & Leaders Tomorrow (District 06)
7%
9%
98%
98%
JHS 125 Henry Hudson (District 08)
4%
11%
98%
71%
JHS 144 Michelangelo (District 11)
5%
10%
100%
92%
JHS 302 Rafael Cordero (District 19)
8%
8%
86%
92%
Forward School (The) (District 11)
6%
9%
87%
97%
Academy of Medical Technology - A College Board School (District 27)
5%
11%
88%
86%
Globe School for Environmental Research (District 11)
8%
8%
98%
94%
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School
Math Proficiency
ELA Proficiency
Poverty Rate
Children of Color
Eagle Academy for Young Men of Harlem (District 05)
5%
11%
89%
100%
PS/MS 29 Melrose School (District 07)
9%
7%
98%
96%
10%
6%
99%
98%
7%
9%
95%
98%
IS 136 Charles O Dewey (District 15)
8%
8%
98%
88%
PS 149 Sojourner Truth (District 03)
10%
6%
85%
91%
PS/MS 31 The William Lloyd Garrison (District 07)
9%
8%
95%
96%
Bronx Green Middle School (District 11)
8%
9%
95%
87%
Performance School (District 07)
PS 175 Henry H Garnet (District 05)
11%
6%
100%
96%
PS 197 The Ocean School (District 27)
Village Academy (District 27)
9%
8%
96%
94%
Accion Academy (District 12)
4%
13%
91%
100%
Community Voices Middle School (District 29)
6%
11%
75%
97%
PS 132 Garrett A Morgan (District 09)
11%
6%
100%
98%
Mott Hall Charter School (District 09)
6%
11%
91%
98%
11%
7%
96%
97%
9%
9%
89%
96%
PS 50 Clara Barton (District 12)
PS 5 Dr Ronald Mcnair (District 16)
IS 229 Roland Patterson (District 09)
12%
5%
95%
99%
PS 306 Ethan Allen (District 19)
8%
9%
100%
98%
Spring Creek Community School (District 19)
9%
8%
94%
98%
Frederick Douglass Academy (District 05)
5%
12%
79%
97%
MS 582 (District 14)
6%
12%
100%
97%
JHS 131 Albert Einstein (District 08)
6%
11%
100%
96%
Life Sciences Secondary School (District 02)
8%
9%
87%
92%
PS 111 Jacob Blackwell (District 30)
9%
8%
92%
87%
Collaborative Arts Middle School (District 29)
9%
8%
81%
97%
PS 42 Claremont (District 09)
10%
7%
100%
97%
IS 318 Math, Science & Tech Through Arts School (District 12)
11%
7%
97%
98%
Frederick Douglass Academy II Secondary School (District 03)
6%
12%
85%
96%
Christopher Avenue Community School (District 23)
10%
8%
99%
96%
IS 349 Math, Science And Technology (District 32)
11%
7%
99%
97%
7%
11%
93%
98%
Fannie Lou Hamer Middle School (District 12)
Bronx Writing Academy (District 09)
10%
8%
100%
99%
Unity Preparatory Charter School of Brooklyn (District 13)
10%
8%
82%
95%
8%
10%
86%
95%
PS 30 (District 28)
7%
11%
94%
98%
Young Scholars Academy of The Bronx (District 11)
PS 260 Breuckelen (District 19)
12%
7%
90%
94%
PS 146 Ann M Short (District 04)
10%
8%
98%
95%
PS 284 Lew Wallace (District 23)
10%
8%
98%
98%
School for Democracy and Leadership (District 17)
10%
8%
93%
97%
Bronx Studio School for Writers and Artists (District 08)
10%
8%
100%
98%
PS 5 Port Morris (District 07)
8%
11%
94%
98%
10%
8%
95%
96%
PS 183 Dr Richard R Green (District 27)
11%
8%
92%
88%
St Hope Leadership Academy Charter School (District 05)
12%
7%
94%
98%
9%
10%
89%
97%
PS 54 Fordham Bedford Academy (District 10)
Middle School for Art and Philosphy (District 18)
15
Blueprint Middle School (District 08)
Dr Susan S Mckinney Secondary School of The Arts (District 13)
11%
8%
100%
86%
8%
11%
93%
97%
PS 73 Bronx (District 09)
11%
8%
97%
99%
PS 377 Alejandina B De Gautier (District 32)
12%
7%
89%
97%
PS 14 Cornelius Vanderbilt (District 31)
11%
9%
93%
87%
PS 154 Jonathan D Hyatt (District 07)
12%
7%
98%
95%
Esmt-Is 190 (District 12)
8%
12%
95%
98%
Community Health Academy of The Heights (District 06)
8%
12%
98%
98%
Academy for Young Writers (District 19)
6%
14%
88%
95%
10%
10%
100%
96%
Pelham Gardens Middle School (District 11)
Appendix B: The 46 Schools That Are Closing the Achievement Gap
Math Proficiency
ELA Proficiency
Poverty Rate
Children of Color
Harlem Success Academy Charter School 5 (District 5)
School
96%
68%
82%
96%
Ballet Tech/Nyc Public School for Dance (District 2)
77%
59%
62%
55%
Medgar Evers College Preparatory School (District 17)
68%
71%
73%
97%
IS 392 (District 23)
58%
59%
74%
94%
PS 249 The Caton (District 17)
62%
43%
100%
92%
PS 235 Lenox School (District 18)
55%
56%
79%
97%
Queens Gateway to Health Sciences Secondary School (District 28)
74%
77%
78%
62%
All City Leadership Secondary School (District 32)
72%
61%
89%
93%
Success Academy Charter School-Bedford Stuyvesant 1 (District 14)
98%
82%
75%
95%
Achievement First Bushwick Charter School (District 32)
65%
35%
84%
99%
Bronx Success Academy Charter School 2 (District 9)
99%
70%
85%
98%
PS 176 Cambria Heights (District 29)
47%
52%
70%
95%
Mott Hall School (The) (District 6)
58%
49%
86%
93%
Harlem Success Academy Charter School 3 (District 4)
94%
70%
76%
95%
Bronx Success Academy Charter School 1 (District 7)
93%
60%
84%
95%
Harlem Success Academy Charter School 4 (District 3)
94%
59%
75%
93%
Harlem Success Academy Charter School (District 3)
93%
59%
81%
96%
Harlem Success Academy Charter School 2 (District 5)
91%
61%
76%
97%
South Bronx Classical Charter School (District 12)
84%
57%
85%
94%
Icahn Charter School 5 (District 11)
72%
68%
65%
87%
Leadership Preparatory Ocean Hill Charter School (District 23)
77%
56%
90%
92%
Excellence Girls Charter School (District 16)
73%
54%
73%
98%
York Early College Academy (District 28)
55%
46%
83%
71%
PS 132 The Conselyea School (District 14)
60%
55%
100%
59%
Icahn Charter School 4 (District 11)
86%
42%
80%
97%
Icahn Charter School 2 (District 11)
71%
56%
72%
94%
Bronx Charter School for Excellence (District 11)
68%
52%
75%
84%
Icahn Charter School 6 (District 9)
57%
59%
93%
99%
Bronx Charter School for Better Learning (District 11)
67%
46%
77%
98%
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School
Math Proficiency
ELA Proficiency
Poverty Rate
Children of Color
Leadership Preparatory Bedford Stuyvesant Charter School (District 13)
66%
44%
73%
98%
Voice Charter School of New York (District 30)
70%
39%
71%
62%
Central Queens Academy Charter School (District 24)
67%
34%
87%
72%
Williamsburg Collegiate Charter School (District 14)
68%
33%
85%
98%
Hellenic Classical Charter School (District 15)
58%
41%
66%
73%
PS 11 Purvis J Behan (District 13)
58%
52%
63%
84%
Robert F Wagner Jr Secondary School-Arts and Technology (District 24)
72%
64%
69%
65%
PS 129 Patricia Larkin (District 25)
59%
43%
75%
53%
PS 33 Chelsea Prep (District 2)
64%
54%
67%
53%
IS 227 Louis Armstrong (District 30)
60%
44%
78%
57%
PS 9 Teunis G Bergen (District 13)
48%
52%
71%
71%
Mott Hall II (District 3)
63%
55%
62%
75%
PS 304 Early Childhood School (District 8)
60%
48%
68%
54%
PS 31 Samuel F Dupont (District 14)
76%
52%
72%
52%
Rosa Parks School (The) (District 27)
73%
42%
91%
78%
PS 172 Beacon School of Excellence (District 15)
97%
73%
95%
85%
Central Park East II (District 4)
56%
45%
100%
66%
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