Harlem Children's Zone verses Upper Manhattan Charter Schools

Class Size (students per eighth-grade English class) Test Pattern Harlem Village Academy How Harlem's 'miracle' really ranks I.S. 195 Choir Academy of Harlem On standardized tests in 2009, the Harlem Children's Zone's Promise Academy I fared well compared to most other schools in its upper Manhattan district (District 5), and rivaled city- and statewide averages. Other charter schools in District 5 also posted high marks. But there are significant differences between the student bodies at the Promise Academy and the other schools to which it is compared. Frederick Douglass Academy Manhattan District 5 Knowledge & Power Prep IV Powell Middle School Thurgood Marshall Academy KIPP STAR Eighth-Grade Math Scores (students scoring at or above grade level) HCZ Promise Academy I (%) 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 KIPP Infinity Free Lunches (percentage of students qualifying) Harlem Village Academy KIPP STAR I.S. 286 Democracy Prep Frederick Douglass Academy I.S. 195 Acad. of Collaborative Education Knowledge & Power Prep IV HCZ Promise Academy I Knowledge & Power Prep II New York State Knowledge & Power Prep IV Mạnhattan District 5 Thurgood Marshall Academy New York City Academy for Social Action I.S. 286 KIPP Infinity Choir Academy of Harlem Choir Academy of Harlem Powell Middle School Manhattan District 5 Democracy Prep Academy for Social Action I.S. 195 Thurgood Marshall Academy Acad. of Collaborative Education Harlem Village Academy Knowledge & Power Prep II HCZ Promise Academy I KIPP STAR Powell Middle School Frederick Douglass Academy (%) 0 20 40 60 80 100 (%) 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 Eighth-Grade English Scores (students scoring at or above grade level) (percentage of students Limited English Proficiency deemed LEP) KIPP Infinity Harlem Village Academy I.S. 195 KIPP STAR Powell Middle School Frederick Douglass Academy Manhattan District 5 Democracy Prep KIPP Infinity New York State Knowledge & Power Prep IV Knowledge & Power Prep IV Democracy Prep Thurgood Marshall Academy I.S. 286 HCZ Promise Academy I Academy for Social Action New York City Acad. of Collaborative Education Manhattan District 5 KIPP STAR Choir Academy of Harlem Knowledge & Power Prep II| Knowledge & Power Prep II I.S. 195 Choir Academy of Harlem Frederick Douglass Academy Academy for Social Action I.S. 286 Thurgood Marshall Academy Harlem Village Academy Acad, of Collaborative Education HCZ Promise Academy I Powell Middle School (%) 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 (%) 0 40 60 80 100 Data source: New York State Department of Education