East Harlem Scholars Academy Charter School II
- 1573 MADISON AVENUE, Manhattan
- Grades K-5
- Steve Corbett, Principal
- 212-348-2518
About
East Harlem Scholars Academy Charter School II serves students in grades K-5. The school describes its mission as providing a challenging, nurturing, and inspiring environment where scholars build academic skills, strength of character, and emotional well-being. With an enrollment of 347 students, it is smaller than the citywide median. The school serves a student population with a high Economic Need Index of 94 percent, which is well above the citywide median, and 92 percent of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which is above the citywide median. The percentage of English Language Learners is 17 percent, slightly above the citywide median, and 27 percent of students have an Individualized Education Program, which is above the citywide median. In Grade 3-8 state tests, 47 percent of students demonstrated ELA proficiency and 48 percent demonstrated math proficiency, both of which are above the citywide 25th percentile but below the median. The school's accelerated coursework percentage is 0 percent, which is well below the citywide 25th percentile. The suspension rate is 7 percent. Parent and student survey results are not available for this school.
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Academics
State test proficiency rates and acceleration.
ELA proficiency
47%
Math proficiency
48%
Proficiency rates are from the Grade 3–8 NYS state test (school-level).
Attendance rate
95%
Avg class size (general ed)
—
Avg class size (ICT)
—
Community & climate
Demographics, attendance, school survey results, and DOE quality ratings.
Quality signals
NYC School Survey, 2025-26
Overall positive % is averaged across every Pos/Neg survey question per respondent group (school year 2025-2026). Survey topics are the DOE’s framework measures (each the average favorable response across its questions; expand a topic to see them and the citywide average); the dimension scores themselves are no longer in the public data file.[3]
Operational health
Attendance
95%
Chronic absenteeism
60%
Suspension rate
7%
Teachers[7]
Teachers with 4+ years' experience
97%
Students per teacher
11:1
Teaching out of certification
75%
Teacher experience and certification from the NYSED School Report Card (2024–25); students per teacher = enrollment ÷ reported teachers. Fewer than 4 years counts as inexperienced.
Student body
Race / ethnicity[4]
- Asian 5%
- Black 33%
- Hispanic 58%
- White 1%
- Multiracial 1%
School-level totals; may not sum to 100% due to rounding and small subgroup suppression.
Gender[4]
- Female 50%
- Male 50%
Female / male shares as published by the DOE; other gender identities aren’t reported in the source data.
Enrollment
347
Economic Need Index
94%
Free / reduced lunch
92%
English learners
17%
Students with IEPs
27%
Financials
[8]What this school has to spend, and what it spends it on. Spending is not a measure of quality. Schools serving more students with higher needs receive more money.
Charter schools manage their own budgets rather than receiving a school allocation from the DOE, so the staffing and supplies breakdown the DOE publishes for district schools is not published for this school.
Spending
Total spend
$9.0MStudents: 346
19th percentile citywide
Total spend per student
$25,922
13th percentile citywide · city median $33,357
Location & commute
Where the school is and how to get there.