Success Academy Charter School - Harlem 2
- 144-176 EAST 128 STREET, Manhattan
- Grades K-8
- Amelia Cohen, Principal
- 646-442-6600
About
Success Academy Charter School - Harlem 2 serves students in elementary and middle school, from Kindergarten through 8th grade, with an enrollment of 232 students, which is below the citywide 25th percentile for enrollment. The school demonstrates strong academic performance, with 93 percent of students achieving proficiency in ELA, a figure well above the citywide 75th percentile. Similarly, 96 percent of students achieved proficiency in Math, also well above the citywide 75th percentile. The school's Economic Need Index is 91 percent, which is above the citywide 75th percentile, and 89 percent of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The student population is 61 percent Black and 33 percent Hispanic. The school reported a 0.0 percent suspension rate. Parent and student survey results are not available for this school.
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Academics
State test proficiency rates and acceleration.
ELA proficiency
93%
Math proficiency
96%
Proficiency rates are from the Grade 3–8 NYS state test (school-level).
Attendance rate
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Avg class size (general ed)
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Avg class size (ICT)
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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
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Chronic absenteeism
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Suspension rate
0%
Student body
Race / ethnicity[4]
- Asian 1%
- Black 61%
- Hispanic 33%
- Multiracial 4%
School-level totals; may not sum to 100% due to rounding and small subgroup suppression.
Gender[4]
- Female 49%
- Male 51%
Female / male shares as published by the DOE; other gender identities aren’t reported in the source data.
Enrollment
232
Economic Need Index
91%
Free / reduced lunch
89%
English learners
16%
Students with IEPs
21%
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
$4.9MStudents: 240
3rd percentile citywide
Total spend per student
$20,314
4th percentile citywide · city median $33,357
Location & commute
Where the school is and how to get there.