Success Academy Charter School - Harlem 3
Grades K-12 · 410 EAST 100 STREET · Manhattan
About
Success Academy Charter School - Harlem 3 is a K-8 charter school recognized for its exceptionally strong academic performance, with ELA and Math proficiency rates significantly exceeding citywide averages. The school implements a rigorous curriculum designed to challenge students from an early age, aiming to prepare them for college. Beyond academics, it integrates arts, music, chess, and athletics into the school day, and provides essential school supplies and meals to all students. Parent sentiment is mixed; while many families commend the academic preparation and the competitive, learning-focused environment, others describe the school's culture as very strict and high-pressure. Concerns have been raised by some families and critics regarding the school's disciplinary approach, support for students with learning differences, and perceived limited parental involvement in decision-making. The school operates within a NYC Department of Education building.
Academics
State test proficiency rates and acceleration.
ELA proficiency
92%
Math proficiency
98%
Proficiency rates are from the Grade 3–8 NYS state test (school-level).
Attendance rate
Community & climate
Demographics, attendance, school survey results, and DOE quality ratings.
Quality signals
Overall positive % is averaged across every Pos/Neg survey question per respondent group (school year 2023-2024). 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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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
$13.7MStudents: 629
Location & commute
Where the school is and how to get there.