Success Academy Charter School - Harlem 4
Grades K-8 · 240 WEST 113 STREET · Manhattan
About
Success Academy Charter School - Harlem 4 is a K-8 charter school known for its exceptionally strong academic performance, consistently achieving proficiency rates in English Language Arts (87%) and Math (96%) that are well above the citywide 75th percentile. The school is part of the Success Academy network, recognized for its structured academic approach, high expectations, and data-driven instruction. Parents often praise the rigorous curriculum and the dedication of teachers, noting significant academic growth in their children. However, some families and observers describe the school's environment as highly demanding and strict, with a strong emphasis on discipline that can lead to a high-pressure experience for students. The school integrates arts, music, chess, and athletics into the regular school day, and students are required to wear uniforms. It shares a building with other schools.
Academics
State test proficiency rates and acceleration.
ELA proficiency
87%
Math proficiency
96%
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
$9.3MStudents: 391
Location & commute
Where the school is and how to get there.