Success Academy Charter School - Far Rockaway
Grades K-5 · 10-45 NAMEOKE STREET · Queens
TY REDMOND, Principal
About
Success Academy Charter School - Far Rockaway serves students in grades K-5, operating with a relatively large enrollment for an elementary school. It is widely recognized for its strong academic performance, with students achieving proficiency rates in both English Language Arts and Math that are well above the citywide median. The school is part of the Success Academy network, known for its rigorous academic model and high expectations, which aims to prepare students for college from an early age. Parents often commend the school's structured environment and the significant academic progress their children make. The school also maintains an exceptionally low suspension rate, contributing to a focused learning atmosphere. While official parent survey response rates are very low, general sentiment from the community often highlights the school's commitment to academic excellence and its disciplined approach to learning.
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Academics
State test proficiency rates and acceleration.
ELA proficiency
80%
Math proficiency
86%
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
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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Chronic absenteeism
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Suspension rate
0%
Student body
Race / ethnicity[4]
- Black 73%
- Hispanic 21%
- White 1%
- Multiracial 3%
School-level totals; may not sum to 100% due to rounding and small subgroup suppression.
Gender[4]
- Female 54%
- Male 46%
Female / male shares as published by the DOE; other gender identities aren’t reported in the source data.
Enrollment
713
Economic Need Index
81%
Free / reduced lunch
77%
English learners
5%
Students with IEPs
19%
Location & commute
Where the school is and how to get there.