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New York City Charter School Of The Arts

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New York City Charter School Of The Arts ranks 297 th of 1500 New York middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Public, Charter Grades 6-8

297^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,500 New York Middle Schools

Better than 80% of New York middle schools

Summary

New York City Charter School Of The Arts is a high-performing public charter middle school in New York, NY, serving 238 students in grades 6-8. The school is part of the New York City Charter School Of The Arts District, which is ranked 164 out of 874 districts in New York and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

New York City Charter School Of The Arts consistently ranks among the top middle schools in New York, with a statewide ranking between 225-344 out of 1500 schools over the past 4 years. The school's performance on state assessments is exceptional, with 65-80% of students proficient or better in English Language Arts and 49-76% proficient or better in Math across grades 6-8. Additionally, the school's Regents exam performance is outstanding, with 73-92% of students proficient or better in Living Environment and Algebra I. The school's high academic achievement extends across various student subgroups, including female, male, African American, Hispanic, and white students, as well as special education and low socioeconomic status students.

When compared to nearby public schools like University Neighborhood Middle School and Bridges: A School For Exploration And Equity, New York City Charter School Of The Arts stands out as a model of excellence, with significantly higher proficiency rates in English Language Arts and Math. The school's consistent high performance, exceptional equity outcomes, and strong academic results make it a standout choice for families in the area.

230

Students ?

9.2

Student/teacher ratio ?

$25,186

Per pupil spending ?

63%

Free/discounted lunch ?

26 Broadway-12th Fl
New York, NY 10004

(646) 793-6320

District: New York City Charter School Of The Arts

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

40.0%

African American:

31.7%

White:

20.4%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 42nd percentile in 2019 → 80th in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the New York average (70% vs 53% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 20% of New York middle schools

✓Ranking is trending up — up 38 percentile points since 2019

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school70%

New York avg53%

297^th of 1,500

New York public middle schools ?

Top 20%▲ up 39 pts since 2019

From bottom 42% (2019) to top 20% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

164^th of 874New York City Charter School Of The Arts among New York districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	76.4	297 of 1500	80.2%	★★★★☆
2024	76.7	277 of 1504	81.6%	★★★★☆
2023	81.4	225 of 1500	85.0%	★★★★☆
2022	70.5	344 of 1479	76.7%	★★★★☆
2021	59.0	425 of 1242	65.8%	★★★☆☆
2019	39.9	839 of 1439	41.7%	★★☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	79.9	89 of 676	86.8%	★★★★☆
2024	75.9	118 of 705	83.3%	★★★★☆
2023	70.0	160 of 696	77.0%	★★★★☆
2022	61.7	200 of 706	71.7%	★★★★☆
2021	64.4	62 of 253	75.5%	★★★★☆
2019	45.6	305 of 653	53.3%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	73.0	334 of 1457	77.1%	★★★★☆
2024	72.1	345 of 1465	76.5%	★★★★☆
2023	75.4	300 of 1463	79.5%	★★★★☆
2022	72.4	313 of 1454	78.5%	★★★★☆
2021	58.9	375 of 1066	64.8%	★★★☆☆
2019	31.3	977 of 1370	28.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	82.2	115 of 965	88.1%	★★★★☆
2024	82.8	112 of 953	88.2%	★★★★☆
2023	88.2	71 of 943	92.5%	★★★★★
2022	66.2	227 of 914	75.2%	★★★★☆
2021	50.2	186 of 449	58.6%	★★★☆☆
2019	43.3	432 of 826	47.7%	★★☆☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	74.1	100 of 603	83.4%	★★★★☆
2023	73.0	88 of 543	83.8%	★★★★☆
2022	64.5	114 of 487	76.6%	★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	76.9	224 of 1283	82.5%	★★★★☆
2024	74.6	236 of 1296	81.8%	★★★★☆
2023	82.1	165 of 1288	87.2%	★★★★☆
2022	62.3	353 of 1306	73.0%	★★★★☆
2021	59.8	275 of 935	70.6%	★★★★☆
2019	41.6	660 of 1241	46.8%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	76.7	277 of 1455	81.0%	★★★★☆
2024	78.6	226 of 1464	84.6%	★★★★☆
2023	84.9	160 of 1464	89.1%	★★★★☆
2022	61.2	462 of 1455	68.2%	★★★☆☆
2021	56.0	403 of 1071	62.4%	★★★☆☆
2019	49.7	612 of 1366	55.2%	★★★☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	90.2	82 of 1298	93.7%	★★★★★
2024	81.8	119 of 1303	90.9%	★★★★★
2023	89.7	71 of 1307	94.6%	★★★★★
2022	71.2	191 of 1283	85.1%	★★★★☆
2021	54.4	159 of 522	69.5%	★★★☆☆
2019	64.2	218 of 1139	80.9%	★★★★☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	81.0	125 of 775	83.9%	★★★★☆
2024	91.4	48 of 778	93.8%	★★★★★
2023	90.8	52 of 772	93.3%	★★★★★
2022	80.6	118 of 748	84.2%	★★★★☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Special Education (2025)94th percentile+13 vs school

Hispanic (2025)88th percentile+8 vs school

African American (2025)87th percentile+7 vs school

White (2025)84th percentile+4 vs school

Homeless (2025)83rd percentile+3 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)83rd percentile~ school

Male (2025)81st percentile~ school

Female (2025)77th percentile-3 vs school

By subject vs New York (2024-2025) ?

Algebra I92%+36 vs state

Living Environment73%+16 vs state

English Language Arts72%+21 vs state

Math62%+10 vs state

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by a citizen
Wednesday, April 23, 2025

Warning: This is a failing school.
DO NOT SEND YOUR CHILD HERE.
They are on their 3rd director in 2 years. Teachers keep quitting because the environment is so toxic. The school leaders have few professional ethics and less common sense.
Bullying is the primary school culture--this comes from the staff and their bad classroom management. When CSA opened, it was known for being loving.
Be warned: This isn't the case anymore. Cruelty and incompetence is the norm.

Q) But my kid is such a talented artist! I want them to have good arts programming.
A) The better your kid is as an artist, the more bullying they will face.

Q) Will CSA be good for my professional child?
A) The grading is set up so that if homework is late, the kid can only get an 80. Good luck getting the incompetent teachers to record grades on submitted work! Professional kids are set up to fail at CSA.

Q) CSA prioritizes kids with IEPs, how are special ed services?
A) The newest director admitted the entire ICT program needed to be "rebuilt." The school struggles to meet basic IEP services. With all the Trump chaos, your kid needs to go to a school that has the capacity to meet their IEP needs. The incompetent adults can't deal with special needs, so they just bully the ND kids. Other kids see this, so the norm is for the neurotypical kids to bully the neurodivergent kids.
Your child deserves better. This school steals taxpayer dollars for IEP kids and doesn't provide adequate services.

Sorry if your kid was sucked in by their marketing, this is a FAILING SCHOOL.
Stay very, very far away. Close Quote

by a parent
Tuesday, January 7, 2020

When my child attended, it was awesome. My child thrived in this school and was encouraged to be herself. We never had any issues with the administration other than I felt sometimes too strict - not a bad thing. My child was exposed to cultural events and musical events. My child graduated in 2019 and is thriving in a very good nyc high school. Coming from a child in a private school, CSA is a big step up! I don't think parents/students realize how lucky they are to be part of CSA! Kids in catholic schools aren't exposed to half of things students are exposed to at CSA. And Yes some kids rowdy however that is normal. Never an issue with my child that wasn't rectified. My child and I were crying at graduation, we wanted CSA to run into high school. Close Quote

by a parent
Saturday, October 5, 2019

Think twice about sending your child here. Definitely have great art opportunities, but insanely incompetent administration and high teacher turnover. School has struggled with discipline policies as well. Very cramped with one elevator to the 12th floor and no gym. 20 minute lunch and no recess. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				Regents Chemistry (2025)	Regents Living Environment (2025)	Regents U.S. History and Government (2025)	Regents Algebra I (2025)	Regents Life Science Biology (2025)	NY State Assessments English Language Arts (2025)				NY State Assessments Math (2025)				NY State Assessments Science (2025)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Regents Chemistry End of Course	Regents Living Environment End of Course	Regents U.S. History and Government End of Course	Regents Algebra I End of Course	Regents Life Science Biology End of Course	NY State Assessments English Language Arts 5th Grade	NY State Assessments English Language Arts 6th Grade	NY State Assessments English Language Arts 7th Grade	NY State Assessments English Language Arts 8th Grade	NY State Assessments Math 5th Grade	NY State Assessments Math 6th Grade	NY State Assessments Math 7th Grade	NY State Assessments Math 8th Grade	NY State Assessments Science 5th Grade	NY State Assessments Science 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Lower Manhattan Community Middle School	Public	6-8	26 Broadway	New York	10004	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 2	No	No	No	No	(646) 826-8100	313	32	9.8	52.1%	98 (31.3%)	29 (9.3%)	95 (30.4%)	73 (23.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (5.8%)	90.6	126^th of 1500 public middle schools	91.6%		89.2	142^nd of 1504 public middle schools	90.6%	16				69.0	78.4		81.8	79.2	86.6		71.1	78.1				$32,549	$1,847	$30,702
New York City Charter School Of The Arts	Public, Charter	6-8	26 Broadway-12th Fl	New York	10004	New York County	New York City Charter School Of The Arts	Yes	No	No	Yes	(646) 793-6320	230	25	9.2	63.0%	47 (20.4%)	73 (31.7%)	92 (40.0%)	2 (0.9%)	4 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (5.2%)	76.4	297^th of 1500 public middle schools	80.2%		76.7	277^th of 1504 public middle schools	81.6%	20		73.1		92.3			79.7	65.4	73.1		49.2	59.0	76.3			$25,186	$866	$24,320
Is 289	Public	6-8	201 Warren St	New York	10282	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 2	No	No	No	No	(212) 571-9268	253	20	12.5	51.0%	66 (26.1%)	22 (8.7%)	44 (17.4%)	107 (42.3%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (5.1%)	87.1	161^st of 1500 public middle schools	89.3%		92.6	106^th of 1504 public middle schools	93.0%	55				89.8	88.9		61.4	67.5	89.8		80.0	87.1	75.0			$29,417	$1,419	$27,997
Dock Street School For Steam Studies	Public, Magnet	6-8	19 Dock St	Brooklyn	11201	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #13	No	Yes	No	No	(718) 780-7660	220	29	7.5	71.8%	18 (8.2%)	138 (62.7%)	50 (22.7%)	8 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.4%)	3 (1.4%)	48.6	743^rd of 1500 public middle schools	50.5%		58.7	560^th of 1504 public middle schools	62.8%	183				78.8	75.8		51.1	70.2	50.0		27.7	55.6	22.2		52.4	$42,668	$2,937	$39,732
Middle School 131	Public	6-8	100 Hester St	New York	10002	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 2	No	No	No	Yes	(212) 219-1204	257	34	7.6	91.1%	9 (3.5%)	31 (12.1%)	90 (35.0%)	122 (47.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.9%)	56.3	623^rd of 1500 public middle schools	58.5%		56.1	605^th of 1504 public middle schools	59.8%	18			93.1	68.7			33.3	45.5	50.7		60.7	59.2			69.2	$49,349	$3,001	$46,347
Edmund W Gordon Brooklyn Laboratory Charter School	Public, Charter	6-8	77 Sands St	Brooklyn	11201	Kings County	Edmund W Gordon Brooklyn Laboratory Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(347) 429-8439	196	21	9.3	81.1%	3 (1.5%)	142 (72.4%)	46 (23.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.0%)	1 (0.5%)	2 (1.0%)	56.1	628^th of 1500 public middle schools	58.1%		42.7	862^nd of 1504 public middle schools	42.7%	234					13.4		59.6	42.1	61.8		57.5	42.9	55.9			$26,062	$1,010	$25,052
University Neighborhood Middle School	Public	6-8	220 Henry St	New York	10002	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 1	No	No	No	Yes	(212) 267-5701	131	17	7.7	94.7%	7 (5.3%)	26 (19.8%)	93 (71.0%)	2 (1.5%)	1 (0.8%)	1 (0.8%)	1 (0.8%)	26	1209^th of 1500 public middle schools	19.4%		41.8	880^th of 1504 public middle schools	41.5%	329	5.3			36.4			25.9	51.4	45.2		12.5	36.1				$60,896	$4,824	$56,071
School For Global Leaders	Public	6-8	145 Stanton St	New York	10002	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 1	No	No	No	Yes	(212) 260-5375	150	18	8.4	89.3%	13 (8.7%)	20 (13.3%)	96 (64.0%)	12 (8.0%)	4 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (3.3%)	63.3	498^th of 1500 public middle schools	66.8%		44.3	823^rd of 1504 public middle schools	45.3%	325				81.8			52.4	51.1	45.7		56.8	66.0	72.2		58.3	$43,392	$3,329	$40,063
Middle School 297	Public	6-8	75 Morton St	New York	10014	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 2	No	No	No	No	(212) 295-7555	297	34	8.8	74.7%	63 (21.2%)	32 (10.8%)	170 (57.2%)	20 (6.7%)	2 (0.7%)	1 (0.3%)	9 (3.0%)	28.7	1153^rd of 1500 public middle schools	23.1%		41.5	885^th of 1504 public middle schools	41.2%	268				87.0	91.3		39.4	47.6	45.4		35.5	48.0	9.3		24.3	$34,610	$1,553	$33,057
Red Hook Neighborhood School	Public	3-8	27 Huntington St	Brooklyn	11231	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #15	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 330-2238	168	25	6.7	47.0%	75 (44.6%)	39 (23.2%)	34 (20.2%)	4 (2.4%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (8.9%)	78.6	974^th of 2445 public middle schools	60.2%		74.9	301^st of 1504 public middle schools	80.0%	673				90.0		9.1	57.1	63.0	82.8	0.0	67.7	70.8	57.9	18.2	83.3	$46,701	$2,908	$43,793

Frequently Asked Questions about New York City Charter School Of The Arts

Is New York City Charter School Of The Arts a good school?

New York City Charter School Of The Arts ranks 297^th of 1500 New York middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

How many students attend New York City Charter School Of The Arts?

In the 2024-25 school year, 230 students attended New York City Charter School Of The Arts.

What is the racial makeup of New York City Charter School Of The Arts?

Students at New York City Charter School Of The Arts are 40% Hispanic, 32% African American, 20% White, 5% Two or more races, 2% American Indian.

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