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Early College Charter School

Public, Charter Grades 8-12

941^st

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,234 New York High Schools

Better than 24% of New York high schools

Summary

Early College Charter School is a public charter high school in Staten Island, New York, serving grades 8-12 with a total enrollment of 269 students. The school is part of the Early College Charter School District, which is ranked 778 out of 874 districts in New York and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Early College Charter School consistently underperforms compared to state and district averages on Regents/Common Core exams, with 0% proficiency in Algebra II and Earth Science in the 2024-2025 school year, compared to state averages of 74.88% and 65.07% respectively. The school's four-year graduation rate has fluctuated between 84.3% and 92.3% over the past few years, lower than the state average, and its dropout rate has ranged from 0% to 10%, higher than the state average. Additionally, the school has a significantly higher chronic absenteeism rate, ranging from 31.5% to 48.7% over the past few years.

Early College Charter School is located in close proximity to several other high schools, including New Dorp High School, Concord High School, and Csi High School for International Studies. While the school has a relatively high per-student spending and a low student-teacher ratio, these factors do not seem to translate into improved academic outcomes. When compared to nearby high schools, Early College Charter School generally underperforms on academic measures, suggesting the need for the school to re-evaluate its instructional strategies and support systems to better serve its student population.

192

Students ?

7.4

Student/teacher ratio ?

$27,669

Per pupil spending ?

71.4%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1441 South Ave-5th Fl
Staten Island, NY 10311

(347) 855-2238

District: Early College Charter School

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

45.3%

African American:

38.0%

White:

13.5%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 32nd percentile in 2023 → 24th in 2025

Strengths

✓96% graduate in 4 years — above the New York average (83%)

✓Small classes — about 7 students per teacher

Worth a look

!Test scores below the New York average (44% vs 66% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (24th percentile)

!High chronic absenteeism (48% vs 31% New York)

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school44%

New York avg66%

941^st of 1,234

New York public high schools ?

Bottom 24%▼ down 9 pts since 2023

From bottom 32% (2023) to bottom 24% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

778^th of 874Early College Charter School 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	23.7	941 of 1234	23.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	32.0	836 of 1242	32.7%	★★☆☆☆
2023	30.7	832 of 1228	32.2%	★★☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	40.5	410 of 713	42.5%	★★☆☆☆
2024	48.1	316 of 690	54.2%	★★★☆☆
2023	37.0	400 of 671	40.4%	★★☆☆☆
2022	35.1	377 of 593	36.4%	★★☆☆☆
2019	29.4	508 of 686	25.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	18.1	1011 of 1206	16.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	30.0	858 of 1219	29.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	27.9	855 of 1197	28.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	17.3	948 of 1155	17.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	11.1	1074 of 1193	10.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	31.5	598 of 885	32.4%	★★☆☆☆
2024	39.3	492 of 865	43.1%	★★☆☆☆
2023	40.7	470 of 851	44.8%	★★☆☆☆
2022	32.3	493 of 760	35.1%	★★☆☆☆
2019	25.2	615 of 815	24.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	59.3	171 of 607	71.8%	★★★★☆
2024	39.7	337 of 564	40.2%	★★☆☆☆
2019	44.9	256 of 493	48.1%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	18.5	982 of 1179	16.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	29.3	838 of 1170	28.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	30.3	811 of 1155	29.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	22.6	858 of 1101	22.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	11.6	1055 of 1179	10.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	36.2	776 of 1201	35.4%	★★☆☆☆
2024	35.9	776 of 1211	35.9%	★★☆☆☆
2023	34.7	773 of 1191	35.1%	★★☆☆☆
2022	33.6	759 of 1154	34.2%	★★☆☆☆
2019	16.2	986 of 1190	17.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	45.0	566 of 1149	50.7%	★★★☆☆
2024	43.6	567 of 1144	50.4%	★★★☆☆
2023	40.0	633 of 1130	44.0%	★★☆☆☆
2022	26.8	780 of 1038	24.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	26.2	871 of 1132	23.1%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2023	33.8	573 of 776	26.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	22.7	686 of 793	13.5%	★☆☆☆☆

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)

Homeless (2025)72nd percentile+48 vs school

Special Education (2025)51st percentile+27 vs school

African American (2025)42nd percentile+19 vs school

Male (2025)35th percentile+12 vs school

Hispanic (2025)32nd percentile+9 vs school

White (2023)26th percentile-6 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)17th percentile-7 vs school

Female (2025)16th percentile-8 vs school

By subject vs New York (2024-2025) ?

U.S. History and Government71%-4 vs state

Global History and Geography66%-10 vs state

Common Core English Language Arts54%-21 vs state

Life Science Biology52%-6 vs state

Living Environment48%-9 vs state

Earth and Space Sciences36%-20 vs state

Algebra I32%-24 vs state

Geometry15%-45 vs state

Common Core Algebra II0%-75 vs state

Earth Science0%-65 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				Regents Chemistry (2025)	Regents Common Core Algebra II (2025)	Regents Common Core English Language Arts (2025)	Regents Common Core Geometry (2025)	Regents Earth Science (2025)	Regents Global History and Geography (2025)	Regents Living Environment (2025)	Regents Physics (2025)	Regents U.S. History and Government (2025)	Regents Algebra I (2025)	Regents Life Science Biology (2025)	Regents Geometry (2025)	Regents Earth and Space Sciences (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 (2025)	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 Common Core Algebra II End of Course	Regents Common Core English Language Arts End of Course	Regents Common Core Geometry End of Course	Regents Earth Science End of Course	Regents Global History and Geography End of Course	Regents Living Environment End of Course	Regents Physics 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	Regents Geometry End of Course	Regents Earth and Space Sciences End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Early College Charter School	Public, Charter	8-12	1441 South Ave-5th Fl	Staten Island	10311	Richmond County	Early College Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(347) 855-2238	192	36	7.4	71.4%	26 (13.5%)	73 (38.0%)	87 (45.3%)	2 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	3 (1.6%)	23.7	941^st of 1234 public high schools	23.7%		32	836^th of 1242 public high schools	32.7%	105		0.0	53.9		0.0	66.1	47.5		70.6	31.7	52.0	14.6	36.4	$27,669	$1,248	$26,421
New Ventures Charter School	Public, Charter	9-12	1441 South Ave-Corporate Comm	Staten Island	10314	Richmond County	New Ventures Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(347) 855-2238	134	14	10.1	82.8%	25 (18.7%)	42 (31.3%)	58 (43.3%)	6 (4.5%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.5%)	17.7	1016^th of 1234 public high schools	17.7%		32.4	830^th of 1242 public high schools	33.2%	186			69.8			46.5	36.1		49.1	18.2				$21,403	$1,087	$20,316
Csi High School For International Studies	Public	9-12	100 Essex Dr	Staten Island	10314	Richmond County	New York City Geographic District #31	No	No	No	No	(718) 370-6900	519	31	16.9	66.3%	168 (32.4%)	30 (5.8%)	122 (23.5%)	193 (37.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.0%)	74.2	248^th of 1234 public high schools	79.9%		78	170^th of 1242 public high schools	86.3%	78	80.7	88.8	97.3		18.8	93.7			97.6	59.8	74.2	66.7	76.7	$25,391	$1,387	$24,004
Gaynor McCown Expeditionary Learning School	Public	9-12	100 Essex Dr	Staten Island	10314	Richmond County	New York City Geographic District #31	No	No	No	No	(718) 370-6950	540	35	15.2	55.9%	245 (45.4%)	26 (4.8%)	151 (28.0%)	79 (14.6%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (6.7%)	59.8	517^th of 1234 public high schools	58.1%		54.3	596^th of 1242 public high schools	52.0%	79	35.7	85.2	94.2	60.0		83.3	51.6	33.3	80.4	53.1	72.8	45.2		$29,547	$1,798	$27,749
Port Richmond High School	Public	9-12	85 St Josephs Ave	Staten Island	10302	Richmond County	New York City Geographic District #31	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 420-2100	1,696	154	11.0	82.6%	222 (13.1%)	390 (23.0%)	912 (53.8%)	115 (6.8%)	12 (0.7%)	5 (0.3%)	39 (2.3%)	17.5	1024^th of 1234 public high schools	17.0%		11.8	1114^th of 1242 public high schools	10.3%	90	22.3	34.4	72.4	5.3	12.8	57.3	24.0	39.5	47.9	25.2	43.9	14.5	37.0	$33,066	$2,841	$30,225
Susan E Wagner High School	Public	9-12	1200 Manor Rd	Staten Island	10314	Richmond County	New York City Geographic District #31	No	No	No	No	(718) 698-4200	2,743	186	14.7	69.4%	876 (31.9%)	235 (8.6%)	938 (34.2%)	615 (22.4%)	4 (0.1%)	8 (0.3%)	66 (2.4%)	46.1	696^th of 1234 public high schools	43.6%		50.1	644^th of 1242 public high schools	48.1%	52	48.9	77.2	88.2	9.2	3.7	84.7	26.4	46.4	72.8	35.7	51.1	47.4	38.8	$28,117	$1,768	$26,349
Richard H Hungerford School (The)	Public	6-12	715 L Ocean Terrace	Staten Island	10301	Richmond County	Nyc Special Schools - District 75	No	No	No	No	(718) 273-8622	516	90	5.7	91.5%	167 (32.4%)	86 (16.7%)	197 (38.2%)	46 (8.9%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	17 (3.3%)								(n/a)														$125,768	$1,414	$124,354
Staten Island Technical High School	Public, Magnet	9-12	485 Clawson St	Staten Island	10306	Richmond County	New York City Geographic District #31	No	Yes	No	No	(718) 667-3222	1,425	76	18.8	56.5%	379 (26.6%)	13 (0.9%)	62 (4.4%)	949 (66.6%)	3 (0.2%)	3 (0.2%)	16 (1.1%)	90.3	12^th of 1234 public high schools	99.0%		88.6	8^th of 1242 public high schools	99.4%	4	97.3	100.0	100.0	85.7		100.0		92.2	100.0	100.0	100.0	99.4		$22,577	$1,536	$21,041
New Dorp High School	Public	9-12	465 New Dorp Ln	Staten Island	10306	Richmond County	New York City Geographic District #31	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 667-8686	3,055	239	12.7	68.0%	1,224 (40.1%)	245 (8.0%)	924 (30.2%)	583 (19.1%)	12 (0.4%)	5 (0.2%)	58 (1.9%)	33.7	817^th of 1234 public high schools	33.8%		38.5	767^th of 1242 public high schools	38.2%	50	52.9	48.9	65.6	7.8	10.6	68.4	30.1	40.9	73.8	44.7	59.1	41.9	31.1	$28,854	$2,476	$26,378
Concord High School	Public	9-12	109 Rhine Ave	Staten Island	10304	Richmond County	New York City Geographic District #31	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 447-1274	167	21	8.0	88.6%	17 (10.2%)	53 (31.7%)	87 (52.1%)	7 (4.2%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.2%)	10.1	1134^th of 1234 public high schools	8.1%		14.3	1062^nd of 1242 public high schools	14.5%	72			44.4		3.6	59.1	48.2		28.6	13.2				$43,166	$2,988	$40,179

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