High Growth Schools
Elementary/Middle SchoolsElementary/Middle Schools producing exceptional student growth (Impact Score ≥ 0.55) despite high poverty (ENI ≥ 0.85) and lower absolute test scores (Performance Score < 0.50). These schools may be doing something right that traditional metrics miss.
Note: This analysis applies to Elementary/Middle Schools only. High Schools and other school types show different patterns and require separate analysis.
Data Limitations
- Only 2 years of Impact Score data available (2023-24, 2024-25)
- Impact Score methodology not fully disclosed by NYC DOE
- Cannot determine causation - only patterns and correlations
- No student mobility data (selection effects cannot be ruled out)
- Many schools change category year-over-year
121
Persistent High Growth
High-impact both years
42
High Growth (2024-25)
Strong growth, building outcomes
50
Strong Growth + Outcomes
High growth + high scores
1740
Total Schools
Citywide with data
Persistent High Growth
Schools that maintained high-impact status in both 2023-24 and 2024-25. Two years of consistency suggests something real.
P.S./M.S. 004 Crotona Park West
Bronx · K-8 · 09X004
Impact Score
118%
Student growth
Performance Score
96%
Absolute outcomes
Economic Need
95%
Poverty indicator
Enrollment
206
Students
Success Academy Charter School - Bronx 2
Bronx · K-8 · 84X494
Impact Score
111%
Student growth
Performance Score
103%
Absolute outcomes
Economic Need
93%
Poverty indicator
Enrollment
885
Students
Success Academy Charter School - Harlem 3
Manhattan · K-8 · 84M385
Impact Score
96%
Student growth
Performance Score
94%
Absolute outcomes
Economic Need
88%
Poverty indicator
Enrollment
621
Students
Success Academy Charter School - Bronx 1
Bronx · K-8 · 84X493
Impact Score
94%
Student growth
Performance Score
88%
Absolute outcomes
Economic Need
90%
Poverty indicator
Enrollment
508
Students
Bronx Charter School for Excellence 5
Bronx · Elementary · 84X620
Impact Score
93%
Student growth
Performance Score
87%
Absolute outcomes
Economic Need
91%
Poverty indicator
Enrollment
326
Students
Success Academy Charter School - Harlem 2
Manhattan · Elementary · 84M384
Impact Score
92%
Student growth
Performance Score
86%
Absolute outcomes
Economic Need
91%
Poverty indicator
Enrollment
232
Students
Academic Leadership Charter School
Bronx · K-8 · 84X491
Impact Score
91%
Student growth
Performance Score
82%
Absolute outcomes
Economic Need
92%
Poverty indicator
Enrollment
338
Students
P.S. 040 George W. Carver
Brooklyn · Elementary · 16K040
Impact Score
90%
Student growth
Performance Score
84%
Absolute outcomes
Economic Need
89%
Poverty indicator
Enrollment
386
Students
Success Academy Charter School - Bronx 5 Upper
Bronx · Elementary · 84X638
Impact Score
89%
Student growth
Performance Score
81%
Absolute outcomes
Economic Need
95%
Poverty indicator
Enrollment
96
Students
P.S. 149 Danny Kaye
Brooklyn · Elementary · 19K149
Impact Score
86%
Student growth
Performance Score
76%
Absolute outcomes
Economic Need
92%
Poverty indicator
Enrollment
454
Students
Icahn Charter School 1
Bronx · K-8 · 84X717
Impact Score
86%
Student growth
Performance Score
92%
Absolute outcomes
Economic Need
90%
Poverty indicator
Enrollment
340
Students
P.S. 108 Sal Abbracciamento
Brooklyn · Elementary · 19K108
Impact Score
84%
Student growth
Performance Score
72%
Absolute outcomes
Economic Need
89%
Poverty indicator
Enrollment
586
Students
All High Growth Schools (2024-25)
Schools with strong growth that may not have maintained status across years.
South Bronx International Middle School
Bronx · Middle · 09X593
Impact Score
70%
Student growth
Performance Score
38%
Absolute outcomes
Economic Need
95%
Poverty indicator
Enrollment
145
Students
P.S. 188 The Island School
Manhattan · K-8 · 01M188
Impact Score
69%
Student growth
Performance Score
44%
Absolute outcomes
Economic Need
95%
Poverty indicator
Enrollment
330
Students
P.S. 132 Juan Pablo Duarte
Manhattan · Elementary · 06M132
Impact Score
68%
Student growth
Performance Score
47%
Absolute outcomes
Economic Need
95%
Poverty indicator
Enrollment
200
Students
Creo College Preparatory Charter School
Bronx · Middle · 84X612
Impact Score
67%
Student growth
Performance Score
49%
Absolute outcomes
Economic Need
93%
Poverty indicator
Enrollment
362
Students
P.S. 133 Fred R Moore
Manhattan · Elementary · 05M133
Impact Score
66%
Student growth
Performance Score
46%
Absolute outcomes
Economic Need
93%
Poverty indicator
Enrollment
176
Students
I.S. 528 Bea Fuller Rodgers School
Manhattan · Middle · 06M528
Impact Score
66%
Student growth
Performance Score
49%
Absolute outcomes
Economic Need
94%
Poverty indicator
Enrollment
233
Students
I.S. 339
Bronx · Middle · 09X339
Impact Score
64%
Student growth
Performance Score
43%
Absolute outcomes
Economic Need
95%
Poverty indicator
Enrollment
172
Students
The Eagle Academy for Young Men of Staten Island
Staten Island · Middle · 31R028
Impact Score
63%
Student growth
Performance Score
49%
Absolute outcomes
Economic Need
85%
Poverty indicator
Enrollment
97
Students
The Family School
Bronx · Elementary · 09X443
Impact Score
62%
Student growth
Performance Score
48%
Absolute outcomes
Economic Need
94%
Poverty indicator
Enrollment
352
Students
Strong Growth + Strong Outcomes
High poverty schools achieving both strong growth AND strong absolute scores. The dual success story.
P.S./M.S. 004 Crotona Park West
Bronx · K-8 · 09X004
Impact Score
118%
Student growth
Performance Score
96%
Absolute outcomes
Economic Need
95%
Poverty indicator
Enrollment
206
Students
Success Academy Charter School - Bronx 2
Bronx · K-8 · 84X494
Impact Score
111%
Student growth
Performance Score
103%
Absolute outcomes
Economic Need
93%
Poverty indicator
Enrollment
885
Students
Brownsville Collegiate Charter School
Brooklyn · K-8 · 84K710
Impact Score
103%
Student growth
Performance Score
96%
Absolute outcomes
Economic Need
88%
Poverty indicator
Enrollment
201
Students
Success Academy Charter School - Bronx 4
Bronx · Elementary · 84X464
Impact Score
98%
Student growth
Performance Score
94%
Absolute outcomes
Economic Need
86%
Poverty indicator
Enrollment
564
Students
Success Academy Charter School - Harlem 3
Manhattan · K-8 · 84M385
Impact Score
96%
Student growth
Performance Score
94%
Absolute outcomes
Economic Need
88%
Poverty indicator
Enrollment
621
Students
Success Academy Charter School - Bronx 1
Bronx · K-8 · 84X493
Impact Score
94%
Student growth
Performance Score
88%
Absolute outcomes
Economic Need
90%
Poverty indicator
Enrollment
508
Students
How Categories Are Computed
Scope: Elementary/Middle Schools (EMS) Only
- • High Impact: Impact Score ≥ 0.55 (top ~quartile)
- • High Performance: Performance Score ≥ 0.50 (above median)
- • High Poverty: Economic Need Index ≥ 0.85
- • High Growth: High Impact + NOT High Performance + High Poverty
- • Strong Growth + Outcomes: High Impact + High Performance + High Poverty
- • Persistent: Category maintained in both 2023-24 and 2024-25
These thresholds were validated for Elementary/Middle Schools. High Schools and other school types have different score distributions and may require different thresholds.
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