Success Academy Charter School - Union Square

40 IRVING PLACE, MANHATTAN, NY 10003 · Manhattan · K-8

DBN: 84M174 · Located in District 2

K-8

Unzoned

SchoolDigger Elementary: 27 (of 2445)

SchoolDigger Middle: 16 (of 1500)

Niche: A+ · 10 (of 2807)

Academic quality

ELA = English Language Arts (reading and writing). Math and Science are self-explanatory.
NY State tests ELA and Math every year in grades 3-8, and Science once, in grade 8 -- a school's numbers below only reflect whichever of those grades it actually serves (no social studies/history state test exists at this level).
"Avg. rating" is DOE's average student score on a 1.0-4.5 scale (higher is better) -- shown here as "value / 4.5" alongside the citywide average for the same metric as a benchmark for what's typical.

Subject

Student group

Overall proficiency

ELA % proficient

94.2%(citywide avg: 76.6%)

ELA avg. rating

3.91 / 4.5(citywide avg: 3.50 / 4.5)

Math % proficient

96.3%(citywide avg: 76.4%)

Math avg. rating

4.05 / 4.5(citywide avg: 3.55 / 4.5)

By grade

Grade 3 ELA

92.1%

Grade 3 Math

97%

Grade 4 ELA

94.3%

Grade 4 Math

96.6%

Grade 5 ELA

92.4%

Grade 5 Math

94.9%

Grade 6 ELA

94.3%

Grade 6 Math

98.4%

Grade 7 ELA

98.3%

Grade 7 Math

98.3%

Grade 8 Math

93%

By student group

English Language Learners -- ELA

87.7%(citywide avg: 69.1%)

English Language Learners -- Math

96.5%(citywide avg: 72.6%)

Students with disabilities -- ELA

86.1%

Students with disabilities -- Math

89.1%

Asian students -- ELA

99.4%(citywide avg: 88.2%)

Asian students -- Math

100%(citywide avg: 91.3%)

Black students -- ELA

92.2%(citywide avg: 71.6%)

Black students -- Math

93.5%(citywide avg: 67.9%)

Hispanic/Latino students -- ELA

90.2%(citywide avg: 72.1%)

Hispanic/Latino students -- Math

93.4%(citywide avg: 70.7%)

White students -- ELA

96.9%(citywide avg: 80.2%)

White students -- Math

100%(citywide avg: 82.6%)

Multiracial students -- ELA

88.5%(citywide avg: 77%)

Multiracial students -- Math

100%(citywide avg: 86.4%)

"% proficient" is the share of students scoring Level 3 or 4 on the state test. Citywide comparisons are the average across schools of the same type. Grades and groups with very few tested students are flagged since a handful of kids can swing the percentage a lot; groups too small to report are omitted by DOE for student privacy -- that's also why Science, tested only once, shows up far less often than ELA/Math.Source: NYC Open Data: School Quality Reports Data (2024-25 school year (latest published; checked Oct 16, 2026))

Demographics

459 students enrolled

Economic Need Index: 64.37%

Race & ethnicity

Asian and Pacific Islander

23.31%

Black

16.99%

Hispanic or Latino

40.09%

White

13.07%

Multiracial

5.66%

Native American

0.65%

Missing race/ethnicity data

0.22%

Other groups

Students with disabilities

16.56%

English Language Learners

16.78%

Living in poverty

59.04%

Female

52.29%

Male

47.71%

Neither female nor male

Economic Need Index is DOE's estimate of the share of students facing economic hardship, based on eligibility for public assistance, temporary housing status, and household income relative to the poverty line. Some very high values are reported by DOE only as "Above 95%" for student privacy and are shown here as 95%.Source: NYC DOE: Demographic Snapshot (2025-26 school year (latest published; checked Oct 16, 2026))

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