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Amber Charter School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest Performance

220 East 106th St

New York NY, 10029, New York County

Phone: 212-534-9667

Ranking:

(2,010 out of 3,424, bottom 41%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 5

Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA

Magnet: NA

Charter: NA

Shared-Time School: NA

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014		2012-2013		2011-2012		2010-2011		2009-2010		2008-2009		2007-2008
	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
Total Teachers:	29		29		26		27		28		27		19
Total Students:	486		474		443		433		399		354		367
Kindergarten:	102	21.0%	111	23.4%	86	19.4%	91	21.0%	98	24.6%	78	22.0%	86	23.4%
Grade 1:	103	21.2%	93	19.6%	81	18.3%	104	24.0%	84	21.1%	87	24.6%	90	24.5%
Grade 2:	86	17.7%	75	15.8%	90	20.3%	73	16.9%	75	18.8%	73	20.6%	67	18.3%
Grade 3:	71	14.6%	81	17.1%	76	17.2%	70	16.2%	61	15.3%	51	14.4%	49	13.4%
Grade 4:	73	15.0%	60	12.7%	59	13.3%	58	13.4%	46	11.5%	45	12.7%	28	7.6%
Grade 5:	51	10.5%	52	11.0%	51	11.5%	37	8.5%	35	8.8%	20	5.6%	26	7.1%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	2	0.4%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	240	49.4%	228	48.1%	208	47.0%	201	46.4%	170	42.6%	158	44.6%	163	44.4%
Female:	246	50.6%	246	51.9%	235	53.0%	232	53.6%	193	48.4%	178	50.3%	200	54.5%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	4	0.8%	4	0.8%	4	0.9%	6	1.4%	0	0.0%	3	0.8%	1	0.3%
Asian:	7	1.4%	6	1.3%	6	1.4%	7	1.6%	4	1.0%	1	0.3%	1	0.3%
Hispanic:	311	64.0%	288	60.8%	271	61.2%	222	51.3%	178	44.6%	134	37.9%	122	33.2%
Black:	163	33.5%	173	36.5%	160	36.1%	171	39.5%	188	47.1%	202	57.1%	240	65.4%
White:	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	1	0.3%	4	1.1%	3	0.8%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	2	0.4%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	26	6.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	293	60.3%	333	70.3%	234	52.8%	312	72.1%	292	73.2%	265	74.9%	261	71.1%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	4	0.8%	39	8.2%	35	7.9%	48	11.1%	46	11.5%	40	11.3%	39	10.6%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	16.75		16.34		17.04		16.04		14.25		13.10		19.30

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
NY State Assessments
2006	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	72%	N/A	69%
2007	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	74%	N/A	67%
2008	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	64%	N/A	70%
2009	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	88%	N/A	76%
2010	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	57%	N/A	55%
2011	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	51%	N/A	56%
2012	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	39%	N/A	56%
2013	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	27.5%	N/A	31.1%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	68%	N/A	80%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	92%	N/A	85%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	82%	N/A	90%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	98%	N/A	93%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	62%	N/A	59%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	67%	N/A	59%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	61%	N/A	61%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	40.1%	N/A	34.2%
2006	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	46%	N/A	69%
2007	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	75%	N/A	68%
2008	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	50%	N/A	71%
2009	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	82%	N/A	77%
2010	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	52%	N/A	57%
2011	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	68%	N/A	56%
2012	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	62%	N/A	60%
2013	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	24.1%	N/A	30.3%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	69%	N/A	78%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	57%	N/A	81%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	58%	N/A	83%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	96%	N/A	87%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	80%	N/A	64%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	83%	N/A	67%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	81%	N/A	69%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	51.7%	N/A	36.3%
2006	Science	4th Grade	% met std	77%	N/A	86%
2007	Science	4th Grade	% met std	82%	N/A	85%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	68%	N/A	86%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	88%	N/A	88%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	95%	N/A	89%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	99%	N/A	88%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	96%	N/A	89%
2006	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	49%	N/A	67%
2007	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	57%	N/A	68%
2008	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	46%	N/A	78%
2009	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	95%	N/A	83%
2010	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	35%	N/A	53%
2011	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	68%	N/A	53%
2012	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	53%	N/A	58%
2013	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	24.5%	N/A	30.2%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	36%	N/A	68%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	45%	N/A	76%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	54%	N/A	83%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	100%	N/A	88%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	57%	N/A	65%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	91%	N/A	66%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	78%	N/A	66%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	30.6%	N/A	29.9%
2006	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	77%	N/A	82%
2007	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	66%	N/A	78%
2008	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	69%	N/A	85%
2009	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	90%	N/A	86%
2010	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	97%	N/A	86%
2006	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	33%	N/A	61%
2007	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	50%	N/A	63%
2008	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	55%	N/A	67%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	8%	N/A	60%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	60%	N/A	71%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	57%	N/A	79%

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* Amber Charter School was rated 3 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.