ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-UNIONDALE
UNIONDALE · NY · ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-UNIONDALE · Public charter · K-12 combined
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- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-UNIONDALE compares for families
What families should know about ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-UNIONDALE.
- ▸ LocallyNY sits right at the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math — local school quality will set your kid apart.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL, WHEATLEY SCHOOL, WEST HEMPSTEAD SECONDARY SCHOOL and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥40% FRPL — qualifies for Title I Schoolwide program
40-74% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. The district can use Title I funds across the whole school under federal Schoolwide Program rules.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
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Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
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Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: A low chronic-absence rate is the cleanest school-level signal of strong family connection, classroom culture, and student engagement — all upstream drivers of enrollment stability. For school leaders: an Enrollment Trend Audit traces this dynamic forward →
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2024 total enrollment.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +19.9%/year, projecting from 2024's 1,607 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Most similar nearby high schools
The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL HEMPSTEAD |
Public · charter | 1.7 | 533 | +1.7% |
| WHEATLEY SCHOOL OLD WESTBURY |
Public | 2.5 | 539 | -0.7% |
| WEST HEMPSTEAD SECONDARY SCHOOL WEST HEMPSTEAD |
Public | 3.8 | 547 | -2.5% |
| NASSAU BOCES GARDEN CITY |
Public | 0.8 | 430 | +8.0% |
| CARLE PLACE MIDDLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL CARLE PLACE |
Public | 2.0 | 411 | +14.5% |
| MATH/SCIENCE RESEARCH/TECH MAGNET CAMBRIA HEIGHTS |
Public | 7.7 | 506 | +38.6% |
| MALVERNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL MALVERNE |
Public | 4.9 | 628 | +5.9% |
| BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL QUEENS VILLAGE |
Public | 7.1 | 599 | +12.8% |