Charter School Office

2011 - 2012 Approved New York State Charter Schools

A listing of the 218 charter schools currently approved to operate in New York State can be found below. By clicking on the link of each charter school, you will find directory information about each school, the most recent annual reports and audited statements, and links to each school's website. Charter schools authorized by the Chancellor of the New York City Department of Education and the SUNY Board of Trustees also have direct links to the websites for each school maintained by their authorizers.

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Charter School Directory

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Charter School Name

School District

2011-12
Years of Operation

Authorizer
1 Academic Leadership Charter School NYC CSD 7 3 NYC-DoE
2 Academy Charter School Hempstead UFSD 3 SUNY
3 Academy of the City Charter School NYC CSD 30 1 SUNY
4 Achievement Academy Charter School Albany City 7 SUNY
5 Achievement First Apollo Charter School NYC CSD 19 2 SUNY
6 Achievement First Aspire Charter School NYC CSD 19 Opening Fall 2013 SUNY
7 Achievement First Brownsville Charter School NYC CSD 23 4 SUNY
8 Achievement First Bushwick Charter School NYC CSD 32 6 SUNY
9 Achievement First Crown Heights Charter School NYC CSD 17 7 NYC-DoE
10 Achievement First East New York Charter School NYC CSD 19 7 NYC-DoE
11 Achievement First Endeavor Charter School NYC CSD 13 6 NYC-DoE
12 Albany Community Charter School Albany City 6 SUNY
13 Albany Leadership Charter School for Girls Albany City 2 SUNY
14 Albany Preparatory Charter School Albany City 7 SUNY
15 Aloma D. Johnson Fruit Belt Community Charter School Buffalo City 4 Board of Regents
16 Amani Public Charter School Mount Vernon 1 Board of Regents
17 Amber Charter School NYC CSD 4 12 SUNY
18 Ark Community Charter School Troy 11 SUNY
19 Bedford Stuyvesant Collegiate Charter School NYC CSD 16 4 SUNY
20 Bedford Stuyvesant New Beginnings Charter School NYC CSD 16 2 NYC-DoE
21 Beginning with Children Charter School NYC CSD 16 11 NYC-DoE
22 Beginning with Children Charter School II NYC CSD 14 Opening Fall 2012 SUNY
23 Believe Northside Charter High School NYC CSD 14 3 Board of Regents
24 Believe Southside Charter High School NYC CSD 14 3 Board of Regents
25 Boys Preparatory Charter School of New York NYC CSD 7 or 8 Opening Fall 2013 SUNY
26 Brighter Choice Charter Middle School for Boys Albany City 2 SUNY
27 Brighter Choice Charter Middle School for Girls Albany City 2 SUNY
28 Brighter Choice Charter School for Boys Albany City 10 Board of Regents
29 Brighter Choice Charter School for Girls Albany City 10 Board of Regents
30 Bronx Academy of Promise Charter School NYC CSD 9 4 NYC-DoE
31 Bronx Charter School for Better Learning NYC CSD 11 9 SUNY
32 Bronx Charter School for Children (The) NYC CSD 7 8 Board of Regents
33 Bronx Charter School for Excellence NYC CSD 11 8 SUNY
34 Bronx Charter School for the Arts NYC CSD 8 9 Board of Regents
35 Bronx Community Charter School NYC CSD 10 4 NYC-DoE
36 Bronx Global Learning Institute for Girls Charter School NYC CSD 7 4 NYC-DoE
37 Bronx Lighthouse Charter School NYC CSD 12 8 NYC-DoE
38 Bronx Preparatory Charter School NYC CSD 9 11 SUNY
39 Bronx Success Academy Charter School 1 NYC CSD 7 2 SUNY
40 Bronx Success Academy Charter School 2 NYC CSD 8 2 SUNY
41 Brooklyn Ascend Charter School NYC CSD 18 4 NYC-DoE
42 Brooklyn Charter School NYC CSD 14 12 NYC-DoE
43 Brooklyn City Preparatory Charter School NYC CSD 13 Opening Fall 2013 NYC-DoE
44 Brooklyn Dreams Charter School NYC CSD 22 2 SUNY
45 Brooklyn East Collegiate Charter School NYC CSD 13 2 SUNY
46 Brooklyn Excelsior Charter School NYC CSD 16 9 SUNY
47 Brooklyn Prospect Charter School NYC CSD 15 3 SUNY
48 Brooklyn Scholars Charter School NYC CSD 19 3 NYC-DoE
49 Brooklyn Success Academy Charter School 1 NYC CSD 14 1 SUNY
50 Brooklyn Success Academy Charter School 2 NYC CSD 13 or 14 Opening Fall 2012 SUNY
51 Brooklyn Success Academy Charter School 3 NYC CSD 13 or 14 Opening Fall 2012 SUNY
52 Brooklyn Success Academy Charter School 4 NYC CSD 13 or 14 Opening Fall 2012 SUNY
53 Brooklyn Urban Garden Charter School NYC CSD 15 Opening Fall 2013 Board of Regents
54 Broome Street Academy Charter High School NYC CSD 2 1 SUNY
55 Brownsville Ascend Charter School NYC CSD 18 3 NYC-DoE
56 Brownsville Collegiate Charter School NYC CSD 23 3 SUNY
57 Buffalo Academy of Science Charter School Buffalo City 8 Board of Regents
58 Buffalo United Charter School Buffalo City 9 SUNY
59 Bushwick Ascend Charter School NYC CSD 32 2 NYC-DoE
60 Canarsie Ascend Charter School NYC CSD 18 Opening Fall 2013 NYC-DoE
61 Central Queens Academy Charter School NYC CSD 24 Opening Fall 2012 SUNY
62 Challenge Preparatory Charter School NYC CSD 27 2 NYC-DoE
63 Charter School for Applied Technologies Kenmore-Tonawanda UFSD 11 Board of Regents
64 Charter School of Educational Excellence Yonkers 7 Board of Regents
65 Child Development Center of the Hamptons Charter School Wainscott Common 11 SUNY
66 Children's Aid Society Community Charter School NYC CSD 12 Opening Fall 2012 SUNY
67 Community Charter School Buffalo City 9 Board of Regents
68 Community Partnership Charter School NYC CSD 13 12 SUNY
69 Community Roots Charter School NYC CSD 13 6 NYC-DoE
70 Coney Island Preparatory Public Charter School NYC CSD 21 3 NYC-DoE
71 Cultural Arts Academy Charter School At Spring Creek NYC CSD 18 2 NYC-DoE
72 Democracy Preparatory Charter School NYC CSD 5 6 NYC-DoE
73 Democracy Preparatory Charter School - Harlem NYC CSD 5 2 NYC-DoE
74 Democracy Preparatory III Charter School NYC CSD 5 Opening Fall 2012 Board of Regents
75 Discovery Charter School East Irondequoit 1 Board of Regents
76 Dr. Richard Izquierdo Health and Science Charter School NYC CSD 12 2 NYC-DoE
77 Dream Charter School NYC CSD 4 4 NYC-DoE
78 East Harlem Scholars Academy Charter School NYC CSD 4 1 SUNY
79 Elmwood Village Charter School Buffalo City 6 Board of Regents
80 Enterprise Charter School Buffalo City 9 Buffalo DoE
81 Equality Charter School (The) NYC CSD 11 3 NYC-DoE
82 Equity Project Charter School (The) NYC CSD 6 3 NYC-DoE
83 Ethical Community Charter School (The) NYC CSD 14 3 NYC-DoE
84 Eugenio Maria de Hostos Charter School Rochester City 12 SUNY
85 Evergreen Charter School Hempstead UFSD 3 Board of Regents
86 Excellence Boys Charter School of Bedford Stuyvesant NYC CSD 16 8 SUNY
87 Excellence Girls Charter School NYC CSD 16 3 SUNY
88 Explore Charter School NYC CSD 17 10 NYC-DoE
89 Explore Empower Charter School NYC CSD 17 3 NYC-DoE
90 Explore Exceed Charter School NYC CSD 17 or 18 or 19 Opening Fall 2012 SUNY
91 Explore Excel Charter School NYC CSD 18 1 SUNY
92 Fahari Academy Charter School NYC CSD 17 3 NYC-DoE
93 Family Life Academy Charter School NYC CSD 9 11 SUNY
94 Family Life Academy Charter School II NYC CSD 8 Opening Fall 2012 SUNY
95 Future Leaders Institute Charter School NYC CSD 3 7 NYC-DoE
96 Genesee Community Charter School Rochester City 11 Board of Regents
97 Girls Preparatory Charter School of New York NYC CSD 1 7 SUNY
98 Girls Preparatory Charter School of the Bronx NYC CSD 8 3 SUNY
99 Global Community Charter School NYC CSD 3 or 5 Opening Fall 2012 Board of Regents
100 Global Concepts Charter School Lackawanna City 10 Board of Regents
101 Grand Concourse Academy Charter School NYC CSD 9 8 SUNY
102 Green Dot New York Charter School NYC CSD 7 4 SUNY
103 Green Tech Charter High School Albany City 4 SUNY
104 Growing up Green Charter School NYC CSD 30 3 NYC-DoE
105 Harbor Science and Arts Charter School NYC CSD 4 12 SUNY
106 Harlem Children's Zone Promise Academy II Charter School NYC CSD 5 7 NYC-DoE
107 Harlem Children's Zone Promise Academy Charter School NYC CSD 5 8 NYC-DoE
108 Harlem Link Charter School NYC CSD 3 11 SUNY
109 Harlem Preparatory Charter School NYC CSD 4 11 SUNY
110 Harlem Success Academy Charter School NYC CSD 3 6 Board of Regents
111 Harlem Success Academy Charter School 2 NYC CSD 5 4 SUNY
112 Harlem Success Academy Charter School 3 NYC CSD 4 4 SUNY
113 Harlem Success Academy Charter School 4 NYC CSD 3 4 SUNY
114 Harlem Success Academy Charter School 5 NYC CSD 5 2 SUNY
115 Harlem Village Academy Charter School NYC CSD 5 9 SUNY
116 Harlem Village Academy Leadership Charter School NYC CSD 4 7 SUNY
117 Harriet Tubman Charter School NYC CSD 9 10 Board of Regents
118 Health Sciences Charter School Buffalo City 2 Board of Regents
119 Hebrew Language Academy Charter School NYC CSD 22 3 NYC-DoE
120 Heketi Community Charter School NYC CSD 7 1 SUNY
121 Hellenic Classical Charter School NYC CSD 15 7 NYC-DoE
122 Henry Johnson Charter School Albany City 5 SUNY
123 Hyde Leadership Charter School NYC CSD 8 6 NYC-Doe
124 Hyde Leadership Charter School - Brooklyn NYC CSD 19 2 NYC-DoE
125 Icahn Charter School #1 NYC CSD 9 11 SUNY
126 Icahn Charter School #2 NYC CSD 8 5 SUNY
127 Icahn Charter School #3 NYC CSD 9 4 SUNY
128 Icahn Charter School #4 NYC CSD 11 3 SUNY
129 Icahn Charter School #5 NYC CSD 11 1 SUNY
130 Icahn Charter School #6 NYC CSD 9 Opening Fall 2012 SUNY
131 Icahn Charter School #7 NYC CSD 9 Opening Fall 2013 SUNY
132 Imagine Me Leadership Charter School NYC CSD 19 2 NYC-DoE
133 Innovate Manhattan Charter School NYC CSD 2 1 SUNY
134 International Leadership Charter School NYC CSD 10 6 NYC-DoE
135 Invictus Preparatory Charter School NYC CSD 19 1 SUNY
136 Inwood Academy for Leadership Charter School NYC CSD 6 2 NYC-DoE
137 John V. Lindsay Wildcat Academy Charter School NYC CSD 2 12 NYC-DoE
138 John W. Lavelle Preparatory Charter School NYC CSD 31 3 NYC-DoE
139 King Center Charter School Buffalo City 12 SUNY
140 Kings Collegiate Charter School NYC CSD 18 5 SUNY
141 KIPP Academy Charter School NYC CSD 7 12 NYC-DoE
142 KIPP AMP Charter School NYC CSD 17 7 NYC-DoE
143 KIPP Infinity Charter School NYC CSD 5 7 NYC- DoE
144 KIPP NYC Washington Heights Academy Charter School NYC CSD 6 Opening Fall 2012 Board of Regents
145 KIPP S.T.A.R College Preparatory Charter School NYC CSD 5 9 SUNY
146 KIPP Tech Valley Charter School Albany City 7 SUNY
147 La Cima Charter School NYC CSD 16 4 Board of Regents
148 Launch Expeditionary Learning Charter School NYC CSD 16 Opening Fall 2012 Board of Regents
149 Leadership Preparatory Bedford Stuyvesant Charter School NYC CSD 13 6 SUNY
150 Leadership Preparatory Brownsville Charter School NYC CSD 23 3 SUNY
151 Leadership Preparatory Charter School 4 NYC CSD 17 Opening Fall 2013 SUNY
152 Leadership Preparatory Ocean Hill Charter School NYC CSD 23 2 SUNY
153 Lefferts Gardens Charter School NYC CSD 17 2 NYC-DoE
154 Manhattan Charter School NYC CSD 1 2 NYC-DoE
155 Manhattan Charter School II NYC CSD 1 Opening Fall 2012 SUNY
156 Merrick Academy - Queens Public Charter School NYC CSD 29 12 SUNY
157 Metropolitan Lighthouse Charter School NYC CSD 8 2 NYC-DoE
158 Mott Hall Charter School NYC CSD 8 or 9 Opening Fall 2012 Board of Regents
159 Mott Haven Charter School NYC CSD 7 4 NYC-DoE
160 Neighborhood Charter School of Harlem NYC CSD 5 Opening Fall 2012 Board of Regents
161 New Dawn Charter High School NYC CSD 15 Opening Fall 2012 Board of Regents
162 New Heights Academy Charter School NYC CSD 6 7 NYC-DoE
163 New Hope Academy Charter School NYC CSD 18 2 SUNY
164 New Roots Charter School Ithaca City 3 SUNY
165 New Visions Charter High School for Advanced Math and Science NYC CSD 10 1 SUNY
166 New Visions Charter High School for Advanced Math and Science II NYC CSD 7 Opening Fall 2012 Board of Regents
167 New Visions Charter High School for the Humanities NYC CSD 10 1 SUNY
168 New Visions Charter High School for the Humanities II NYC CSD 7 Opening Fall 2012 Board of Regents
169 New World Preparatory Charter School NYC CSD 31 2 SUNY
170 New York Center for Autism Charter School NYC CSD 4 7 NYC-DoE
171 New York City Charter High School for Architecture, Engineering & Construction Industries NYC CSD 7 4 NYC-DoE
172 New York City Montessori Charter School NYC CSD 7 1 Board of Regents
173 New York French-American Charter School NYC CSD 5 2 NYC-DoE
174 Niagara Charter School Niagara-Wheatfield 6 Board of Regents
175 Ocean Hill Collegiate Charter School NYC CSD 23 12 SUNY
176 Opportunity Charter School NYC CSD 3 8 NYC-DoE
177 Oracle Charter School Buffalo City 7 SUNY
178 Our World Neighborhood Charter School NYC CSD 30 10 SUNY
179 PAVE Academy Charter School NYC CSD 15 4 NYC-DoE
180 Peninsula Preparatory Academy Charter School NYC CSD 27 8 NYC-DoE
181 Pinnacle Charter School Buffalo City 9 Board of Regents
182 Renaissance Charter High School for Innovation (The) NYC CSD 4 2 NYC-DoE
183 Renaissance Charter School (The) NYC CSD 30 12 NYC-DoE
184 Riverhead Charter School Riverhead 11 Board of Regents
185 Riverton Street Charter School NYC CSD 29 2 NYC-DoE
186 Roads Charter School I NYC CSD 23 Opening Fall 2012 SUNY
187 Roads Charter School II NYC CSD 7 Opening Fall 2012 SUNY
188 Rochdale Early Advantage Charter School NYC CSD 28 2 NYC-DoE
189 Rochester Academy Charter School Rochester City 4 Board of Regents
190 Rochester Career Mentoring Charter School Rochester City Opening Fall 2012 Board of Regents
191 Roosevelt Children's Academy Charter School Roosevelt UFSD 12 SUNY
192 Sisulu-Walker Charter School of Harlem NYC CSD 3 13 SUNY
193 South Bronx Charter School for International Cultures and the Arts NYC CSD 7 7 NYC-DoE
194 South Bronx Classical Charter School NYC CSD 12 6 NYC-DoE
195 South Buffalo Charter School Buffalo City 12 SUNY
196 Southside Academy Charter School Syracuse 10 Board of Regents
197 St. Hope Leadership Academy Charter School NYC CSD 5 4 NYC-DoE
198 Staten Island Community Charter School NYC CSD 31 2 NYC-DoE
199 Summit Academy Charter School NYC CSD 15 3 NYC-DoE
200 Syracuse Academy of Science Charter School Syracuse 9 Board of Regents
201 Tapestry Charter School Buffalo City 11 SUNY
202 Teaching Firms of America Professional Preparatory Charter School NYC CSD 16 1 NYC-DoE
203 Tech International Charter School NYC CSD 10 Opening Fall 2012 SUNY
204 True North Troy Preparatory Charter school Troy 3 SUNY
205 True North Rochester Preparatory Charter School Rochester City 6 SUNY
206 True North Rochester Preparatory Charter School - West Campus Rochester City 1 SUNY
207 UFT Charter School NYC CSD 19 7 SUNY
208 University Preparatory Charter School for Young Men Rochester City 2 SUNY
209 Upper West Success Academy Charter School NYC CSD 3 1 SUNY
210 Urban Choice Charter School Rochester City 7 Board of Regents
211 Urban Dove Charter School NYC CSD 15 Opening Fall 2012 Board of Regents
212 VOICE Charter School of New York NYC CSD 30 4 NYC-DoE
213 West Buffalo Charter School Buffalo City Opening Fall 2012 Board of Regents
214 Western New York Maritime Charter School Buffalo City 8 Board of Regents
215 Westminster Community Charter School Buffalo City 8 Buffalo DoE
216 Williamsburg Charter High School NYC CSD 14 8 NYC-DoE
217 Williamsburg Collegiate Charter School NYC CSD 14 7 NYC-DoE
218 Young Women's College Prep Charter School of Rochester Rochester City Opening Fall 2012 Board of Regents

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Charter School Directory PDF (405 KB)

The following document lists charter schools that have been closed in New York State.

Charter School Closures PDF (11 KB)

* Note: New York City schools are divided into 32 Community School Districts: #1-6 are located in Manhattan, #7-12 in The Bronx, #13-23 32 Kings in Brooklyn, #24-30 in Queens, and #31 is Staten Island.

**Note to Charter School Administrators: If any of the information on this page needs to be updated, please email charterschools@mail.nysed.gov. If any of the information on the cross-linked institution data page needs to be updated, please update the SEDREF system (the Department's centralized directory for all schools) by emailing dataquest@mail.nysed.gov (and copy charterschools@mail.nysed.gov) with the updated information and include your BEDS code.

Last Updated: April 19, 2012