At a Glance
An all-boys Harlem school betting on brotherhood, character, and a decade-long academic climb.
Best suited for
Families of Black and Latino boys — including those with IEPs — who want a small, brotherhood-focused school with strong character programming, tight family-school relationships, and a clear upward academic trajectory they can grow alongside.
Overall Rating
Grades 3–8
Rating = average of NY State ELA + math proficiency, grades 3–8
High school
Rating = average of 4-year graduation, English Regents college-ready and Regents completion · DOE 2025 report
Bands are Motley's thresholds on a 0–100 scale, not New York State performance levels.
How this is scored→What stands out
- A 100 out of 100 program richness score — a genuinely rare breadth of electives including boxing, golf, film, coding, journalism, and the Eagle Abroad international travel program.
- Zero suspensions last year, paired with explicit restorative practices like Restorative Circles and Peer Mediation — a real commitment to keeping kids in class rather than pushing them out.
- One of the only all-boys public options in District 5, drawing 152 applicants for 79 seats in the most recent admissions cycle.
- Family engagement runs hot where it exists: 99% parent-principal trust and 97% parent satisfaction among survey respondents.
- A ten-year academic climb from math single digits to over 30% at peak, showing measurable year-over-year progress for a school that started from a very low base.
Things to consider
- Test scores still trail district averages by roughly 30 percentage points in both ELA and math, even after years of improvement — the climb is real, but the absolute level remains low.
- Chronic absenteeism at 75% is severe — most students here miss a significant chunk of school, which limits how much any classroom can accomplish regardless of teacher skill.
- The 30% family survey response rate means the glowing parent satisfaction numbers reflect the families who are already engaged, not necessarily the full parent body.
- PTA fundraising is essentially nonexistent at $0 per student, so families shouldn't expect the enrichment budget that comes with a well-resourced parent association.
- Forty percent of students have IEPs — a real strength for families seeking a school comfortable with special education, but worth knowing for anyone expecting a traditional college-prep cohort.
Based on 2024-25 data
School SummaryDistrict 5
Within District 5, the school's overall score of 0.9/4 places it well below the district average of 2.09/4 and significantly behind the high-performing charter peers like Harlem Village Academy West (96) and the Success Academy Harlem campuses. That said, it's a specialized single-sex option in a district otherwise populated largely by charters and zoned schools, so it's not quite a like-for-like comparison — families choosing here are picking a mission and a culture as much as a test score.
Academics
Both ELA (24.5%) and math (20.4%) proficiency sit well below the District 5 averages of roughly 54% and 51%, and the school's overall rating of 0.9 out of 4 trails the district's 2.09. But the trajectory tells a different story than any single year: math proficiency has roughly tripled since 2016 (from 7% to 20.4%), and ELA climbed from a low of 10.6% in 2017 to a recent peak of 29.2% in 2024. The 2025 dip suggests the climb isn't a straight line, but the multi-year direction is clearly upward.
Culture
The school reported zero suspensions last year — striking in a district where the average suspension rate runs around 1.2% — and parent satisfaction (97%) and parent-principal trust (99%) both run above district norms, though the family survey response rate of just 30% means we're hearing from a self-selected, already-engaged slice of parents. Teacher trust in school leadership is solid at 81%, though peer-to-peer teacher collegial trust is lower at 69%, suggesting a more top-down staff culture than a flat-collaborative one. Attendance is on par with the district at 88.3%, but chronic absenteeism at 75% is a serious flag that limits what any classroom can accomplish.
Community
The student body is 64% Black and 29% Hispanic, almost entirely young men, with 40% of students classified as having IEPs and an economic need index of 86.1 — meaning most students arrive at the school facing real financial pressure. That mix reflects central Harlem reasonably well, where roughly a quarter of households live below the poverty line and median household income sits around $55,000. The school's single-sex focus, though, gives it a distinct identity from the surrounding co-ed neighborhood schools and likely draws applicants from across the borough and beyond.
Neighborhood
Central Harlem is a transit-rich, largely renter neighborhood where about one in four households live below the poverty line and the median household income is just under $55,000. About 36% of adult residents hold a bachelor's degree, and homeownership is low at under 13% — a community that moves around and leans on the subway to get places. Families here rely heavily on public transit, and the school's location near multiple lines makes car-free commuting realistic for most.
The 135 St C/B stop is about a two-minute walk, the 135 St 2/3 is roughly eight minutes on foot, and the 125 St A/C/B/D is about eleven minutes away.
Academic Performance
ELA Proficiency
Students scoring proficient or above on the NY State ELA exam.
NYC DOE InfoHub · 2022-23
Math Proficiency
Students scoring proficient or above on the NY State Math exam.
NYC DOE InfoHub · 2022-23
Historical Trends
The dashed line marks 2023, when New York changed its grades 3–8 state tests. Scores before and after it aren’t directly comparable.
2020–2021 data unavailable due to COVID-19
Source: NYC DOE School Quality Reports
Survey Results
NYC School Survey (2025) · 63 families responded (30% rate)
Programs & Activities
Admissions Demand
Eagle Academy will prepare scholars for their choice of colleges and careers. Our young men will not only leave our program academically sound, but culturally competent and armed with a strong sense of self.
Racial & Ethnic Diversity
NYC DOE InfoHub · 2022-23
PTA Fundraising
Source: DOE Local Law 171 disclosure
Discipline
NYSED Student & Educator Database
Economic Need & Special Populations
How to get in, step by step
Middle school (6th grade)
Middle school is one citywide application, made in 5th grade. We don't have Eagle Academy for Young Men of Harlem's program list, so read how each of its programs admits on MySchools before you rank it.
Middle school application
- Opened
- Wed, Oct 14
- Closes
- Fri, Dec 11
- Offers
- Wed, Apr 7
The DOE’s published dates.
- 1Apply on MySchools during the middle school application, in 5th grade.
- 2Rank programs in true preference order — the match places your child in the highest-ranked one that offers a seat.
High school (9th grade)
High school is one citywide application, made in 8th grade. Eagle Academy for Young Men of Harlem admits through one program, and each one has its own admissions method:
- Eagle Academy for Young Men of HarlemEd. Opt.
High school application
- Opened
- Tue, Oct 6
- Closes
- Fri, Dec 4
- Offers
- Wed, Mar 3
The DOE’s published dates.
- 1Apply on MySchools during the high school application, in 8th grade.
- 2Educational Option programs fill in equal shares across three reading levels, half by the school's ranking and half by lottery.
- 3Rank programs in true preference order — the match places your child in the highest-ranked one that offers a seat.
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Frequently Asked Questions
- Is Eagle Academy for Young Men of Harlem a good school?
- On Motley, Eagle Academy for Young Men of Harlem earns an overall rating of 23/100 — the average of the school's New York State ELA and math proficiency, grades 3–8, shown out of 100. Its state test results run below the District 5 average. Its high school grades have their own rating, 56/100, from graduation and Regents results.
- What grades does Eagle Academy for Young Men of Harlem serve?
- Eagle Academy for Young Men of Harlem serves grades 6 to 12.
- How do students get into Eagle Academy for Young Men of Harlem?
- Eagle Academy for Young Men of Harlem uses the Educational Option (Ed-Opt) method, ranking applicants across performance levels so seats go to a mix of abilities.
- Is Eagle Academy for Young Men of Harlem public, charter, or private?
- Eagle Academy for Young Men of Harlem is a public school in NYC Community School District 5.
- What neighborhood is Eagle Academy for Young Men of Harlem in?
- Eagle Academy for Young Men of Harlem is in Harlem (North), Manhattan.