New Ventures Charter School

Proficiency data for this school is not reported in the available dataset, so academic outcomes can't be benchmarked against the district's 61% ELA / 61% math averages. What stands out structurally: average class size is 23.4 — right at the district norm — and 41% of students have IEPs, well above the typical high school share, signaling a school that carries a heavier-than-usual special education caseload. With only 153 students across grades 10–12, course catalogs and electives are necessarily narrow.

Climate signals are strong where families are concerned: parent-teacher trust at 99% and parent-principal trust at 98% suggest a school where the adults in the building communicate well. Teacher-principal trust hits 100% in the survey — striking, though only 9 teachers responded, so the sample is thin. Teacher-reported instruction quality is 85%, which sits below the district average of 93%, and is worth asking the school directly about. Attendance and suspension data aren't reported here, so the day-to-day feel of discipline and chronic absence is hard to gauge from numbers alone.

Who goes here looks different from who lives around it. The school is 39% Hispanic, 31% White, 25% Black — a diverse mix with a 71% diversity index — and 73% of students qualify for economic need, despite sitting in a neighborhood where the median household income is $98,222 and only 10.5% of households are in poverty. That gap tells you the school pulls students in from across the borough, not just from its immediate homeowner-heavy surroundings. The 41% IEP share also signals that families seeking strong special-education support actively choose this school.

New Springville-Willowbrook-Bulls Head-Travis is one of Staten Island's more suburban-feeling stretches: 76% homeownership, a $641,000 median home value, and 23.8% of households with children under 18. It's a neighborhood built around driving — not transit. About a third of adult residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate of 10.5% is well below citywide norms, giving the area a settled, middle-class family feel.

There are no subway stations within a 20-minute walk of the school, so families will need a car, a school bus, or another pick-up arrangement to get here.