Our Impact

For students who joined us before 3rd grade, they begin to dramatically outperform nearly all their public school peers across New York City by the time they finish middle school.

While most Black and LatinX New York City public school students experience an on-going decline in their performance on state tests as they continue through middle school, our students (over 50% of whom have and continue to experience significant trauma), instead experience dramatic growth and increased achievement over the same period with more than 55% growth in ELA and more than 74% growth in Math (dramatically outperforming state proficiency averages in both subjects). But the truth is we could be doing so much more, far more quickly and effectively if we had the right resources.

1+

teachers per classroom

Our co-teaching model serves as the bedrock of what we do here at Ember Charter School. This model allows for small group instruction and more differentiation within our various schoolhouses.

10+

Years Serving communities

TFOA becomes Ember Charter School. 2011-Present. We have been doing this work for more than a decade.

5+

uhuru Ashe

Starting in 5th Grade students enter “Uhuru Ashe,” a group co-facilitated by leads + social workers. This group dives into the social emotional + understanding of our students perception of self as it relates to themselves, their peers and the multiple environments that they are apart of.