Success Academy Charter School – Midtown West Middle School, New York | Fees, Rankings, Address, Admission, Vacancies, Reviews & More

The school is great! When my daughter started K I was nervous and thought it was going to be lots of pressure! I was wrong. All they ask is that parents be involve and proactive with THEIR kids education. Well, wait a minute, that is what parents should be doing anyways! Its hard i know;i was pregnant and working fulltime. My daughter loves the school. The homework is the same load as a public school, i know this because i had my older son in Public school 2 blocks down from success and that how i know the comparison. What i love of success is that the communication with teachers is widely open and all staff is there to answer questions about your child. I have heard parents complain that success asks too much but i think those parents need to see if their child can keep up with success model of learning. Its not for everyone. My daughter was at risk of repeating grade because she was a reading level behind! (In DOE public school they would have passed her, again i know this because this was the situation with my son). I worked hard with her at home and at school she was given extra support in smaller groups and one on one time. Success also takes on time arrival serious. I have been late many times and they will call you out for it, but again its my responsibility to get my child on time. Yes things happen they understand but i was late more then 20 times lol so shame on me. Overall, the school is great. They strive to make your child succeed and make sure that your child is working to their fullest potential! Its not for every child so as a parent be always involved in your child’s education

This school is a joke. The could care less about their students. Teachers are very rude and disrespectful. Nothing is done because their supervisor is worse. Many students here feel the microaggression from their teachers and they are not happy. Not to mention homework can only be done on Chromebooks. If the library is about to close and you don’t have internet service at home you are out of luck. School needs to show respect for people of color and different backgrounds. Sex education in 5th grade, are you serious? Please let the parents take care of that when they are ready.

You will make really good friends at success Academy, but the learning environment is ineffective. 50 percent of the class is the teachers trying to get the class to be quiet. There is only 15-20 minute lunch and recess is only a courtyard with nothing to do.

I got lucky with some of the teachers I had and they went the extra mile into explaining concepts to me.

My main problem is just with students constantly misbehaving.