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Charter schools in Elmhurst, NY

7 schools in Elmhurst, 277 more within 15 miles. Public, and free to attend.

Public charter schools (tuition-free)

Elmhurst charter schools at a glance

7 public charter schools give Elmhurst as their address in the 2025-26 federal school directory, and 277 more are within 15 miles. The 7 in town had about 2,915 students in 2024-25. 7 teach elementary grades and 2 teach high school. Every one is a public school that charges no tuition.

2,915 students, 2024-25
2 high schools
$0 tuition

Charter schools in Elmhurst (7)

Largest first. Enrollment and teachers are from 2024-25; schools new in 2025-26 have no count yet.

Charter school Grades Students (2024-25) Per teacher Phone
Central Queens Academy Charter School K-8 935 15.3 (718) 271-6200
Renaissance Charter School 2 (the) K-11 830 16.6 (917) 242-3505
Forte Preparatory Academy Charter School 5-11 561 11.2 (929) 666-4430
Elm Community Charter School K-5 460 (347) 474-3288
Central Queens Academy Charter School II K-2 129 13 (718) 271-6200
Zeta CS - Queens 2 K new in 2025-26 (929) 458-3000
Zeta CS - Queens Elmhurst K-1 new in 2025-26 (929) 458-3000

Nearby, within 15 miles (277)

Charter schools in other towns, nearest first. Online schools are left out here because their address is an office.

Charter school Grades Students (2024-25) Per teacher Town Miles Phone
Renaissance Charter School PK-12 657 Jackson Heights under 1 (718) 803-0060
Valence College Preparatory Charter School 5-8 447 Rego Park 1 (646) 854-8414
Our World Neighborhood Charter School 3 K-4 284 13.5 Corona 1 (718) 392-3405
Academy of The City Charter School K-8 695 18.8 Woodside 2 (718) 487-9857
Middle Village Preparatory Charter School 6-8 468 11.4 Middle Village 2 (718) 869-2933
Urban Dove Team Charter School III 10-12 55 4.6 Astoria 3 (347) 588-5159
Our World Neighborhood Charter School K-8 681 13.1 Astoria 3 (718) 392-3405
Growing Up Green Charter School K-8 692 10 Long Island City 3 (347) 642-4306
Bushwick Ascend Charter School K-8 738 17.6 Brooklyn 4 (718) 240-9162
Math Engineering and Science Academy Charter High School 9-12 515 11 Brooklyn 4 (718) 282-7426
Achievement First-Bushwick Charter School K-8 899 17.3 Brooklyn 4 (347) 471-2560
Achievement First North Brooklyn Preparatory Charter School K-8 843 16.3 Brooklyn 4 (347) 471-2690
Success Academy Charter School-Bushwick K-4 558 Brooklyn 4 (646) 790-2173
Voice Charter School of New York K-8 849 12.6 Long Island City 4 (718) 361-1694
Cypress Hills Ascend Charter School K-8 485 16.2 Brooklyn 4 (646) 644-1714
Growing Up Green Charter School II K-8 810 10.1 Jamaica 4 (347) 642-4306
Williamsburg Charter High School 9-12 665 11.9 Brooklyn 4 (718) 782-9830
Northside Charter High School 9-12 421 10.2 Brooklyn 4 (347) 390-1273
East Brooklyn Ascend Charter School (ebacs) K-4 152 19 Brooklyn 4 (347) 442-7990
Brownsville Collegiate Charter School K-8 202 9.6 Brooklyn 4 (718) 636-0370
Achievement First Apollo Charter School K-8 758 16.8 Brooklyn 4 (347) 471-2620
Brooklyn Excelsior Charter School K-8 530 13.2 Brooklyn 4 (718) 246-5681
Uncommon Excellence Girls Charter School NYC K-12 871 10.2 Brooklyn 4 (718) 638-1875
Bedford Stuyvesant New Beginnings Charter School 3-10 665 Brooklyn 4 (718) 453-1001
Bedford Stuyvesant New Beginnings Charter School 2 K-2 142 142 Brooklyn 4 (718) 453-1000
Imagine Me Leadership Charter School PK-8 280 Brooklyn 4 (347) 985-2140
Brooklyn Emerging Leaders Academy Charter School 9-12 219 9.1 Brooklyn 4 (347) 491-8830
New Dawn Charter High School II 9-12 375 26.8 Jamaica 5 (347) 947-2580
Success Academy Charter School-Bed Stuy 2 K-4 271 Brooklyn 5 (718) 704-1439
LA Cima Charter School K-5 174 7.2 Brooklyn 5 (718) 443-2136
Uncommon Bed-Stuy East Charter School NYC 5-8 317 11.3 Brooklyn 5 (718) 669-7460
Zeta CS - Queens Jamaica K-1 new in 2025-26 Jamaica 5 (929) 458-3000
Uncommon Excellence Boys Charter School NYC K-9 415 9.2 Brooklyn 5 (718) 638-1830
Uncommon Crown Heights Charter School NYC K-9 513 10.9 Brooklyn 5 (718) 250-5765
Ember Charter School K-12 373 8.3 Brooklyn 5 (718) 285-3787
Success Academy Charter School-Bed Stuy 3 K-8 494 Ridgewood 5 (646) 790-2126
Success Academy Charter School - Bed Stuy 1 K-12 919 Brooklyn 5 (718) 635-3294
Our World Neighborhood Charter School 2 K-5 437 13.7 Howard Beach 5 (718) 392-3405
Beginning With Children Charter School II K-12 800 11.1 Brooklyn 5 (718) 302-7700
Brooklyn Scholars Charter School K-8 728 16.2 Brooklyn 5 (718) 348-9360
NYC Autism Charter School East Harlem Ungraded 41 5.9 New York 5 (212) 860-2580
Success Academy Charter School-Williamsburg K-4 247 Brooklyn 5 (718) 704-1419
Achievement First Brownsville Charter School K-10 651 14.5 Brooklyn 5 (347) 471-2600
Uncommon Brownsville North Charter School NYC K-12 1,313 12.9 Brooklyn 5 (718) 250-5767
Innovation Charter High School 9-12 412 10.8 New York 5 (212) 722-5871
Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 3 K-8 629 New York 5 (646) 790-2184
Brooklyn Charter School (the) K-5 203 Brooklyn 5 (718) 302-2085
Achievement First Aspire Charter School K-12 935 17.3 Brooklyn 5 (347) 838-0205
Unity Preparatory Charter School of Brooklyn 6-12 513 8.1 Brooklyn 5 (718) 455-5046
Success Academy Charter School-NYC 14 5 168 Howard Beach 5 (646) 472-1911
Hyde Leadership Charter School - Brooklyn K-8 401 Brooklyn 5 (718) 495-5620
Storefront Academy Harlem Charter School K-5 96 New York 5 (646) 328-9730
South Bronx Charter School K-12 434 Bronx 5 (718) 292-5737
Uncommon Williamsburg Charter School NYC 5-8 250 9.6 Brooklyn 5 (718) 302-4018
East Harlem Scholars Academy Charter School PK-12 922 18.1 New York 5 (212) 348-2518
Dream Charter School East Harlem K-8 554 12.9 New York 5 (212) 722-0232
Brooklyn Prospect Charter School - CSD 13.2 K-8 580 12.6 Brooklyn 5 (718) 305-4199
Amber Charter School East Harlem K-7 288 11.5 New York 5 (646) 964-2452
Achievement First East New York Charter School K-12 1,072 14.3 Brooklyn 5 (718) 485-4924
Strive Charter School K-2 145 Bronx 5 (347) 284-6465
Success Academy Charter School-Bronx 5 Upper 3-5 101 Bronx 5 (347) 284-6465
Academic Leadership Charter School K-9 343 22.9 Bronx 5 (718) 585-4215
Harlem Village Academy East Charter School PK-8 349 10.6 New York 5 (646) 812-9600
Neighborhood Charter School-Bronx K-7 472 Bronx 5 (917) 743-7476
Brooklyn Ascend Charter School 2-12 951 15.3 Brooklyn 5 (718) 907-9150
Brownsville Ascend Charter School K-8 591 18.1 Brooklyn 5 (347) 294-2600
American Dream Charter School 6-12 603 Bronx 5 (718) 585-3071
Explore Empower Charter School K-8 500 13.5 Brooklyn 5 (718) 771-2090
Launch Expeditionary Learning Charter School 6-9 268 9.9 Brooklyn 5 (718) 604-6910
Mott Haven Academy Charter School PK-8 442 13.8 Bronx 5 (718) 292-7015
Uncommon Bed-Stuy West Charter School NYC K-12 1,165 11 Brooklyn 5 (718) 636-0360
Urban Assembly Charter School for Computer Science 9-12 488 Bronx 5 (646) 421-4523
University Prep Charter Middle School 5-8 424 Bronx 5 (917) 985-8300
Achievement First Linden Charter School K-8 630 21.7 Brooklyn 5 (347) 471-2700
Harbor Science and Arts Charter School K-9 244 New York 5 (917) 261-2700
Harlem Prep Charter School 4-12 647 10 New York 5 (646) 374-3429
Urban Dove Team Charter School IV 10-12 182 10.1 New York 5 (347) 562-9832
Leaders in Our Neighborhood Charter School K-12 943 11.6 Bronx 5 (718) 991-5500
East Harlem Scholars Academy Charter School II PK-8 346 11.2 New York 5 (212) 348-2518
Mesa CHS East New York 7-8 85 Brooklyn 6 (347) 619-6800
South Bronx Classical Charter School II K-8 248 16.5 Bronx 6 (718) 292-9526
KIPP Always Mentally Prepared Charter School K-8 891 20.7 Brooklyn 6 (718) 943-3710
Dream Charter School Mott Haven K-12 1,304 13.7 Bronx 6 (212) 722-1608
Girls Preparatory Charter School of The Bronx K-12 402 Bronx 6 (718) 901-3855
Community Partnership Charter School PK-8 394 9.2 Brooklyn 6 (718) 399-3824
Urban Dove Team Charter School II 10-12 285 11.4 Bronx 6 (718) 682-3975
Storefront Academy Charter School K-5 260 Bronx 6 (646) 758-7201
Grand Concourse Academy Charter School K-8 698 15.2 Bronx 6 (718) 684-6505
Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 2 K-4 240 New York 6 (646) 442-6600
University Prep Charter High School 9-12 447 Bronx 6 (718) 292-6543
Brilla College Preparatory Charter School K-12 739 11.7 Bronx 6 (347) 273-8439
Access Bronx Charter School K-8 462 Bronx 6 (718) 402-3300
Legacy College Preparatory Charter School 6-12 747 Bronx 6 (347) 746-1558
Family Life Academy Charter School II K-8 858 18.7 Bronx 6 (718) 665-2805
Emblaze Academy Charter School 5-8 222 14.8 Bronx 6 (929) 388-0011
Brooklyn Ascend Charter School 6 K-1 141 11.8 Brooklyn 6 (917) 686-9416
Harlem Link Charter School PK-8 309 12.9 New York 6 (212) 289-3249
South Bronx Early College Academy Charter School 6-8 266 8.3 Bronx 6 (929) 291-7700
Success Academy Charter School-South Jamaica K-4 553 Jamaica 6 (718) 704-1441
Icahn Charter School 7 K-8 303 17.1 Bronx 6 (718) 328-5480
Bronx Charter School for The Arts K-8 588 12.1 Bronx 6 (718) 893-1042
Manhattan Charter School K-5 184 10.2 New York 6 (212) 533-2743
Harlem Children's Zone Promise Academy II Charter School K-12 1,053 14.5 New York 6 (212) 360-3255
Zeta Charter School -South Bronx PK-8 848 Bronx 6 (929) 458-3000
Brilla Veritas Charter School K-8 569 19.6 Bronx 6 (347) 273-8439
Success Academy Charter School-Union Square K-8 967 New York 6 (646) 790-2161
Success Academy Charter School-Bronx 1 K-8 513 Bronx 6 (347) 286-7950
Uncommon Brownsville South Charter School NYC K-8 748 11 Brooklyn 6 (718) 669-7461
Creo College Preparatory Charter School 5-8 360 Bronx 6 (347) 216-9246
Capital Preparatory (CP) Harlem Charter School 6-12 185 11.6 New York 6 (212) 328-9370
South Bronx Classical Charter School K-8 522 14.9 Bronx 6 (718) 860-4340
Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 1 K-12 1,520 New York 6 (646) 277-7170
Success Academy Charter School-Prospect Heights K-4 220 Brooklyn 6 (646) 790-2121
Lamad Academy Charter School 6-8 165 Brooklyn 6 (833) 465-2623
Success Academy Charter School - Bronx 4 K-4 590 Bronx 6 (646) 558-0043
United Charter High School for Advanced Math and Science II 9-12 492 10 Bronx 6 (718) 665-3671
United Charter High School for The Humanities II 9-12 250 11.4 Bronx 6 (718) 665-5380
Democracy Prep Endurance Charter School PK-12 836 12.6 Bronx 6 (646) 490-3693
Cultural Arts Academy Charter School at Spring Creek K-6 221 10.5 Brooklyn 6 (718) 683-3300
Pharos Academy Charter School K-12 695 12.9 Bronx 6 (646) 915-0025

Showing the 120 nearest of 277. Every charter school in New York.

Charter schools: how they work

  • Public and free. NCES describes a public charter school as a publicly funded school, usually run by a group or organization under a contract (the charter) with the state, the district or another body. The federal definition says a charter school does not charge tuition.
  • Families choose it. Under the same definition, a charter school is one parents choose to send their children to, and it admits students by lottery when more apply than it has room for.
  • Its own rules, its own accountability. The charter frees the school from some state or local rules; in return it must meet the standards written in its charter. It is nonsectarian.
  • No program badge. ChoiceFunded’s program badges and “schools that accept” lists cover private schools only. Charter schools are listed separately here, with no badge, and are never counted with private schools.

Sources: 20 U.S.C. 7221i (federal Charter Schools Program definitions); NCES, Condition of Education: Public Charter School Enrollment. Each state writes its own charter law, so ask the school how enrollment works there.

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Questions parents ask

How many charter schools are in Elmhurst?

7 public charter schools in the 2025-26 federal directory are in Elmhurst, and 277 more are within 15 miles. Central Queens Academy Charter School, Renaissance Charter School 2 (the), Forte Preparatory Academy Charter School, Elm Community Charter School, Central Queens Academy Charter School II, Zeta CS - Queens 2 and others.

Do charter schools in Elmhurst charge tuition?

No. Charter schools are public schools, and the federal definition of a charter school says it does not charge tuition. Ask each school about fees for extras.

How do I enroll in a Elmhurst charter school?

Apply to each school directly. Under the federal definition, a charter school admits students by lottery when more apply than it has room for, so check each school’s application dates. Each state writes its own charter law.

School facts: U.S. Department of Education, Common Core of Data (2025-26 directory, 2024-25 enrollment and staff). Where our data comes from.

See charter schools How enrollment works