Overview
VOICE Charter School of New York is a kindergarten through grade 8 charter school located at 36-24 12th Street in Long Island City, a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens [1]. The New York State Education Department (NYSED) lists the school as "VOICE Charter School of New York," while the school’s own website uses the shorter name "VOICE Charter School" [1][3]. The school describes itself as a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization and lists EIN 26-1779361 [1].
The school states that its mission is to develop "every child into a caring human being, full of wonder, who can work hard to reach a place where they can choose from many great paths that will lead to a life of purpose, happiness, and fulfillment" [1]. That statement is the school’s own description of its purpose rather than an independent evaluation of its results.
As a charter school in New York State, the school is a publicly funded, tuition-free school of choice that operates under a charter rather than as a traditional district school. Charter school authorization, renewal, and reporting requirements are governed by state law and overseen by state-approved authorizers; the sources reviewed for this profile do not identify this school’s specific authorizer.
Location and School Identity
The verified campus address is 36-24 12th Street, Long Island City, NY 11106, with a main office telephone number of (718) 361-1694 [1]. Long Island City is part of Queens, one of the five boroughs of New York City.
Readers researching schools with similar names should confirm they are looking at the Long Island City K-8 school whose official site is voicecharterschool.org and whose NYSED profile appears under the name "VOICE Charter School of New York" [1][3]. The name is sometimes shortened in ordinary usage to "VOICE Charter School," which is the form used on the school’s homepage [1].
A school’s physical address does not by itself establish attendance boundaries or admission eligibility. Charter schools are not neighborhood-zoned district schools, so living near the campus does not determine whether a student may enroll. Families should confirm eligibility and application requirements directly with the school.
Grades and Academic Programs
The school’s website identifies it as offering a K-8 education [1]. NYSED’s school profile for the school includes data fields for grade 8 science and for the grades 3-8 state assessments, along with student and educator data [3]. Those fields describe what the state reports about the school; they do not by themselves describe the school’s curriculum or instructional approach.
Special education
The school describes two main ways its special education teachers work with students. In one model, special education teachers are placed on an "Intervention" team and meet with students following a SETSS (Special Education Teacher Support Services) model, either by pushing into a general education classroom or by pulling students out of it. In the other model, special education teachers co-teach in ICT (Integrated Co-Teaching) classrooms, where both a special education teacher and a general education teacher are present [2].
Stated school culture and staffing approach
The school states that it hires for alignment with core values it names as Efficacy, Care and Wonder, rather than for specific grade levels, and that teaching candidates are asked to teach a lesson sample during the in-person stage of the selection process [2]. It also states that teachers can take on roles such as grade team leaders and serve on committees as alternatives to moving into administration [2]. These statements describe the school’s own staffing approach and are drawn from a page aimed primarily at job candidates.
The sources reviewed for this profile do not provide a complete list of the school’s specials, electives, curriculum materials, or extracurricular offerings. Families seeking that level of program detail should consult the school directly.
Enrollment and School Data
The NYSED data profile for the school reports a total student count of 849 [3]. The retrieved excerpt of that profile does not state the reporting year for that figure, so it should be treated as an official but undated enrollment count rather than a confirmed current-year number.
NYSED’s profile also includes sections on school climate, student attendance, student suspension rate, and a student and educator report, along with state assessment information for grades 3-8 [3]. The retrieved excerpt does not include the specific values for those measures, and state data pages sometimes suppress or omit values when the number of students in a group is small. Readers who need current figures should open the NYSED profile directly and note the reporting period shown on that page.
Enrollment counts, attendance rates, and assessment results describe specific populations over specific periods. None of these measures on its own establishes overall school quality, and demographic composition should not be read as an explanation for any outcome.
Admissions and Enrollment
The school’s homepage states that it is accepting applications for the 2027-28 school year and invites families to apply or to schedule a visit to observe learning in action [1]. The retrieved pages do not describe a student application deadline, lottery date, required documents, or priority rules, so families should treat the school’s application portal and admissions office as the authoritative source for those details.
As general context rather than a statement about this school’s specific policy, New York State charter schools are tuition-free public schools open to students without regard to a zoned attendance area, and when applications exceed available seats, admission is typically determined by lottery under state charter school law. Because charter school admissions procedures, preferences, and deadlines can change, and because the sources reviewed here do not document this school’s current process, readers should verify requirements directly with the school before relying on any general description.
Student Services and Family Information
The clearest service detail supported by the sources reviewed is the school’s special education structure, which combines SETSS-based intervention support with integrated co-teaching classrooms staffed by both a special education teacher and a general education teacher [2].
The sources examined for this profile do not document the school’s transportation arrangements, meals, English language learner services, accessibility features, counseling services, after-school programming, or family engagement policies. Because these services vary among charter schools and are not guaranteed by school type, readers should ask the school directly about any specific support a student may need. The school’s homepage provides a main office telephone number, (718) 361-1694, and an online application and visit-scheduling option [1].
How to Verify Current Information
Because admissions cycles, program offerings, staffing, and reported data change over time, readers should confirm details through primary sources:
- The school’s official website, voicecharterschool.org, for the current application cycle, visit scheduling, program information, and office contact details [1].
- The NYSED data profile for the school, which presents enrollment, assessment, attendance, suspension, and school climate information and identifies the reporting period for each measure [3].
- The school’s main office at (718) 361-1694 for questions about services, eligibility, and documentation that the published sources do not address [1].
The sources reviewed for this profile do not include the school’s founding date, charter term, authorizer, or a documented history. Those items remain unverified here and should be confirmed with the school or with state charter school records rather than assumed.