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Inwood Academy for Leadership is a 5-12 public school in upper Manhattan that opened its doors to our first cohort of fifth graders, in 2010. The school focuses on college preparedness, character development, and community-focused leadership by emphasizing the development of five different character traits: responsibility, integrity, caring, honesty, and restraint.

As an independent public charter school, we’ve tailored the education experience to provide individualized attention to our more than 900 students. We believe that, if given the chance and the expectations are set high, every student can succeed in life. Our goal is to graduate 100% of our students and ensure they have multiple pathways to succeed in the future.

We are a trailblazer in the New York charter school environment. We welcome every student who applies and is accepted via our lottery and meet students where they are, especially children with special needs or those who speak little to no English, even though they may be behind their peers. In 2009, the founder of Inwood Academy Christina Reyes successfully lobbied for a change in New York State law allowing us to give preference in our application lottery to students who speak English as a second language.