Success Academy Ridgewood Charter Elementary School is located in Queens, NY on Catalpa Avenue - offering grades K-4. Since 2006, Success Academy has created a national model of K-12 access to excellence for children across all demographics. The majority of our 22,000 students are children of color from low-income households in disadvantaged neighborhoods admitted to our 59 schools through a random public lottery. To date, 100% of our graduates have been accepted to college, many to highly selective institutions. Our distinctive K-12 approach, designed as a holistic 13-year educational trajectory, producing student outcomes that outpace even those in affluent suburban schools.