Mayor Bill de Blasio may have issues with Eva Moskowitz’s charter schools, but parents don’t.
New data shows one out of every two kids eligible for kindergarten in Central Harlem this fall — 426 in all — applied to get into her Success Academy schools, the charter network said Friday.
In The Bronx, there were 17 applications for every seat.
At Success Academy IV in Harlem — one of the three charters de Blasio blocked from co-locating in a public school — the ratio of applicants to seats was an astonishing 21 to 1.
For all 25 Success Academy charter schools city-wide, there were 14,485 “unique” applicants for 2,870 seats — a ratio of five requests for every opening.
The sky-high demand matched last year’s total, when 12,200 applicants applied for 2,266 spots.
A lottery is being held Friday to select the few fortunate winners.
Parents will be notified of the results next week — with about 80 percent getting rejection letters.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the Legislature passed a law this week as part of the state budget requiring the mayor to find space for the three charters he displaced earlier — Success Academy IV/Central Harlem Middle School and new elementary schools in lower Manhattan and southeast Queens.
The law also bars de Blasio from charging rent to charters that co-locate in public school buildings. In addition, the city must either provide space for new charters, or pay their rent in private space.
“We are honored there are so many families across New York City who believe in our schools,” said Moskowitz, the Success Academy founder and CEO.
“Being able to serve new communities, to provide more parents with great educational options, is what drives us to continue to open new schools. On the one hand, it’s incredibly gratifying to see the demand, but it’s also heart-breaking that we can’t make a dent in the wait list.”