Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s transition team left charter school officials out in the cold while special interests were given influential seats at the table — even though 15% of Big Apple students rely on them.

The democratic socialist didn’t appoint any officials from the charter sector to his Committee on Youth & Education — one of 17 teams that include 400 people — nor did he appoint members of groups that support merit-based education such as gifted and talented programs and specialized high schools.

“It’s a mistake for Mamdani not to have people on his transition who advocate for families in charter schools — mostly black and brown students,” said Ray Domanico, a senior fellow at the pro-charter Manhattan Institute.

Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani did not appoint any officials from the charter sector to his Committee on Youth & Education. AP

“These charter school students in the poorer neighborhoods score higher on the state’s standardized exams. It’s well documented,” said Domanico, who previously worked for the Metro Industrial Areas Foundation, a group that supported charter schools and the opening of small traditional high schools.

There are now more than 150,000 students enrolled in 285 charter schools, or more than one-in-five of all students in publicly-funded schools in the five boroughs.

But the roster of transition committees has not one voice from the NYC Charter School Center or any charter educators –whose students’ pass rates on state standardized English and math tests are in some cases 25-percentage points higher than neighboring traditional public schools.

There are now more than 150,000 students enrolled in 285 charter schools. Luiz C. Ribeiro for New York Post

Domanico said Mamdani, who opposes charter school expansion, could learn a thing or two on why charter schools on the whole are thriving.

Mamdani’s team does include teachers’ union president Michael Mulgrew and advocates more concerned about combatting school segregation — Nyah Berg, the director of Appleseed New York, and Matt Gonzales, of New Yorkers for Racially Just Public Schools.

Gonzales previously served on former Mayor Bill de Blasio’s School Diversity Advisory Group.

Christine Marinoni, a school funding advocate and wife of “Sex and The City” actress Cynthia Nixon, is also on the Mamdani’s education and youth advisory panel.

Both are backers of traditional public schools and charter school critics.

Joshua Wallack, a former deputy chancellor who oversaw the rollout of de Blasio’s universal pre-K program, is also on the panel.

Parents and students from more than 200 charter schools are seen marching along for a rally on the Brooklyn Bridge walkway on September 18. Luiz C. Ribeiro for New York Post

But another group missing from the transition team list is Parent Leaders for Accelerated Curriculum and Education NYC, a parent-led group that supports merit-based gifted and talented programs and other schools for high achieving students.

Mamdani wants to phase out gifted and talented programs in the lower grades.

The mayor-elect is a graduate of The Bronx High School of Science, a specialized high school for students whose admission is based on high scores on a single admissions test.

Mamdani wants to phase out gifted and talented programs in the lower grades and did not appoint members of groups that support merit-based education, like specialized high schools, despite attending Bronx Science. Lev Radin/Shutterstock

A leader with PLACE-NYC said Mamdani’s education advisory team is de Blasio 2.0.

“It is depressing to see the return of De Blasio alums and racial justice activists, the de facto roles of UFT leaders and school-adjacent nonprofit groups — none of whom will prioritize academic rigor and student achievement in NYC schools,” said PLACE-NYC co-president Yiatin Chu.

“With a limited K12 education campaign platform, Mamdani proposed phasing out G&T and voiced opposition to charter schools, this transition team puts those into action,” she said.

Education sources said there are other appointees on the Mamdani’s education panel who’ve expressed support for charter schools, including SUNY Chancellor John King — whose university licenses charters — and Jason Cone of the Robin Hood Foundation. They, however, respectively represent broader higher education and philanthropic missions.

Mamdani is also counting on his transition team to help build and implement his plan to provide free daycare via government subsidies. Appointees include Rebecca Bailin, executive director of New Yorkers United for Child Care and Tara Gardner, executive director of the Day Care Council of NY.

The Mamdani transition team declined to comment.