Enrollment
259
High
STATE 929
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ACADEMY FOR URBAN LEADERSHIP CHARTER SCHOOL·NCES 340074103050
Academy for Urban Leadership Charter School
612 Amboy Ave, Perth Amboy, NJ 08861 · (848) 203-3742 · Middlesex County
GRADES 07–12HIGH21-SUBURBCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL259 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 12% of New Jersey public high schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New Jersey public high schools
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
22 FTE teachers
STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
231 students
STATE 41%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 20 | 8% |
| Grade 8 | 33 | 13% |
| Grade 9 | 55 | 21% |
| Grade 10 | 60 | 23% |
| Grade 11 | 38 | 15% |
| Grade 12 | 53 | 20% |
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
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NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
13.8%
NJ avg 53.1% . +5.9pp since 2023
Math
6.3%
NJ avg 41.6% . +3.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 14 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 6 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 13.8% | 6.3% |
| 2023-24 | 7.9% | 2.4% |
% Meeting or Exceeding Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: NJSLA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
6.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
17.4%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 7% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 17% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New Jersey's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Academy for Urban Leadership Charter School
Academy for Urban Leadership Charter School's state test result (6.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Academy for Urban Leadership Charter School this school | 259 | 89.2% | 6.7% |
| Newark School of Global Studies Newark | 377 | 83.6% | 12.8% |
| J. Christian Bollwage Finance Academy Elizabeth | 415 | 81.0% | 24.5% |
| Bound Brook High School Bound Brook | 579 | 83.6% | 19.9% |
| Achievers Early College Prep Charter School Trenton | 543 | 78.3% | 28.3% |
| Perth Amboy Magnet School PERTH AMBOY | 269 | 74.3% | 38.9% |
Matched among New Jersey high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Academy for Urban Leadership Charter School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Middlesex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 6.7% | #383 of 397 | #30 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 6.3% | #356 of 400 ▲ 28 | #29 of 30 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 13.8% | #371 of 395 ▲ 19 | #27 of 27 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 259 | #383 of 442 | #29 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #166 of 388 | #8 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 15.8% | #382 of 389 | #27 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.2% | #7 of 405 | #1 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -55.0% | #1 of 200 | #1 of 7 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
259
-227 (-47%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 10.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 259 | 22 | 11.8:1 | 89% (231) |
| 2023-24 | 332 | 27 | 12.3:1 | 59% (195) |
| 2022-23 | 376 | 26 | 14.5:1 | 63% (235) |
| 2020-21 | 486 | 46 | 10.6:1 | 76% (367) |
| 2017-18 | 576 | 49 | 11.8:1 | 79% (455) |
| 2015-16 | 393 | 35 | 11.2:1 | 80% (314) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Academy for Urban Leadership Charter School.
Since 2017-18: students down 55% (576 to 259); teachers down 55% (49 to 22).
About Academy for Urban Leadership Charter School
Academy for Urban Leadership Charter School is a small high school in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, under Academy for Urban Leadership Charter School. The school counts 259 students across grades 7 through 12. The typical figure for high schools in New Jersey is about 929 students.
The school serves as its own district in federal records.
Academy for Urban Leadership Charter School enrolls a student body that is 92% Hispanic. After that, the student body is 7% Black. Census figures show Middlesex County is about 24% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Academy for Urban Leadership Charter School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 16%.
Its 22 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 11.8:1. That ratio is under the 12.7:1 average for high schools in New Jersey. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 89%. The rate at public schools in Middlesex County averages 42%, lower than here.
The allk12 Grade for Academy for Urban Leadership Charter School is D. Compared with New Jersey public high schools, the school scored higher than 12% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Academy for Urban Leadership Charter School is 10.7 points below the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 6.7% actual, 17.4% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in New Jersey.
Middlesex County has about 871,290 residents, and median household income is about $111,549, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 46%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Middlesex County number 214 and enroll about 129,255.
The school nearest to Academy for Urban Leadership Charter School is Samuel E. Shull Middle School, at a distance of less than a tenth of a mile. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Academy for Urban Leadership Charter School ranks 7th in a group of 7 nearby schools.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. The school is classified as a charter school in federal data.
The school's enrollment figures are 486 for 2020-21 and 259 for 2024-25. Differences this large can reflect a change in grade levels, a boundary change, or a merger. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio rose to 11.8:1, from 10.6:1.
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Middlesex County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
871,290
Census ACS
Median income
$111,549
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
214
129,255 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Perth Amboy
- Perth Amboy High SchoolHigh · 2,769 students
- William C. McGinnis Middle SchoolMiddle · 984 students
- Samuel E. Shull Middle SchoolMiddle · 941 students
- Rose M. Lopez Elementary SchoolElementary · 793 students
- Middlesex County STEM Charter SchoolElementary · 739 students
- Edward J. Patten Elementary SchoolElementary · 649 students
Nearby schools
- Samuel E. Shull Middle School0.1 mi · 941
- Rose M. Lopez Elementary School0.4 mi · 793
- Ignacio Cruz Early Childhood Center0.4 mi · 577
- Edward J. Patten Elementary School0.5 mi · 649
- Herbert N. Richardson 21st Century School0.6 mi · 632
- Middlesex County STEM Charter School0.7 mi · 739
Frequently asked questions
About Academy for Urban Leadership Charter SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Academy for Urban Leadership Charter School?
Academy for Urban Leadership Charter School enrolls approximately 259 students in grades 07-12.
Is Academy for Urban Leadership Charter School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Academy for Urban Leadership Charter School is a high school covering grades 07-12.
How many teachers does Academy for Urban Leadership Charter School have?
Academy for Urban Leadership Charter School employs 22 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Academy for Urban Leadership Charter School?
Student demographics at Academy for Urban Leadership Charter School are roughly 2% White, 92% Hispanic, 7% Black.
Who oversees Academy for Urban Leadership Charter School?
Academy for Urban Leadership Charter School is overseen by Academy for Urban Leadership Charter School in Middlesex County.
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