Achieve Community Charter School

Achieve Community Charter School is a K-12 campus of average-sized scale in Newark, New Jersey, one of the schools within Achieve Community Charter School, works with students from the surrounding community in grade M.

Achieve Community Charter School is the operating authority for Achieve Community Charter School, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

In terms of school funding signals, The student-to-teacher ratio at Achieve Community Charter School logs approximately 17.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.8:1, putting Achieve Community Charter School higher than the state norm the norm.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Essex County put the typical household earns roughly $80,789 per year, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Essex County runs 249 public schools (combined enrollment of about 145,473 students), of which Achieve Community Charter School is one.

People's Achieve Community Charter School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a downtown setting. Achieve Community Charter School operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Over the past 5-year window. Over the past 5-year window, the student count edged up 638%: 61 students in 2018 compared to 450 in 2023. The Hispanic share of enrollment decreased from 20% to 13% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 17.3:1 today.

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