Enrollment
333
Elementary
STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ATLANTIC COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL·NCES 340077103287
Atlantic Community Charter School
112 South New York Rd, Galloway, NJ 08205 · (609) 428-4300 · Atlantic County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL333 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 14% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- DTest 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
9.6:1
35 FTE teachers
STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
311 students
STATE 41%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 26 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 35 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 35 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 45 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 39 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 33 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 40 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 43 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 37 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (26) is 30% smaller than its 8th grade class (37).
Student demographics
53%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
28.9%
NJ avg 53.1% . +5.7pp since 2023
Math
7.8%
NJ avg 41.6% . +1.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 8 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 1 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 28.9% | 7.8% |
| 2023-24 | 23.2% | 6.6% |
% 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
14.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
15.0%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 15% 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 Atlantic Community Charter School
Atlantic Community Charter School's state test result (14.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atlantic Community Charter School this school | 333 | 93.4% | 14.6% |
| South 17th Street School NEWARK | 368 | 90.8% | 21.6% |
| Ollie Culbreth Jr. School JERSEY CITY | 335 | 85.4% | 9.0% |
| Martin Center for the Arts JERSEY CITY | 359 | 84.4% | 10.1% |
| Benjamin C Gregory Elementary School TRENTON | 311 | 91.0% | 13.5% |
| New Horizons Community Charter School NEWARK | 370 | 99.2% | 19.9% |
Matched among New Jersey elementary 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 Atlantic Community Charter School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Atlantic County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 14.6% | #1,208 of 1,290 | #34 of 38 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 7.8% | #1,284 of 1,319 ▲ 6 | #35 of 38 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.9% | #1,120 of 1,319 ▲ 51 | #29 of 38 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 333 | #970 of 1,562 | #30 of 45 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.6:1 | #252 of 1,390 | #14 of 38 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.4% | #710 of 1,392 | #24 of 38 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.4% | #27 of 1,481 | #1 of 43 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.3% | #311 of 798 | #8 of 27 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
333
-21 (-6%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
9.6:1
was 9.8:1
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 | 333 | 34.7 | 9.6:1 | 93% (311) |
| 2023-24 | 344 | 33.1 | 10.4:1 | 95% (328) |
| 2022-23 | 330 | 36.1 | 9.1:1 | 93% (308) |
| 2020-21 | 354 | 36 | 9.8:1 | 96% (339) |
| 2017-18 | 384 | 23 | 16.7:1 | 90% (347) |
| 2015-16 | 150 | 12 | 12.5:1 | 86% (129) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Atlantic Community Charter School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (384 to 333); teachers up 51% (23 to 34.7).
About Atlantic Community Charter School
Atlantic Community Charter School serves students in Galloway, New Jersey, as a small elementary school. Grades offered run from kindergarten through 8, with 333 students enrolled.
Federal records list Atlantic Community Charter School as its own district.
A majority of students at Atlantic Community Charter School, 60%, are Black. Beyond that, enrollment is 32% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 3% White. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 13%. By the diversity index, Atlantic Community Charter School comes in at 53%.
The school employs the equivalent of 34.7 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 9.6:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in New Jersey is 11.4:1, higher than at this school. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Atlantic Community Charter School is 93%. Across public schools in Atlantic County, the average is 59%.
Atlantic Community Charter School is graded D by allk12, scoring above 14% of New Jersey public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Atlantic Community Charter School scores 14.6% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 15.0%.
Federal survey data for Atlantic County show that median household income is about $78,050, about 32% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. A total of 77 public schools operate in Atlantic County, serving about 41,964 students.
Smithville Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Atlantic Community Charter School ranks 9th on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. The school is a charter school, funded with public money and operated under a charter agreement.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count declined from 354 to 333.
The Atlantic Community Charter School community page is open for posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Atlantic County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
276,270
Census ACS
Median income
$78,050
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
77
41,964 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Galloway
- Absegami High SchoolHigh · 1,130 students
- Galloway Township Middle SchoolMiddle · 705 students
- Arthur Rann Elementary SchoolElementary · 635 students
- Roland Rogers Elementary SchoolElementary · 578 students
- Smithville Elementary SchoolElementary · 572 students
- Reeds Road Elementary SchoolElementary · 493 students
Nearby schools
- Smithville Elementary School1.1 mi · 572
- Galloway Township Middle School3.0 mi · 705
- Reeds Road Elementary School3.1 mi · 493
- Absegami High School3.1 mi · 1,130
- Arthur Rann Elementary School3.1 mi · 635
- Roland Rogers Elementary School3.2 mi · 578
Frequently asked questions
About Atlantic Community Charter SchoolHow large is Atlantic Community Charter School?
Atlantic Community Charter School enrolls approximately 333 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does Atlantic Community Charter School serve?
Atlantic Community Charter School serves grades KG-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Atlantic Community Charter School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Atlantic Community Charter School is approximately 9.6:1 (35 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Atlantic Community Charter School?
At Atlantic Community Charter School, the student body is approximately 3% White, 32% Hispanic, 60% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Atlantic Community Charter School?
Atlantic Community Charter School is overseen by Atlantic Community Charter School in Atlantic County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.