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Enrollment
1,155
Combined
STATE 934
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FOUNDATION ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL·NCES 340071702925
Foundation Academy Charter School
363 West State Street, Trenton, NJ 08608 · (609) 920-9200 · Mercer County
GRADES KG–12COMBINED13-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,155 STUDENTS
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This school has no state test results for 2023-24 or 2024-25 to grade, which is common for schools that end before third grade. How grades work
Student : Teacher
19.9:1
58 FTE teachers
STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
1,038 students
STATE 41%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 141 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 85 | 7% |
| Grade 2 | 85 | 7% |
| Grade 3 | 86 | 7% |
| Grade 4 | 87 | 8% |
| Grade 5 | 83 | 7% |
| Grade 6 | 88 | 8% |
| Grade 7 | 83 | 7% |
| Grade 8 | 85 | 7% |
| Grade 9 | 103 | 9% |
| Grade 10 | 80 | 7% |
| Grade 11 | 78 | 7% |
| Grade 12 | 71 | 6% |
This year's kindergarten class (141) is 66% larger than its 8th grade class (85).
Student demographics
52%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
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
47.7%
NJ avg 53.1% . +1.4pp since 2023
Math
28.1%
NJ avg 41.6% . +9.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.7% | 28.1% |
| 2023-24 | 46.3% | 18.4% |
% 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
29.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
17.0%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% 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 →
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,155
+68 (+6%) vs 2020
+492% since 2010-11, when it was 195
Student : Teacher
19.9:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 1,155 | 58 | 19.9:1 | 90% (1,038) |
| 2023-24 | 1,090 | 56 | 19.5:1 | 83% (902) |
| 2022-23 | 1,044 | 57 | 18.3:1 | 73% (763) |
| 2020-21 | 1,087 | 73 | 14.9:1 | 80% (872) |
| 2017-18 | 1,036 | 74 | 14.0:1 | 80% (832) |
| 2015-16 | 908 | 66 | 13.8:1 | 85% (772) |
| 2010-11 | 195 | 13 | 15.0:1 | 79% (154) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Foundation Academy Charter School.
Since 2017-18: students up 11% (1,036 to 1,155); teachers down 22% (74 to 58).
About Foundation Academy Charter School
Foundation Academy Charter School is a mid-sized school serving multiple grade levels in New Jersey, located in Trenton. The school runs kindergarten through 12 and enrolls 1,155 students. By comparison, combined schools in New Jersey enroll about 934 students on average.
Foundation Academy Charter School is its own local education agency in federal data.
Federal enrollment data show Foundation Academy Charter School is 51% Hispanic. Next come 47% Black. The county population is about 23% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 52, compared with 70 nationally.
Foundation Academy Charter School has 58 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 19.9:1. Combined schools in New Jersey average 15.8:1, 4.1 fewer students per teacher than here. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 90% at Foundation Academy Charter School. For comparison, public schools in Mercer County average 48%.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 17.0% for Foundation Academy Charter School. The school posts 29.5%, 12.6 points above the prediction.
Looking at the county, Mercer County, median household income comes to about $100,645, about 45% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. The county's public schools total 110, with about 58,647 students.
Cadwalader Elementary School sits about 0.4 miles from Foundation Academy Charter School. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Foundation Academy Charter School ranks 1st on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Small: inside a principal city with a population under 100,000. Charter status: Foundation Academy Charter School is a public charter school.
Enrollment rose by 6% across 4 years, from 1,087 in 2020-21 to 1,155 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 14.9:1 to 19.9:1.
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Mercer County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
385,864
Census ACS
Median income
$100,645
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
110
58,647 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Trenton
- Trenton Central High School - Main CampusHigh · 2,097 students
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- Capital City High SchoolHigh · 756 students
- Grace A Dunn Middle SchoolMiddle · 703 students
- Hedgepeth Williams Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 668 students
- Dr. Martin Luther King Middle SchoolMiddle · 650 students
Nearby schools
- Cadwalader Elementary School0.4 mi · 200
- Battle Monument Intermediate School0.5 mi · 499
- Benjamin C Gregory Elementary School0.5 mi · 311
- Capital City High School0.8 mi · 756
- Luis Munoz-Rivera Elementary School0.8 mi · 468
- Arthur J. Holland Middle School1.0 mi · 474
Frequently asked questions
About Foundation Academy Charter SchoolHow large is Foundation Academy Charter School?
Foundation Academy Charter School enrolls approximately 1,155 students in grades KG-12.
What age range does Foundation Academy Charter School serve?
Foundation Academy Charter School serves students from grade KG through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Foundation Academy Charter School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Foundation Academy Charter School is approximately 19.9:1 (58 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Foundation Academy Charter School?
Student demographics at Foundation Academy Charter School are roughly 1% White, 51% Hispanic, 47% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Foundation Academy Charter School public or private?
Foundation Academy Charter School is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by Foundation Academy Charter School.
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