Enrollment
115
Elementary
STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOPE COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL·NCES 340076303247
Hope Community Charter School
836 S. 4th Street, Camden, NJ 08103 · (856) 379-3448 · Camden County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY13-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL115 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 13% 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
12.0:1
10 FTE teachers
STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
102 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 | 10 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 15 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 14 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 12 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 18 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 12 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 14 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 11 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 9 | 8% |
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
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NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
20.6%
NJ avg 53.1% . +3.4pp since 2023
Math
12.7%
NJ avg 41.6% . +4.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 21 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 13 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 20.6% | 12.7% |
| 2023-24 | 17.2% | 8.5% |
% 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
15.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
17.6%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 18% 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 Hope Community Charter School
Hope Community Charter School's state test result (15.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hope Community Charter School this school | 115 | 88.7% | 15.2% |
| Cadwalader Elementary School TRENTON | 200 | 80.0% | 8.8% |
| Greenwood Elementary School HAMILTON | 270 | 83.3% | 22.6% |
| Newark Educators Community Charter School Newark | 142 | 81.0% | 40.7% |
| Cleveland Street Elementary School ORANGE | 255 | 75.3% | 22.9% |
| Deanna G. Taylor Academy HILLSIDE | 202 | 72.8% | 26.7% |
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 Hope Community Charter School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Camden County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 15.2% | #1,196 of 1,290 | #77 of 85 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.7% | #1,244 of 1,319 ▲ 27 | #78 of 85 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 20.6% | #1,221 of 1,319 ▲ 17 | #76 of 85 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 115 | #1,502 of 1,562 | #92 of 95 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.7% | #70 of 1,481 | #2 of 91 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -44.2% | #14 of 798 | #1 of 37 |
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
115
-17 (-13%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 11.0:1
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 | 115 | 9.6 | 12.0:1 | 89% (102) |
| 2023-24 | 142 | 16.6 | 8.6:1 | 95% (135) |
| 2022-23 | 133 | 17.6 | 7.6:1 | 98% (131) |
| 2020-21 | 132 | 12 | 11.0:1 | 97% (128) |
| 2017-18 | 206 | 24.6 | 8.4:1 | 93% (191) |
| 2015-16 | 180 | 22 | 8.2:1 | 100% (180) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hope Community Charter School.
Since 2017-18: students down 44% (206 to 115); teachers down 61% (24.6 to 9.6).
About Hope Community Charter School
Hope Community Charter School is an elementary school with a street address in Camden, New Jersey. The school serves 115 students in kindergarten through 8 in 2024-25. The average among elementary schools in New Jersey is roughly 405 students; this school is 72% smaller than that.
The school serves as its own district in federal records.
A majority of students at Hope Community Charter School, 52%, are Hispanic. The next largest groups are 46% Black. The school's Hispanic share is 33 points above the 19% share among Camden County residents. Hope Community Charter School has a diversity index of 52%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Teacher staffing is 9.6 full-time equivalents, or about 12.0 students per teacher. Elementary schools in New Jersey have a similar average ratio of 11.4:1. About 89% of students, or 102, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Camden County, the average eligibility rate is 50%.
Hope Community Charter School is graded D by allk12, scoring above 13% of New Jersey public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Hope Community Charter School would be expected to post about 17.6%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 15.2%.
Census Bureau estimates for Camden County show that median household income is about $88,755, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Hope Community Charter School is one of 158 public schools in Camden County, which together enroll about 82,104 students.
KIPP: Cooper Norcross A New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 15.2% is above the 15.2% average for nearby schools.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Small. Hope Community Charter School holds a charter, making it a public charter school.
Federal counts put enrollment at 132 in 2020-21 and 115 in 2024-25, a 13% decrease.
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Camden County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
527,257
Census ACS
Median income
$88,755
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
158
82,104 students
Quick facts
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- Mastery Schools of Camden Inc.Combined · 2,873 students
- Camden's Promise Charter SchoolCombined · 2,457 students
- KIPP: Cooper Norcross A New Jersey Nonprofit CorporationCombined · 2,280 students
- Leap Academy University Charter SchoolCombined · 1,540 students
- Camden Prep Inc.Combined · 1,498 students
- Octavius V. Catto Community Family SchoolElementary · 593 students
Nearby schools
- KIPP: Cooper Norcross A New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation0.3 mi · 2,280
- Leap Academy University Charter School0.8 mi · 1,540
- Camden Prep Inc.1.1 mi · 1,498
- Martha F. Wilson Early Childhood Development Center1.2 mi · 306
- Forest Hill School1.2 mi · 339
- Riletta Twyne Cream Early Childhood Center1.3 mi · 349
Frequently asked questions
About Hope Community Charter SchoolHow large is Hope Community Charter School?
Hope Community Charter School enrolls approximately 115 students in grades KG-08.
Is Hope Community Charter School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Hope Community Charter School is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many teachers does Hope Community Charter School have?
Hope Community Charter School employs 10 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Hope Community Charter School?
Student demographics at Hope Community Charter School are roughly 52% Hispanic, 46% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is Hope Community Charter School public or private?
Hope Community Charter School is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by Hope Community Charter School.
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