Leap Academy University Charter School

Leap Academy University Charter School operates as a well-populated combined-grade school in CAMDEN, New Jersey, one of the schools within LEAP Academy University Charter School. Current enrollment sits at 1,540 students spanning grades K through 12. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 934 students each, so Leap Academy University Charter School sits 65% larger than that benchmark.

Leap Academy University Charter School sits inside LEAP Academy University Charter School, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

Demographically, Leap Academy University Charter School lists that 64% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest comes out to 35% Black. By comparison, Camden County as a whole is about 19% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 97 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.9:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 80% of students at Leap Academy University Charter School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Camden County runs at roughly 50%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Leap Academy University Charter School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 22.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 18.8%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Camden County) reports that median household earnings sit near $88,755, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Leap Academy University Charter School is one of 158 public schools in Camden County (combined enrollment of about 82,104 students).

KIPP: Cooper Norcross A New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Leap Academy University Charter School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Leap Academy University Charter School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 12.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area. As a public charter, Leap Academy University Charter School runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 1,540 students in 2018 compared to 1,540 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 54% to 64%.

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