Enrollment
343
Elementary
STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LINK COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL·NCES 340077303275
Link Community Charter School
23 Pennsyvania Ave, Newark, NJ 07114 · (973) 642-0529 · Essex County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL343 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 50% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
15.5:1
22 FTE teachers
STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
248 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 | 20 | 6% |
| Grade 1 | 46 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 41 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 42 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 40 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 47 | 14% |
| Grade 7 | 53 | 15% |
| Grade 8 | 54 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (20) is 63% smaller than its 8th grade class (54).
Student demographics
27%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
60.3%
NJ avg 53.1% . -0.5pp since 2023
Math
27.0%
NJ avg 41.6% . +5.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.3% | 27.0% |
| 2023-24 | 60.8% | 21.2% |
% 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
35.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.6%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% 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 Link Community Charter School
Link Community Charter School's state test result (35.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Link Community Charter School this school | 343 | 72.3% | 35.4% |
| Hawthorne Avenue School NEWARK | 444 | 74.5% | 15.7% |
| Dr Lena Edwards Academic Charter School Jersey City | 383 | 77.3% | 18.9% |
| Ivy Hill Elementary School NEWARK | 488 | 72.3% | 30.6% |
| Thurgood Marshall Elementary School IRVINGTON | 393 | 70.2% | 19.3% |
| Burch Charter School of Excellence IRVINGTON | 335 | 66.0% | 22.1% |
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 Link Community Charter School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Essex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.4% | #850 of 1,290 | #71 of 131 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.0% | #1,029 of 1,319 ▲ 42 | #81 of 141 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.3% | #475 of 1,319 ▼ 39 | #51 of 141 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 343 | #927 of 1,562 | #109 of 162 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.5:1 | #1,320 of 1,390 | #109 of 140 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.2% | #1,247 of 1,392 | #125 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.3% | #320 of 1,481 | #61 of 142 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +19.5% | #106 of 545 | #16 of 61 |
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
343
+89 (+35%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
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 | 343 | 22.1 | 15.5:1 | 72% (248) |
| 2023-24 | 358 | 31.1 | 11.5:1 | 67% (240) |
| 2022-23 | 339 | 20 | 16.9:1 | 69% (235) |
| 2020-21 | 254 | 26 | 9.8:1 | 82% (208) |
| 2017-18 | 287 | 30.5 | 9.4:1 | 83% (238) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Link Community Charter School.
Since 2017-18: students up 20% (287 to 343); teachers down 28% (30.5 to 22.1).
About Link Community Charter School
Link Community Charter School is a low-enrollment elementary school. Its address is in Newark, New Jersey. Its grade span covers kindergarten through 8, with 343 students on the rolls.
Link Community Charter School operates as its own local education agency.
The share of students at Link Community Charter School who are Black is 84%. The remaining students are 13% Hispanic. Among people living in Essex County, the Black share is about 36%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 27, compared with 70 nationally.
Its ratio of 15.5:1 is based on 22.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in New Jersey is 11.4:1, so this school has more students per teacher. In all, 72% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Essex County average 54%.
Among New Jersey public elementary schools, Link Community Charter School outscored 50%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 26.6% at Link Community Charter School; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 35.4%.
In the surrounding county, Essex County, median household income comes to about $80,789, about 39% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. The county has 249 public schools and about 145,473 students.
About 0.4 miles separate Link Community Charter School from the closest public school, Louise A. Spencer Elementary School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Link Community Charter School places 2nd out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
Link Community Charter School has an NCES locale of City: Large. Link Community Charter School is run as a public charter school.
Federal enrollment counts increased from 254 (2020-21) to 343 (2024-25). The school's ratio increased from 9.8:1 to 15.5:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
The Link Community Charter School discussion page is a place for special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Essex County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
863,002
Census ACS
Median income
$80,789
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
249
145,473 students
Quick facts
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Frequently asked questions
About Link Community Charter SchoolHow many students attend Link Community Charter School?
Link Community Charter School enrolls approximately 343 students in grades KG-08.
Is Link Community Charter School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Link Community Charter School is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Link Community Charter School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Link Community Charter School is approximately 15.5:1 (22 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Link Community Charter School?
At Link Community Charter School, the student body is approximately 0% White, 13% Hispanic, 84% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Link Community Charter School public or private?
Link Community Charter School is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by Link Community Charter School.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.