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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Marion P. Thomas Charter School administration to hear?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
1,410
Combined
STATE 934
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MARION P. THOMAS CHARTER SCHOOL·NCES 340002200285
Marion P. Thomas Charter School
125 SUSSEX AVE, NEWARK, NJ 07103 · (973) 621-0060 · Essex County
GRADES PK–12COMBINED11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,410 STUDENTS
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Not graded
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
24.3:1
58 FTE teachers
STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
965 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 101 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 81 | 6% |
| Grade 1 | 92 | 7% |
| Grade 2 | 61 | 4% |
| Grade 3 | 59 | 4% |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 5% |
| Grade 5 | 87 | 6% |
| Grade 6 | 105 | 7% |
| Grade 7 | 101 | 7% |
| Grade 8 | 91 | 6% |
| Grade 9 | 183 | 13% |
| Grade 10 | 149 | 11% |
| Grade 11 | 114 | 8% |
| Grade 12 | 115 | 8% |
This year's kindergarten class (81) is 11% smaller than its 8th grade class (91).
Student demographics
35%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
38.7%
NJ avg 53.1% . +3.5pp since 2023
Math
14.2%
NJ avg 41.6% . +2.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.7% | 14.2% |
| 2023-24 | 35.2% | 11.4% |
% 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
20.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.7%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% 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
1,410
-71 (-5%) vs 2020
+937% since 2000-01, when it was 136
Student : Teacher
24.3:1
was 17.0:1
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 | 1,410 | 58 | 24.3:1 | 68% (965) |
| 2023-24 | 1,393 | 65 | 21.4:1 | 31% (437) |
| 2022-23 | 1,425 | N/A | N/A | 47% (671) |
| 2020-21 | 1,481 | 87 | 17.0:1 | 83% (1,224) |
| 2017-18 | 1,372 | 113.5 | 12.1:1 | 88% (1,212) |
| 2015-16 | 1,406 | 85 | 16.5:1 | 76% (1,063) |
| 2010-11 | 555 | 35 | 15.9:1 | 83% (463) |
| 2000-01 | 136 | N/A | N/A | 77% (105) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Marion P. Thomas Charter School.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (1,372 to 1,410); teachers down 49% (113.5 to 58).
About Marion P. Thomas Charter School
Marion P. Thomas Charter School is a combined-grade school in NEWARK, New Jersey, and it is part of Marion P. Thomas Charter School. It serves 1,410 students in pre-K through 12. The average among combined schools in New Jersey is roughly 934 students; this school is 51% bigger than that.
Federal records list Marion P. Thomas Charter School as its own district.
Roughly 79% of students at Marion P. Thomas Charter School are Black. Enrollment also includes 19% Hispanic. Among people living in Essex County, the Black share is about 36%. The school's diversity index is 35%, meaning two students picked at random have a 35% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Teachers at the school number 58 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 24.3:1. On average, combined schools in New Jersey have 15.8:1, compared with 24.3:1 here. The school's lunch program data list 68% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Essex County is 54%.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Marion P. Thomas Charter School is 28.7%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 20.3%.
Essex County has these Census figures: the median household income is $80,789, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 39%, and about 11% of people live in poverty. In all, Essex County has 249 public schools and roughly 145,473 students.
The nearest public school is McKinley Elementary School, at about 0.3 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Marion P. Thomas Charter School is 5th on average proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put Marion P. Thomas Charter School inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more (City: Large). Charter status: Marion P. Thomas Charter School is a public charter school.
Marion P. Thomas Charter School's enrollment dropped from 1,481 in 2020-21 to 1,410 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 17.0:1; by 2024-25 it was 24.3:1.
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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
Related schools
Other schools in NEWARK
- North Star Academy Charter SchoolCombined · 6,714 students
- TEAM Academy Charter SchoolCombined · 6,406 students
- Great Oaks Legacy Charter SchoolCombined · 2,169 students
- East Side High SchoolHigh · 2,046 students
- Barringer High SchoolHigh · 1,894 students
- Ann Street SchoolElementary · 1,294 students
Nearby schools
- McKinley Elementary School0.3 mi · 917
- Philip's Academy Charter School0.3 mi · 730
- Nelson Mandela Elementary School0.4 mi · 256
- Essex County Newark Tech0.5 mi · 606
- Sussex Avenue School0.5 mi · 545
- Science Park High School0.5 mi · 964
Frequently asked questions
About Marion P. Thomas Charter SchoolHow large is Marion P. Thomas Charter School?
Marion P. Thomas Charter School enrolls approximately 1,410 students in grades PK-12.
What age range does Marion P. Thomas Charter School serve?
Marion P. Thomas Charter School serves students from grade PK through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Marion P. Thomas Charter School?
Approximately 24.3:1 students per teacher at Marion P. Thomas Charter School.
How diverse is Marion P. Thomas Charter School?
Marion P. Thomas Charter School reports a student body of 0% White, 19% Hispanic, 79% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Marion P. Thomas Charter School in?
Marion P. Thomas Charter School is part of Marion P. Thomas Charter School.
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