Marion P. Thomas Charter School

Marion P. Thomas Charter School, a big all-grades campus in NEWARK, New Jersey, one of the schools within Marion P. Thomas Charter School, instructs 1,410 students, covering grades pre-K through 12. That puts it 51% bigger than the typical public school in New Jersey, which averages around 934 students.

Marion P. Thomas Charter School is a school of Marion P. Thomas Charter School, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

On the student-mix side, Marion P. Thomas Charter School reports that 79% of the student body identifies as Black. The remainder breaks down as 19% Hispanic. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 36%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 58 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 24.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 68% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Essex County (around 54%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Marion P. Thomas Charter School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 28.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 20.3%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Essex County put median household earnings sit near $80,789, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Essex County runs 249 public schools (combined enrollment of about 145,473 students), of which Marion P. Thomas Charter School is one.

The closest other public school is McKinley Elementary School, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Marion P. Thomas Charter School. On composite proficiency, Marion P. Thomas Charter School comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 30.5%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting. Marion P. Thomas Charter School is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Marion P. Thomas Charter School has rose 3%, going from 1,372 students in 2018 to 1,410 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share decreased from 92% to 79%. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 12.1:1 in 2018 to 24.3:1 today.

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