Enrollment
370
Elementary
STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW HORIZONS COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL·NCES 340002300287
New Horizons Community Charter School
45 59 HAYES STREET, NEWARK, NJ 07103 · (973) 848-0400 · Essex County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL370 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 34% 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.
- 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.
- ·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
11.9:1
31 FTE teachers
STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
367 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 | 41 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 34 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 38 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 43 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 27 | 7% |
| Grade 5 | 41 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 52 | 14% |
| Grade 7 | 38 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 56 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (41) is 27% smaller than its 8th grade class (56).
Student demographics
41%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
32.1%
NJ avg 53.1% . +5.2pp since 2023
Math
18.1%
NJ avg 41.6% . +5.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 32.1% | 18.1% |
| 2023-24 | 26.9% | 12.9% |
% 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
19.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
11.9%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 12% 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 New Horizons Community Charter School
New Horizons Community Charter School's state test result (19.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Horizons Community Charter School this school | 370 | 99.2% | 19.9% |
| Benjamin C Gregory Elementary School TRENTON | 311 | 91.0% | 13.5% |
| Atlantic Community Charter School Galloway | 333 | 93.4% | 14.6% |
| Grove Street Elementary School IRVINGTON | 443 | 90.3% | 18.3% |
| South 17th Street School NEWARK | 368 | 90.8% | 21.6% |
| Dr Martin Luther King Jr School Complex Atlantic City | 544 | 91.0% | 11.8% |
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 New Horizons Community Charter School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Essex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.9% | #1,127 of 1,290 | #100 of 131 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.1% | #1,174 of 1,319 ▲ 41 | #109 of 141 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.1% | #1,072 of 1,319 ▲ 40 | #103 of 141 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 370 | #803 of 1,562 | #99 of 162 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #871 of 1,390 | #45 of 140 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.2% | #1,019 of 1,392 | #83 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.2% | #8 of 1,481 | #1 of 142 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -37.8% | #27 of 798 | #3 of 73 |
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
370
-80 (-18%) vs 2020
-26% since 2000-01, when it was 500
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 12.5:1
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 | 370 | 31 | 11.9:1 | 99% (367) |
| 2023-24 | 337 | 27 | 12.5:1 | 92% (311) |
| 2022-23 | 381 | 25 | 15.2:1 | 94% (357) |
| 2020-21 | 450 | 36 | 12.5:1 | 96% (431) |
| 2017-18 | 595 | 44 | 13.5:1 | 95% (565) |
| 2015-16 | 436 | 30 | 14.5:1 | 95% (415) |
| 2010-11 | 441 | 29 | 15.2:1 | 89% (393) |
| 2000-01 | 500 | 1 | 500.0:1 | 73% (367) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for New Horizons Community Charter School.
Since 2017-18: students down 38% (595 to 370); teachers down 30% (44 to 31).
About New Horizons Community Charter School
New Horizons Community Charter School is a medium-sized elementary school with its address in NEWARK, New Jersey. Students in kindergarten through 8 attend the school, which enrolls 370 students.
In federal data, the district for New Horizons Community Charter School is the school itself.
Black students account for 72% of enrollment at New Horizons Community Charter School. Other groups make up 27% Hispanic. Essex County as a whole is about 36% Black, so the school's share is higher. New Horizons Community Charter School has a diversity index of 41%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The teaching staff at New Horizons Community Charter School is 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 11.9:1. Across elementary schools in New Jersey, the average ratio is about 11.4:1. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 99%. Public schools in Essex County average 54%.
New Horizons Community Charter School is graded C by allk12, scoring above 34% of New Jersey public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
New Horizons Community Charter School's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (19.9%) and its predicted rate (11.9%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of New Jersey schools.
Across Essex County, median household income is about $80,789, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 39%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. New Horizons Community Charter School is among the 249 public schools in Essex County.
The nearest other public school, Sir Isaac Newton Elementary School, is about 0.1 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, New Horizons Community Charter School ranks 4th of 9 on average proficiency.
New Horizons Community Charter School is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels City: Large. Charter status: New Horizons Community Charter School is a public charter school.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count declined from 450 to 370.
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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
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Frequently asked questions
About New Horizons Community Charter SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at New Horizons Community Charter School?
New Horizons Community Charter School enrolls approximately 370 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does New Horizons Community Charter School serve?
New Horizons Community Charter School serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at New Horizons Community Charter School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at New Horizons Community Charter School is approximately 11.9:1 (31 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at New Horizons Community Charter School?
At New Horizons Community Charter School, the student body is approximately 27% Hispanic, 72% Black, 1% Asian.
What district is New Horizons Community Charter School in?
New Horizons Community Charter School is part of New Horizons Community Charter School.
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