Enrollment
142
Elementary
STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEWARK EDUCATORS COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL·NCES 340073003028
Newark Educators Community Charter School
12 Fulton St, Newark, NJ 07102 · (973) 289-6117 · Essex County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL142 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
12 FTE teachers
STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
115 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 46 | 32% |
| Kindergarten | 22 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 19 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 22 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 15 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 18 | 13% |
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
41.2%
NJ avg 53.1% . -9.8pp since 2023
Math
26.5%
NJ avg 41.6% . -20.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 41 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 are down about 10 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 20 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.2% | 26.5% |
| 2023-24 | 51.0% | 46.8% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NJ schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
40.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
21.8%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 22% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 19 points, placing it in New Jersey's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Where Newark Educators Community Charter School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Essex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.7% | #731 of 1,290 | #57 of 131 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.5% | #1,042 of 1,319 | #84 of 141 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.2% | #903 of 1,319 | #86 of 141 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 142 | #1,471 of 1,562 | #149 of 162 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -51.2% | #8 of 798 | #1 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.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
142
-149 (-51%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 17.1:1
% White
0%
was 1%
% Hispanic
28%
was 18%
% Black
71%
was 80%
% Asian
1%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free or reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 142 | 12 | 11.8:1 | 81% (115) |
| 2023-24 | 144 | 13 | 11.1:1 | 69% (99) |
| 2022-23 | 169 | 17 | 9.9:1 | 67% (113) |
| 2017-18 | 291 | 17 | 17.1:1 | 92% (268) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Newark Educators Community Charter School.
About Newark Educators Community Charter School
In Newark, New Jersey, part of Essex County, Newark Educators Community Charter School is an elementary school. It offers pre-K through 4 and has 142 students enrolled. That is 65% below the average of about 405 students for elementary schools in New Jersey.
Newark Educators Community Charter School operates as its own local education agency.
More than half of enrollment at Newark Educators Community Charter School is Black: 71%. Next come 28% Hispanic. The county population is about 36% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Newark Educators Community Charter School scores 41%.
There are about 11.8 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Newark Educators Community Charter School, which has 12. That is in line with the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Newark Educators Community Charter School is about 81%. The 54% average for public schools in Essex County is 27 points lower.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Newark Educators Community Charter School would score about 21.8%. It scores 40.7%, a top-10% result among New Jersey schools on BeatsExpectations.
The school's county is Essex County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $80,789, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 39%, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Essex County's 249 public schools enroll about 145,473 students and include Newark Educators Community Charter School.
North Star Academy Charter School is about 0.1 miles from Newark Educators Community Charter School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Newark Educators Community Charter School ranks 3rd in a group of 9 nearby schools.
The school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (City: Large). Newark Educators Community Charter School is run as a public charter school.
Federal counts for Newark Educators Community Charter School: 291 students in 2017-18, 142 in 2024-25. A gap this wide can follow a change in the grades offered. Over the same years, the Hispanic share increased from 18% to 28%. In 2017-18, the student-to-teacher ratio was 17.1:1; by 2024-25 it was 11.8:1.
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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
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- 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
- Marion P. Thomas Charter SchoolCombined · 1,410 students
Nearby schools
- North Star Academy Charter School0.1 mi · 6,714
- Hamilton Intermediate School0.6 mi · 295
- Discovery Charter School0.7 mi · 99
- Essex County Newark Tech0.7 mi · 606
- Newark School of Global Studies0.7 mi · 377
- Marion P. Thomas Charter School0.7 mi · 1,410
Frequently asked questions
About Newark Educators Community Charter SchoolHow many students attend Newark Educators Community Charter School?
Newark Educators Community Charter School enrolls approximately 142 students in grades PK-04.
What grades does Newark Educators Community Charter School serve?
Newark Educators Community Charter School serves grades PK-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Newark Educators Community Charter School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Newark Educators Community Charter School is approximately 11.8:1 (12 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Newark Educators Community Charter School?
Newark Educators Community Charter School reports a student body of 28% Hispanic, 71% Black, 1% Asian.
Is Newark Educators Community Charter School public or private?
Newark Educators Community Charter School is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by Newark Educators Community Charter School.
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