Enrollment
796
Combined
STATE 934
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PEOPLE'S ACHIEVE COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL·NCES 348036506160
People's Achieve Community Charter School
534 Clinton Avenue, Newark, NJ 07108 · (973) 556-7070 · Essex County
GRADES KG–12COMBINED11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL796 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
30.6:1
26 FTE teachers
STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
693 students
STATE 41%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 45 | 6% |
| Grade 1 | 44 | 6% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 6% |
| Grade 3 | 56 | 7% |
| Grade 4 | 52 | 7% |
| Grade 5 | 51 | 6% |
| Grade 6 | 66 | 8% |
| Grade 7 | 77 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 53 | 7% |
| Grade 9 | 89 | 11% |
| Grade 10 | 104 | 13% |
| Grade 11 | 68 | 9% |
| Grade 12 | 45 | 6% |
This year's kindergarten class (45) is 15% smaller than its 8th grade class (53).
Student demographics
38%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
40.2%
NJ avg 53.1% . -1.0pp since 2023
Math
18.4%
NJ avg 41.6% . -3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 40 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 down about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.2% | 18.4% |
| 2023-24 | 41.2% | 21.4% |
% 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
26.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
18.5%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 19% 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 →
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 796 | 26 | 30.6:1 | 87% (693) |
| 2023-24 | 780 | 35 | 22.3:1 | 70% (545) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for People's Achieve Community Charter School.
About People's Achieve Community Charter School
People's Achieve Community Charter School, a medium-sized combined-grade school, is located in Newark, New Jersey. The grade span is kindergarten through 12, and enrollment is 796 students.
The school serves as its own district in federal records.
At 76%, Black students outnumber all other groups at People's Achieve Community Charter School combined. It is also 19% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. Essex County's residents are about 36% Black, 40 points below the school's share. By the diversity index, People's Achieve Community Charter School comes in at 38%.
The count of teachers at People's Achieve Community Charter School is 26 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 30.6:1. Among combined schools in New Jersey, the typical ratio is 15.8:1. The school counts 693 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 87%. That rate is above the 54% average among public schools in Essex County.
People's Achieve Community Charter School's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (26.9%) and its predicted rate (18.5%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of New Jersey schools.
Essex County has about 863,002 residents, and median household income is about $80,789, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. Federal data list 249 public schools in Essex County, with a combined enrollment of about 145,473.
The closest other public school is Avon Avenue School, about 0.3 miles away. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, People's Achieve Community Charter School is 3rd of 9 on proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, People's Achieve Community Charter School is City: Large. The school is a charter school, funded with public money and operated under a charter agreement.
Discussion on this page can cover sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 People's Achieve Community Charter SchoolHow many students attend People's Achieve Community Charter School?
People's Achieve Community Charter School enrolls approximately 796 students in grades KG-12.
What age range does People's Achieve Community Charter School serve?
People's Achieve Community Charter School serves students from grade KG through grade 12.
How many teachers does People's Achieve Community Charter School have?
People's Achieve Community Charter School employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 30.6:1.
What is the student diversity at People's Achieve Community Charter School?
Student demographics at People's Achieve Community Charter School are roughly 0% White, 19% Hispanic, 76% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is People's Achieve Community Charter School in?
People's Achieve Community Charter School is part of People's Achieve Community Charter School.
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