Philip's Academy Charter School

Set in Newark, New Jersey, Philip's Academy Charter School is a heavily attended elementary-level community, overseen by Phillip's Academy Charter School. It works with 730 students across grades pre-K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 405 students per school, that is 80% larger than typical.

Phillip's Academy Charter School is the operating authority for Philip's Academy Charter School, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Philip's Academy Charter School records that nearly all students (84%) are Black. Other groups include 14% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 36% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Philip's Academy Charter School logs 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 25.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. An estimated 71% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Essex County's rate of about 54%.

After controlling for student poverty, Philip's Academy Charter School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 27.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 40.9%.

Across the wider county, census data for Essex County shows median household earnings sit near $80,789, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Essex County's 249 public schools (combined enrollment of about 145,473 students), Philip's Academy Charter School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Nelson Mandela Elementary School, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Philip's Academy Charter School comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 31.7%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting. Philip's Academy Charter School is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 96%: 373 students in 2018 compared to 730 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 10.7:1 in 2018 to 25.2:1 today.

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