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Enrollment
434
Elementary
STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRINCIPLE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL·NCES 340078303345
Principle Academy Charter School
6718 E Black Horse Pike, Egg Harbor Township, NJ 08234 · (609) 498-6350 · Atlantic County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL434 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 33% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
10.8:1
40 FTE teachers
STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
376 students
STATE 41%
Community
1
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 | 63 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 49 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 76 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 64 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 62 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (63) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (62).
Student demographics
55%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
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
36.0%
NJ avg 53.1% . +12.7pp since 2023
Math
28.2%
NJ avg 41.6% . +10.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.0% | 28.2% |
| 2023-24 | 23.3% | 18.1% |
% 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
23.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
18.7%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% 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 →
Schools most like Principle Academy Charter School
Principle Academy Charter School's state test result (23.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Principle Academy Charter School this school | 434 | 86.6% | 23.9% |
| Midtown Community Elementary School NEPTUNE | 437 | 90.2% | 12.2% |
| Luis Munoz-Rivera Elementary School Trenton | 468 | 85.7% | 2.7% |
| South Main Street Elementary School PLEASANTVILLE | 455 | 83.1% | 22.0% |
| Leeds Avenue Elementary School PLEASANTVILLE | 570 | 84.7% | 19.4% |
| North Main Street Elementary School PLEASANTVILLE | 318 | 84.9% | 24.4% |
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 Principle Academy Charter School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Atlantic County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.9% | #1,069 of 1,290 | #28 of 38 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.2% | #1,011 of 1,319 ▲ 113 | #21 of 38 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #1,012 of 1,319 ▲ 155 | #20 of 38 ▲ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 434 | #588 of 1,562 | #24 of 45 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.8:1 | #574 of 1,390 | #28 of 38 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.5% | #675 of 1,392 | #22 of 38 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.6% | #105 of 1,481 | #11 of 43 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +15.1% | #151 of 545 | #3 of 9 |
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
434
-97 (-18%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 434 | 40 | 10.8:1 | 87% (376) |
| 2023-24 | 471 | 36 | 13.1:1 | 91% (428) |
| 2022-23 | 472 | 38 | 12.4:1 | 87% (411) |
| 2020-21 | 531 | 34 | 15.6:1 | 85% (451) |
| 2017-18 | 377 | 23 | 16.4:1 | 100% (377) |
| 2015-16 | 273 | 18 | 15.2:1 | 97% (266) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Principle Academy Charter School.
Since 2017-18: students up 15% (377 to 434); teachers up 74% (23 to 40).
About Principle Academy Charter School
Among the schools in Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey, is Principle Academy Charter School, a mid-sized elementary school. It has an enrollment of 434 students in kindergarten through 6.
Principle Academy Charter School is not part of a larger district; federal data list it as its own local education agency.
More than half of enrollment at Principle Academy Charter School is Hispanic: 56%. The remaining shares are 37% Black, 3% White, and 2% multiracial. Atlantic County as a whole is about 20% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Principle Academy Charter School scores 55%.
Principle Academy Charter School reported 40 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 10.8:1. That is in line with the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey. There are 376 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 87% of enrollment. That is higher than the 59% average for public schools in Atlantic County.
Among New Jersey public elementary schools, Principle Academy Charter School outscored 33%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Principle Academy Charter School is +5.2 points: 23.9% actual, 18.7% predicted.
For Atlantic County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $78,050, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 32%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. There are 77 public schools in the county, enrolling about 41,964, Principle Academy Charter School among them.
The closest school to Principle Academy Charter School is Pleasantville High School, located about 1.7 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Its average proficiency rate of 23.9% is below the 25.0% average for nearby schools.
NCES assigns Principle Academy Charter School the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. Charter status: Principle Academy Charter School is a public charter school.
Federal enrollment counts decreased from 531 (2020-21) to 434 (2024-25). From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 15.6:1 to 10.8:1.
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Atlantic County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
276,270
Census ACS
Median income
$78,050
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
77
41,964 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Egg Harbor Township
- Egg Harbor Township High SchoolHigh · 2,279 students
- Swift-Slaybaugh ComplexElementary · 1,422 students
- Dr. Joyanne D. Miller Elementary SchoolElementary · 980 students
- Alder Avenue Middle SchoolMiddle · 919 students
- Fernwood Avenue Middle SchoolMiddle · 811 students
- Clayton J. Davenport Elementary SchoolElementary · 677 students
Nearby schools
- Pleasantville High School1.7 mi · 997
- Pleasantville Middle School1.7 mi · 847
- Washington Avenue Elementary School1.9 mi · 432
- Clayton J. Davenport Elementary School1.9 mi · 677
- South Main Street Elementary School2.0 mi · 455
- North Main Street Elementary School2.2 mi · 318
Frequently asked questions
About Principle Academy Charter SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Principle Academy Charter School?
Principle Academy Charter School enrolls approximately 434 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Principle Academy Charter School serve?
Principle Academy Charter School serves grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Principle Academy Charter School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Principle Academy Charter School is approximately 10.8:1 (40 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Principle Academy Charter School?
At Principle Academy Charter School, the student body is approximately 3% White, 56% Hispanic, 37% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Principle Academy Charter School in?
Principle Academy Charter School is part of Principle Academy Charter School.
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