Robert Treat Academy Charter School

As a big elementary school in NEWARK, New Jersey, Robert Treat Academy Charter School hosts 702 students from grades K through 8, run under Robert Treat Academy Charter School. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 405 students each, so Robert Treat Academy Charter School sits 73% above that benchmark.

Robert Treat Academy Charter School is a school of Robert Treat Academy Charter School, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

On demographics, Robert Treat Academy Charter School lists that 64% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest looks like 32% Black, 2% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 25%.

On the income-and-resources front, Robert Treat Academy Charter School records 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. About 79% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Essex County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Robert Treat Academy Charter School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 22.9%; this one delivers 51.5%, a residual of +28.6 points.

In the surrounding community, Essex County reports that median household income runs about $80,789, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Essex County's 249 public schools (combined enrollment of about 145,473 students), Robert Treat Academy Charter School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Roberto Clemente Elementary School, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Robert Treat Academy Charter School. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Robert Treat Academy Charter School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 32.9%.

Robert Treat Academy Charter School operates from an urban location. Robert Treat Academy Charter School is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 3%: 681 students in 2018 compared to 702 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 55% to 64% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 19.0:1 today.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.