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Honest take: what's the hardest part about being a student at TEAM Academy Charter School?
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Enrollment
6,406
Combined
STATE 934
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TEAM ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL·NCES 340007000529
TEAM Academy Charter School
60 Park Place, NEWARK, NJ 07102 · (973) 622-0905 · Essex County
GRADES KG–12COMBINED11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL6,406 STUDENTS
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Not graded
This school has no state test results for 2023-24 or 2024-25 to grade, which is common for schools that end before third grade. How grades work
Student : Teacher
22.1:1
290 FTE teachers
STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
5,949 students
STATE 41%
Community
1
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 | 425 | 7% |
| Grade 1 | 530 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 565 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 620 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 615 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 588 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 552 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 589 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 583 | 9% |
| Grade 9 | 376 | 6% |
| Grade 10 | 344 | 5% |
| Grade 11 | 341 | 5% |
| Grade 12 | 278 | 4% |
This year's kindergarten class (425) is 27% smaller than its 8th grade class (583).
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
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
43.5%
NJ avg 53.1% . +4.9pp since 2023
Math
32.8%
NJ avg 41.6% . +3.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.5% | 32.8% |
| 2023-24 | 38.6% | 28.9% |
% 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
30.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
15.3%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 15% 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 15 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 →
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
6,406
+1,143 (+22%) vs 2020
+402% since 2010-11, when it was 1,277
Student : Teacher
22.1:1
was 27.3:1
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 | 6,406 | 290 | 22.1:1 | 93% (5,949) |
| 2023-24 | 6,319 | 267 | 23.7:1 | 90% (5,691) |
| 2022-23 | 6,096 | 270 | 22.6:1 | 89% (5,401) |
| 2020-21 | 5,263 | 193 | 27.3:1 | 86% (4,510) |
| 2017-18 | 4,059 | 200.8 | 20.2:1 | 88% (3,584) |
| 2015-16 | 3,247 | 245 | 13.3:1 | 88% (2,850) |
| 2010-11 | 1,277 | 84 | 15.2:1 | 84% (1,079) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for TEAM Academy Charter School.
Since 2017-18: students up 58% (4,059 to 6,406); teachers up 44% (200.8 to 290).
About TEAM Academy Charter School
In NEWARK, New Jersey, part of Essex County, TEAM Academy Charter School is a combined-grade school. A federal count lists 6,406 students at the school, in kindergarten through 12. An average school in this group (combined schools in New Jersey) has about 934 students.
Federal records list TEAM Academy Charter School as its own district.
Black students account for 76% of enrollment at TEAM Academy Charter School. Other students are 17% Hispanic and 6% multiracial. That is higher than the 36% Black share among all Essex County residents. By the diversity index, TEAM Academy Charter School comes in at 38%.
Its 290 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 22.1:1. The average ratio among combined schools in New Jersey is 15.8:1, lower than at this school. The school's lunch program data list 93% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That rate is above the 54% average among public schools in Essex County.
BeatsExpectations places TEAM Academy Charter School in the top 10% of New Jersey schools. The measure fits a line through proficiency and free or reduced-price lunch share for each state, and this school sits 14.8 points above it (30.1% actual, 15.3% predicted).
Census Bureau estimates for Essex County show that median household income is about $80,789, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 249 public schools operate in Essex County, serving about 145,473 students.
The closest public school, Peshine Avenue School, is less than a tenth of a mile from TEAM Academy Charter School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, TEAM Academy Charter School ranks 2nd in a group of 8 nearby schools.
TEAM Academy Charter School is coded as City: Large in federal locale data. This is a charter school, which is a tuition-free public school operating under a charter.
Enrollment was 5,263 in 2020-21 and 6,406 in 2024-25, a rise of 1,143 students. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 27.3:1 to 22.1:1.
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
Related schools
Other schools in NEWARK
- North Star Academy Charter SchoolCombined · 6,714 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
- Ann Street SchoolElementary · 1,294 students
Nearby schools
- Peshine Avenue School0.1 mi · 635
- Belmont Runyon Elementary School0.5 mi · 508
- George Washington Carver Elementary School0.7 mi · 736
- Bruce Street School0.7 mi · 34
- Hawthorne Avenue School0.7 mi · 444
- People's Achieve Community Charter School0.7 mi · 796
Frequently asked questions
About TEAM Academy Charter SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at TEAM Academy Charter School?
TEAM Academy Charter School enrolls approximately 6,406 students in grades KG-12.
Is TEAM Academy Charter School an elementary, middle, or high school?
TEAM Academy Charter School is a combined-grade school covering grades KG-12.
How many students per teacher at TEAM Academy Charter School?
Approximately 22.1:1 students per teacher at TEAM Academy Charter School.
How diverse is TEAM Academy Charter School?
TEAM Academy Charter School reports a student body of 0% White, 17% Hispanic, 76% Black, 0% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees TEAM Academy Charter School?
TEAM Academy Charter School is overseen by TEAM Academy Charter School in Essex County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.