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What's something The Queen City Academy Charter School does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
378
Combined
STATE 934
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·THE QUEEN CITY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340006100378
The Queen City Academy Charter School
815 WEST SEVENTH STREET, PLAINFIELD, NJ 07063 · (908) 753-4700 · Union County
GRADES KG–12COMBINED21-SUBURBCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL378 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
14.5:1
26 FTE teachers
STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
294 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 | 5 | 1% |
| Grade 1 | 34 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 35 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 34 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 36 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 37 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 34 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 36 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 33 | 9% |
| Grade 9 | 13 | 3% |
| Grade 10 | 27 | 7% |
| Grade 11 | 30 | 8% |
| Grade 12 | 24 | 6% |
Student demographics
45%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
65.0%
NJ avg 53.1% . +5.1pp since 2023
Math
37.4%
NJ avg 41.6% . +5.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 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 6 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.0% | 37.4% |
| 2023-24 | 59.9% | 31.7% |
% 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
42.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.6%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 24% 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 19 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
378
+36 (+11%) vs 2020
+425% since 2000-01, when it was 72
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 12.7:1
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 | 378 | 26 | 14.5:1 | 78% (294) |
| 2023-24 | 300 | 25.5 | 11.8:1 | 77% (231) |
| 2022-23 | 403 | 15 | 26.9:1 | 61% (244) |
| 2020-21 | 342 | 27 | 12.7:1 | 41% (140) |
| 2017-18 | 324 | 24.6 | 13.2:1 | 67% (217) |
| 2015-16 | 322 | 31 | 10.4:1 | 76% (246) |
| 2010-11 | 234 | 22 | 10.6:1 | 72% (168) |
| 2000-01 | 72 | N/A | N/A | 36% (26) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for The Queen City Academy Charter School.
Since 2017-18: students up 17% (324 to 378); teachers up 6% (24.6 to 26).
About The Queen City Academy Charter School
The Queen City Academy Charter School is a small school serving multiple grade levels in PLAINFIELD, New Jersey, (ZIP code 07063). Students in kindergarten through 12 make up the school's enrollment of 378 students. By comparison, combined schools in New Jersey enroll about 934 students on average.
The school's district is The Queen City Academy Charter School District.
Hispanic students are 67% of those enrolled at The Queen City Academy Charter School. Other reported shares: 32% Black. That compares with about 35% Hispanic among all Union County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 45%.
The Queen City Academy Charter School reported 26 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 14.5:1. Combined schools in New Jersey average 15.8:1, 1.2 more students per teacher than here. There are 294 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 78% of enrollment. Public schools in Union County average 52%.
A school in New Jersey with The Queen City Academy Charter School's free or reduced-price lunch share would be expected to score about 23.6%. The Queen City Academy Charter School scores 42.4%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Union County show that median household income comes to about $103,202, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Union County counts 180 public schools with about 99,046 students.
A public school about 0.2 miles away, Washington Community School, is the closest to The Queen City Academy Charter School. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, The Queen City Academy Charter School ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
The Queen City Academy Charter School is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data. The Queen City Academy Charter School is run as a public charter school.
Enrollment rose 11% over 4 years, reaching 378 in 2024-25. Its ratio of students to teachers was 12.7:1 in 2020-21, and 14.5:1 in 2024-25.
The Queen City Academy Charter School discussion page is a place for fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Union County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
579,290
Census ACS
Median income
$103,202
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
180
99,046 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PLAINFIELD
- Plainfield High SchoolHigh · 2,077 students
- College Achieve Central Charter SchoolCombined · 1,572 students
- Charles and Anna Booker Elementary SchoolElementary · 816 students
- Hubbard Middle SchoolMiddle · 737 students
- Maxson Middle SchoolMiddle · 721 students
- Cedarbrook Elementary SchoolElementary · 671 students
Nearby schools
- Washington Community School0.2 mi · 557
- Hubbard Middle School0.3 mi · 737
- Cresthaven Academy Charter School0.5 mi · 621
- Union County TEAMS Charter School0.6 mi · 304
- Clinton Elementary School0.7 mi · 386
- Cedarbrook Elementary School0.7 mi · 671
Frequently asked questions
About The Queen City Academy Charter SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at The Queen City Academy Charter School?
The Queen City Academy Charter School enrolls approximately 378 students in grades KG-12.
What grades does The Queen City Academy Charter School serve?
The Queen City Academy Charter School serves grades KG-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at The Queen City Academy Charter School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at The Queen City Academy Charter School is approximately 14.5:1 (26 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at The Queen City Academy Charter School?
Student demographics at The Queen City Academy Charter School are roughly 0% White, 67% Hispanic, 32% Black, 1% Asian.
Who oversees The Queen City Academy Charter School?
The Queen City Academy Charter School is overseen by The Queen City Academy Charter School District in Union County.
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