The Queen City Academy Charter School

The Queen City Academy Charter School operates as a small K-12 campus in PLAINFIELD, New Jersey, run under The Queen City Academy Charter School District. Current enrollment sits at 378 students spanning grades K through 12. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 934 students each, so The Queen City Academy Charter School sits 60% below that benchmark.

Operationally, The Queen City Academy Charter School answers to The Queen City Academy Charter School District, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

In terms of who attends, The Queen City Academy Charter School reports that 67% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 32% Black. The wider county runs roughly 35% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.5:1. The state averages around 15.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 78% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Union County (around 52%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, The Queen City Academy Charter School sits in the top 10% of New Jersey schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 23.6%; actual is 42.4%, +18.8 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the broader community, census data for Union County shows median household earnings sit near $103,202, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. The Queen City Academy Charter School is one of 180 public schools in Union County (combined enrollment of about 99,046 students).

Nearest neighbor: Washington Community School, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), The Queen City Academy Charter School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 23.7%.

The school occupies a suburban site. The Queen City Academy Charter School operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Five-year trend. The Queen City Academy Charter School's enrollment has expanded 17% since 2018, when it stood at 324 (now 378). The Black share of enrollment shrank from 40% to 32% over that span. Class-load math has grew: from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 14.5:1 in 2025.

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