Louise A. Spencer Elementary School
Public · Grades Pre-K–8 · 774 students
Link Community Charter School
23 Pennsyvania Ave, Newark, NJ 07114
Grades
K–8
Elementary
Students
343
Enrolled 2024–25
Students per teacher
15.5 : 1
Full-time teachers
District
Link Community Charter School
Essex County
Schola Grade D · Below average
Letter grade (A–F) · compared with 1,304 New Jersey elementary schools · How we grade
Percentiles compare this school with other New Jersey elementary schools; the line marks the middle. Data: test scores 2021–22, graduation and absenteeism 2022–23 (U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts); coursework 2023–24 (Civil Rights Data Collection); staffing 2024–25 (NCES).
About Link Community Charter School
Link Community Charter School is a charter elementary school in Newark, New Jersey, serving grades K–8. The school is located in a large city in Essex County.
In the 2024–25 school year, 343 students were enrolled, with about 15.5 students for every full-time teacher. That ratio is larger than the typical New Jersey elementary school (10.9 students per teacher). As a charter school, it is publicly funded and tuition-free, but operates independently of the local district under a charter from New Jersey Department of Education. Its Schola Grade is D (below average), compared with 1,304 New Jersey elementary schools.
Grades & enrollment
Students per grade, 2024–25Grades K–8
Location & nearby schools
School details
- Type
- Charter School · What this means
- Level
- Elementary
- Grades offered
- K–8
- Enrollment (2024–25)
- 343 students
- Students per teacher
- 15.5 to 1
- Charter school
- Yes
- Charter authorizer
- New Jersey Department of Education
- Magnet school
- No
- Locale
- City — Large
- School district
- Link Community Charter School
- County
- Essex County
- NCES school ID
- 340077303275
Schools near Link Community Charter School
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School data comes from the U.S. Department of Education: the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDGE school locations (2024–25) and Private School Survey (2023–24), the Civil Rights Data Collection (2023–24), and EDFacts (test results 2021–22; graduation and chronic absenteeism 2022–23), plus other public sources. Please contact the school to confirm enrollment, programs, and other details. How we source data.