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Public · Grades Pre-K–4 · 256 students
Philip's Academy Charter School
342 Central Avenue, Newark, NJ 07103
Grades
Pre-K–8
Elementary
Students
730
Enrolled 2024–25
Students per teacher
25.2 : 1
Full-time teachers
District
Phillip's Academy Charter School
Essex County
Schola Grade C · 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 Philip's Academy Charter School
Philip's Academy Charter School is a charter elementary school in Newark, New Jersey, serving grades Pre-K–8. It is part of Phillip's Academy Charter School. The school is located in a large city in Essex County.
In the 2024–25 school year, 730 students were enrolled, with about 25.2 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 C (average), compared with 1,304 New Jersey elementary schools.
Grades & enrollment
Students per grade, 2024–25Grades Pre-K–8
Location & nearby schools
School details
- Type
- Charter School · What this means
- Level
- Elementary
- Grades offered
- Pre-K–8
- Enrollment (2024–25)
- 730 students
- Students per teacher
- 25.2 to 1
- Charter school
- Yes
- Charter authorizer
- New Jersey Department of Education
- Magnet school
- No
- Locale
- City — Large
- School district
- Phillip's Academy Charter School
- County
- Essex County
- NCES school ID
- 340076403256
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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.