Lafayette Street School
Public · Grades Pre-K–8 · 1,213 students
The Gray Charter School
55 Liberty Street, Newark, NJ 07102
Grades
K–8
Elementary
Students
317
Enrolled 2024–25
Students per teacher
19.3 : 1
Full-time teachers
District
Gray Charter School
Essex County
Schola Grade B · Above 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 The Gray Charter School
The Gray Charter School is a charter elementary school in Newark, New Jersey, serving grades K–8. It is part of Gray Charter School. The school is located in a large city in Essex County.
In the 2024–25 school year, 317 students were enrolled, with about 19.3 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 B (above 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)
- 317 students
- Students per teacher
- 19.3 to 1
- Charter school
- Yes
- Charter authorizer
- New Jersey Department of Education
- Magnet school
- No
- Locale
- City — Large
- School district
- Gray Charter School
- County
- Essex County
- NCES school ID
- 340006400373
Schools near The Gray 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.