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Link Community Charter School

Charter

Regular School · Newark, NJ

Link Community Charter School is a charter regular school school in Newark, New Jersey, serving grades KG–08 with 343 students enrolled (SY 2024-2025). The student-teacher ratio is 15.5:1.

Level
Elementary
Grades
KG – 08
Enrollment
343
Teachers (FTE)
22.1
Student–Teacher Ratio
15.5:1
Status
Open
Lunch Program Participation
Yes participating without using any Provision or the CEO

Student Demographics (SY 2024-2025)

Race / Ethnicity Students Share
Black or African American 289 84%
Hispanic/Latino 46 13%
Two or more races 3 1%
American Indian / Alaska Native 3 1%
White 1 0%
Asian 1 0%
Total enrollment 343 161M / 182F

Academic Performance (SY 2021-2022)

Metric This School State Avg Tested
Math Proficiency 8.0% -17.6pp 25.6% 262
Reading Proficiency 42.0% -4.8pp 46.8% 262
Science Proficiency 6-9% 107

Source: EDFacts, SY 2020–2021. Suppressed values (e.g. <=10%) indicate fewer than the minimum reportable threshold.

Stanford Achievement Estimate

Pooled score across SY 2009–2022 (grades 3–8), expressed in grade levels relative to the national average. Positive = above average.

Overall (Math + ELA)
-0.41 grade levels
Math
-0.22 grade levels

Programs & Discipline

Gifted & Talented
None offered
Out-of-School Suspensions
33
9.6% of enrollment · SY 2021–22
Chronically Absent
0

Source: Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC), Office for Civil Rights & EDFacts.

Lunch Program (SY 2024-2025)

Category Students % of School
Total enrollment (est.) 343 100%

Contact & Location

23 Pennsyvania Ave

Newark, NJ 07114

Phone: (973)642-0529

http://www.linkschool.org

District

Link Community Charter School

Per-pupil expenditure: $25,820

District enrollment: 339

NCES ID

340077303275

Data sources: NCES CCD SY 2024-2025 (directory, staff, lunch), EDFacts SY 2020-21 (assessments), CRDC SY 2021-22 (programs & discipline), SEDA v6.0 (achievement estimates). Updated annually. NCES CCD