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Link Community Charter School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Newark, Essex County. The school has 339 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Link Community Charter School school district. It serves grades K–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.9:1. It operates as a public charter school. 42% of students are proficient in reading. 8% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Link Community Charter School enrolls 339 students across grades K–8. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 20 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 92% Black or African American, 7.7% Hispanic or Latino and <1% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 311 | 92% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 26 | 7.7% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
| Two or more races | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
235 of the school's 339 students (69%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 188 qualify for free lunch and 47 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Link Community Charter School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). It operates as a public charter school. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district NJ At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 29, state house district 29.
Link Community Charter School is one of 1 schools in Link Community Charter School, based in Newark, New Jersey. The district serves 343 students district-wide and employs 20 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 339 students, Link Community Charter School is close to the district average of about 343 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large
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