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Leap Academy University Charter School

Public, Charter, Alternative Grades K-12
1145th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 1,347 New Jersey Alternative Schools
Better than 15% of New Jersey alternative schools
Summary

Leap Academy University Charter School is an alternative public charter school located in Camden, New Jersey, serving 1,553 students in grades K-12. The school has a high percentage of students from low-income families, with 75-87% receiving free or reduced-price lunch.

Leap Academy stands out for its strong academic performance, maintaining a high four-year graduation rate of 91-95% in recent years, which is significantly higher than the state average. The school also has relatively low dropout rates, ranging from 0.2% to 1.2%. However, Leap Academy experiences higher chronic absenteeism rates compared to the state average, an area the school may need to address. While the school's test scores in English Language Arts and Mathematics are generally lower than the state average, its performance is on par with or slightly better than nearby charter schools serving similar student populations in Camden.

Interestingly, Leap Academy's spending per student ($10,261 in 2018-2019) is lower than the nearby alternative schools, such as Westampton Campus ($39,628) and Bankbridge Regional School ($45,735), which have higher per-student spending. Additionally, Leap Academy's student-teacher ratio of around 15 students per teacher is higher than the nearby alternative schools, which have lower ratios.

1,540
Students ?
15.8
Student/teacher ratio ?
$10,261
Per pupil spending ?
80.3%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 130 North Broadway
       Camden, NJ  08102

(856) 614-0400

District: LEAP Academy University Charter School

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
63.6%
African American:
34.9%
Two or more races:
1.0%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Improving — 5th percentile in 2022 → 27th in 2025
Strengths
92% graduate in 4 years — above the New Jersey average (89%)
Ranking is trending up — up 22 percentile points since 2022
Worth a look
!Test scores below the New Jersey average (29% vs 46% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (15th percentile)
!High chronic absenteeism (29% vs 14% New Jersey)
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school29%
District avg29%
New Jersey avg46%
Elementary school
1,145th of 1,347
New Jersey public elementary schools ?
Bottom 15%▼ down 2 pts since 2015
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SchoolDigger rating ?
Middle school
611th of 752
New Jersey public middle schools ?
Bottom 19%▼ down 8 pts since 2015
From bottom 27% (2015) to bottom 19% (2025)
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SchoolDigger rating ?
High school
318th of 434
New Jersey public high schools ?
Bottom 27%▲ up 9 pts since 2015
From bottom 18% (2015) to bottom 27% (2025)
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SchoolDigger rating ?
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
Elementary school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202517.11145 of 134715.0%★☆☆☆☆
202413.51175 of 133812.2%★☆☆☆☆
202310.71232 of 13428.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20229.41253 of 13456.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202111.51181 of 131710.3%★☆☆☆☆
201913.71189 of 136012.6%★☆☆☆☆
201813.51189 of 135312.1%★☆☆☆☆
201717.41133 of 135216.2%★☆☆☆☆
201616.91145 of 134614.9%★☆☆☆☆
201519.31123 of 135717.2%★☆☆☆☆
201421.51134 of 136316.8%★☆☆☆☆
201316.81177 of 136713.9%★☆☆☆☆
201222.11133 of 136316.9%★☆☆☆☆
20118.11257 of 13607.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20106.01271 of 13546.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20094.91278 of 13465.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20087.21253 of 13386.4%☆☆☆☆☆
200710.71205 of 13299.3%☆☆☆☆☆
200620.51128 of 131414.2%★☆☆☆☆
200519.11124 of 130313.7%★☆☆☆☆
200425.21069 of 129817.6%★☆☆☆☆
20033.31139 of 12045.4%☆☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202554.9170 of 46363.3%★★★☆☆
202429.0352 of 46924.9%★☆☆☆☆
202328.5360 of 46322.2%★☆☆☆☆
202224.4403 of 49418.4%★☆☆☆☆
202137.8284 of 45637.7%★★☆☆☆
201937.3349 of 52233.1%★★☆☆☆
201836.3320 of 51738.1%★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202531.0415 of 59730.5%★★☆☆☆
202435.3342 of 55938.8%★★☆☆☆
202322.4422 of 49915.4%★☆☆☆☆
202219.3447 of 4898.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202124.1347 of 41115.6%★☆☆☆☆
201916.2414 of 46310.6%★☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202515.21126 of 132615.1%★☆☆☆☆
202410.61187 of 13179.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20238.51224 of 13187.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20229.71218 of 13268.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202110.21212 of 12906.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201916.01143 of 133114.1%★☆☆☆☆
201815.71144 of 133314.2%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202531.4715 of 103230.7%★★☆☆☆
202425.1759 of 98923.3%★☆☆☆☆
202319.7819 of 98216.6%★☆☆☆☆
202219.3790 of 95317.1%★☆☆☆☆
202124.7749 of 89616.4%★☆☆☆☆
201931.3624 of 89930.6%★★☆☆☆
201830.8618 of 87029.0%★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202533.7750 of 102326.7%★☆☆☆☆
202427.1713 of 93924.1%★☆☆☆☆
202323.5709 of 91022.1%★☆☆☆☆
202220.9694 of 86319.6%★☆☆☆☆
202132.1594 of 83929.2%★☆☆☆☆
201933.9622 of 94834.4%★★☆☆☆
201829.2738 of 94221.7%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202520.91047 of 131820.6%★☆☆☆☆
202419.51043 of 131320.6%★☆☆☆☆
202316.41100 of 131516.3%★☆☆☆☆
202211.41189 of 132410.2%★☆☆☆☆
202116.41068 of 129717.7%★☆☆☆☆
201912.91174 of 133512.1%★☆☆☆☆
201812.31178 of 133411.7%★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202557.3342 of 102366.6%★★★☆☆
202423.6735 of 98925.7%★☆☆☆☆
202314.8859 of 95810.3%★☆☆☆☆
202216.6831 of 94912.4%★☆☆☆☆
202120.2716 of 86817.5%★☆☆☆☆
201912.7944 of 10076.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201819.7790 of 100121.1%★☆☆☆☆
Middle school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202519.7611 of 75218.8%★☆☆☆☆
202421.1589 of 74320.7%★☆☆☆☆
202313.4673 of 74810.0%★☆☆☆☆
202210.6709 of 7454.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202111.9589 of 6529.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201913.9642 of 74513.8%★☆☆☆☆
201820.2591 of 71617.5%★☆☆☆☆
201717.2589 of 71217.3%★☆☆☆☆
201618.9591 of 71317.1%★☆☆☆☆
201528.1522 of 71326.8%★☆☆☆☆
201442.0464 of 71735.3%★★☆☆☆
201321.8564 of 70419.9%★☆☆☆☆
201218.7569 of 67716.0%★☆☆☆☆
201113.4595 of 68413.0%★☆☆☆☆
201010.8605 of 67710.6%★☆☆☆☆
200911.5583 of 66412.2%★☆☆☆☆
200811.9559 of 64012.7%★☆☆☆☆
20077.2576 of 6318.7%☆☆☆☆☆
200632.3470 of 61523.6%★☆☆☆☆
20057.7538 of 59910.2%★☆☆☆☆
20049.0518 of 58811.9%★☆☆☆☆
20034.2531 of 5747.5%☆☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202541.0190 of 35947.1%★★☆☆☆
202465.282 of 35276.7%★★★★☆
202332.6249 of 36131.0%★★☆☆☆
202221.8315 of 35611.5%★☆☆☆☆
202129.5217 of 29125.4%★☆☆☆☆
201937.8205 of 32637.1%★★☆☆☆
201842.5174 of 32646.6%★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202532.0233 of 34332.1%★★☆☆☆
202433.1220 of 32031.3%★★☆☆☆
202321.1264 of 2888.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202223.4237 of 27012.2%★☆☆☆☆
202118.9187 of 1975.1%☆☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202518.2605 of 72816.9%★☆☆☆☆
202421.3573 of 71720.1%★☆☆☆☆
202314.5637 of 72011.5%★☆☆☆☆
202212.7662 of 7268.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202111.4584 of 6256.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201913.7604 of 70314.1%★☆☆☆☆
201815.8582 of 68014.4%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202527.2464 of 60823.7%★☆☆☆☆
202428.1440 of 58925.3%★☆☆☆☆
202320.0508 of 58713.5%★☆☆☆☆
202221.5500 of 59115.4%★☆☆☆☆
202125.3389 of 48019.0%★☆☆☆☆
201930.6377 of 52428.1%★☆☆☆☆
201835.2342 of 50432.1%★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202533.7432 of 61329.5%★☆☆☆☆
202434.7384 of 58434.2%★★☆☆☆
202325.1437 of 56823.1%★☆☆☆☆
202221.4442 of 54919.5%★☆☆☆☆
202123.5365 of 46721.8%★☆☆☆☆
201933.2358 of 54133.8%★★☆☆☆
201841.1305 of 52241.6%★★☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202523.9548 of 72624.5%★☆☆☆☆
202423.6555 of 71922.8%★☆☆☆☆
202314.8635 of 71811.6%★☆☆☆☆
202212.2673 of 7307.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202115.2540 of 63515.0%★☆☆☆☆
201921.3557 of 69720.1%★☆☆☆☆
201826.9506 of 67525.0%★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202540.3269 of 50746.9%★★☆☆☆
202426.2404 of 51020.8%★☆☆☆☆
202315.1497 of 5051.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202215.6532 of 5350.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202113.1394 of 4011.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201926.7378 of 49223.2%★☆☆☆☆
201831.2324 of 47131.2%★★☆☆☆
High school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202528.9318 of 43426.7%★☆☆☆☆
202418.0369 of 42914.0%★☆☆☆☆
202312.9379 of 42210.2%★☆☆☆☆
202211.1396 of 4154.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202118.5332 of 40518.0%★☆☆☆☆
201913.4363 of 41612.7%★☆☆☆☆
201822.4334 of 41519.5%★☆☆☆☆
201725.5311 of 41124.3%★☆☆☆☆
201624.9323 of 40921.0%★☆☆☆☆
201524.2332 of 40618.2%★☆☆☆☆
201444.5300 of 41127.0%★☆☆☆☆
201338.7298 of 39624.7%★☆☆☆☆
201221.1337 of 38813.1%★☆☆☆☆
201117.1330 of 37812.7%★☆☆☆☆
20107.6341 of 3718.1%☆☆☆☆☆
200920.4314 of 37015.1%★☆☆☆☆
200813.3321 of 35910.6%★☆☆☆☆
200711.6321 of 36111.1%★☆☆☆☆
200611.7317 of 35711.2%★☆☆☆☆
20056.6324 of 3517.7%☆☆☆☆☆
200421.6291 of 34816.4%★☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202561.277 of 28372.8%★★★★☆
202447.7131 of 28253.5%★★★☆☆
202335.0148 of 25040.8%★★☆☆☆
202228.9185 of 25627.7%★☆☆☆☆
202134.2159 of 24735.6%★★☆☆☆
201920.1221 of 25413.0%★☆☆☆☆
201835.2180 of 26632.3%★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202548.080 of 21562.8%★★★☆☆
202454.368 of 19164.4%★★★☆☆
202335.292 of 16142.9%★★☆☆☆
202226.4116 of 13715.3%★☆☆☆☆
202123.592 of 1018.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201928.2100 of 13827.5%★☆☆☆☆
201821.4140 of 1464.1%☆☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202527.5330 of 42622.5%★☆☆☆☆
202418.0367 of 42012.6%★☆☆☆☆
202312.4370 of 41611.1%★☆☆☆☆
202211.4376 of 4149.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202118.9333 of 40217.2%★☆☆☆☆
201910.4367 of 40810.0%★☆☆☆☆
201818.1350 of 40313.2%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202537.3257 of 40636.7%★★☆☆☆
202430.1305 of 40324.3%★☆☆☆☆
202321.1319 of 38517.1%★☆☆☆☆
202221.1318 of 38216.8%★☆☆☆☆
202130.8268 of 37428.3%★☆☆☆☆
201919.6313 of 36414.0%★☆☆☆☆
201834.8237 of 36835.6%★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202545.7183 of 37751.5%★★★☆☆
202438.1222 of 35838.0%★★☆☆☆
202328.6257 of 34425.3%★☆☆☆☆
202221.0281 of 32413.3%★☆☆☆☆
202131.9239 of 32626.7%★☆☆☆☆
201926.7264 of 34723.9%★☆☆☆☆
201833.4238 of 34531.0%★★☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202533.5282 of 42633.8%★★☆☆☆
202422.2337 of 41919.6%★☆☆☆☆
202314.1354 of 41414.5%★☆☆☆☆
202213.7361 of 41012.0%★☆☆☆☆
202120.1329 of 40218.2%★☆☆☆☆
201911.7366 of 40710.1%★☆☆☆☆
201823.8316 of 40522.0%★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202544.7162 of 35954.9%★★★☆☆
202436.7210 of 36141.8%★★☆☆☆
202317.5317 of 3396.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202222.6307 of 34410.8%★☆☆☆☆
202124.8261 of 33321.6%★☆☆☆☆
201935.8201 of 34942.4%★★☆☆☆
201842.3170 of 35552.1%★★★☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
Elementary school
Special Education (2025)67th percentile+52 vs school
African American (2025)63rd percentile+48 vs school
Hispanic (2025)31st percentile+16 vs school
English Language Learner (2025)30th percentile+15 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)27th percentile+12 vs school
Male (2025)21st percentile+6 vs school
Female (2025)15th percentile~ school
Middle school
African American (2025)47th percentile+28 vs school
Special Education (2025)47th percentile+28 vs school
English Language Learner (2025)32nd percentile+13 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)30th percentile+11 vs school
Male (2025)25th percentile+6 vs school
Hispanic (2025)24th percentile+5 vs school
Female (2025)17th percentile~ school
High school
African American (2025)73rd percentile+46 vs school
English Language Learner (2025)63rd percentile+36 vs school
Special Education (2025)55th percentile+28 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)51st percentile+25 vs school
Hispanic (2025)37th percentile+10 vs school
Male (2025)34th percentile+7 vs school
Female (2025)23rd percentile-4 vs school
By subject vs New Jersey (2024-2025) ?
English Language Arts34%-19 vs state
Science32%+5 vs state
Geometry23%-33 vs state
Algebra I22%-16 vs state
Mathematics14%-27 vs state

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In the 2024-25 school year, 1,540 students attended Leap Academy University Charter School.

Students at Leap Academy University Charter School are 64% Hispanic, 35% African American, 1% Two or more races.

Leap Academy University Charter School ranks in the bottom 15.0% of New Jersey alternative schools.


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