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University Heights Charter School

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Public, Charter Grades
679
Students ?
11.9
Student/teacher ratio ?
78.5%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 74 Hartford Street
       Newark, NJ  07103

(973) 623-1965

District: University Heights Charter School

Racial breakdown:

African American:
83.1%
Hispanic:
16.8%
Asian:
0.1%
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At a glance
▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 22nd percentile in 2017 → 9th in 2022
Strengths
✓Small classes — about 12 students per teacher
Worth a look
!Test scores below the New Jersey average (12% vs 39% meeting standards)
!High chronic absenteeism (59% vs 18% New Jersey)
!Ranking has slipped — down 13 percentile points since 2017
Students meeting standards (2021-2022) ?
This school12%
District avg12%
New Jersey avg39%
Not ranked this year
University Heights Charter School did not have enough recent test-score data to be ranked. Check the trend below for past years.
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
202211.11222 of 13459.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202117.21078 of 131718.1%★☆☆☆☆
20195.91295 of 13604.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201811.11208 of 135310.7%★☆☆☆☆
201724.41050 of 135222.3%★☆☆☆☆
201618.51126 of 134616.3%★☆☆☆☆
201526.51015 of 135725.2%★☆☆☆☆
201423.81111 of 136318.5%★☆☆☆☆
201322.61123 of 136717.8%★☆☆☆☆
201256.8727 of 136346.7%★★☆☆☆
201152.4812 of 136040.3%★★☆☆☆
201036.31000 of 135426.1%★☆☆☆☆
20093.11305 of 13463.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20080.61328 of 13380.7%☆☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202229.5369 of 49425.3%★☆☆☆☆
202145.9225 of 45650.7%★★★☆☆
201921.9453 of 52213.2%★☆☆☆☆
201838.5298 of 51742.4%★★☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202211.11190 of 132610.3%★☆☆☆☆
202118.81062 of 129017.7%★☆☆☆☆
20195.41269 of 13314.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201811.41185 of 133311.1%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202226.1708 of 95325.7%★☆☆☆☆
202135.4585 of 89634.7%★★☆☆☆
201925.9672 of 89925.3%★☆☆☆☆
201831.4608 of 87030.1%★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202153.6306 of 83963.5%★★★☆☆
201829.5735 of 94222.0%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202213.11166 of 132411.9%★☆☆☆☆
202117.51051 of 129719.0%★☆☆☆☆
20198.71228 of 13358.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201812.41177 of 133411.8%★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202227.8640 of 94932.6%★★☆☆☆
202124.3655 of 86824.5%★☆☆☆☆
201819.2798 of 100120.3%★☆☆☆☆
Middle school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202212.6680 of 7458.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202116.3542 of 65216.9%★☆☆☆☆
201912.5648 of 74513.0%★☆☆☆☆
201815.4611 of 71614.7%★☆☆☆☆
201729.8506 of 71228.9%★☆☆☆☆
201627.6531 of 71325.5%★☆☆☆☆
201530.9496 of 71330.4%★★☆☆☆
201428.2537 of 71725.1%★☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202227.0286 of 35619.7%★☆☆☆☆
202139.3173 of 29140.5%★★☆☆☆
201937.8206 of 32636.8%★★☆☆☆
201845.0164 of 32649.7%★★★☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202212.6663 of 7268.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202117.5523 of 62516.3%★☆☆☆☆
201914.0602 of 70314.4%★☆☆☆☆
201822.0549 of 68019.3%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
201833.6352 of 50430.2%★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202124.6360 of 46722.9%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202214.3640 of 73012.3%★☆☆☆☆
202119.1494 of 63522.2%★☆☆☆☆
201914.3605 of 69713.2%★☆☆☆☆
201813.0603 of 67510.7%★☆☆☆☆
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
Low Socio Economic Status (2021)64th percentile+45 vs school
Special Education (2022)33rd percentile+23 vs school
Hispanic (2022)26th percentile+17 vs school
African American (2022)25th percentile+16 vs school
Male (2022)12th percentile+3 vs school
Female (2022)10th percentile~ school
Middle school
Hispanic (2018)30th percentile+15 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2021)23rd percentile+6 vs school
African American (2022)20th percentile+11 vs school
Male (2022)12th percentile+4 vs school
Female (2022)9th percentile~ school
By subject vs New Jersey (2021-2022) ?
English Language Arts19%-29 vs state
Mathematics7%-28 vs state
Science3%-18 vs state

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by a parent
Friday, June 19, 2009

Open Quote Thumbs up to Ms. Nelms,she did an awesome job turning this school around, before she came, Ms. Woodson had this school in terrible turmoil and the students were out of control, since Ms.Nelms came on board the school made a 360, I'm going to miss UHCS,its one of Newarks finest, and the staff is excellent! Big ups to Ms. Adi-Darko one of UHCS finest.Job well done Ms.Nelms!!!!! Close Quote







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In the 2021-22 school year, 679 students attended University Heights Charter School.

Students at University Heights Charter School are 83% African American, 17% Hispanic.


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