Summary:
New Horizons Community Charter School is the sole elementary school serving grades K-8 in the New Horizons Community Charter School District located in Newark, New Jersey. With a total enrollment of 337 students, the school has consistently struggled with low academic performance, with proficiency rates well below state averages in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science.
The school's academic challenges are evident across all grade levels, with proficiency rates ranging from 14.6% to 50% in ELA, 10.5% to 28% in Math, and 3.6% to 9.1% in Science for the 2024-2025 school year. This pattern of underperformance has persisted over the past few years, indicating a need for significant intervention and improvement efforts. Additionally, the school faces high rates of chronic absenteeism, with 14.9% of students considered chronically absent in the 2023-2024 school year.
Despite the school's relatively low student-teacher ratio of 12.4 and per-student spending of $12,066 in the 2018-2019 school year, the academic outcomes remain poor, suggesting potential issues with resource allocation and instructional practices. Furthermore, the school serves a predominantly low-income population, with 92.28% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in the 2023-2024 school year, which can present additional challenges in terms of student support and resources.
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