Summary:
The Village Charter School is the sole elementary school serving grades K-8 in the The Village Charter School District, located in Trenton, New Jersey. With a total enrollment of 359 students, the school faces significant academic challenges, consistently underperforming the state averages on standardized assessments across all grade levels and subject areas.
The school's academic performance is particularly concerning, with proficiency rates in English Language Arts ranging from 24.4% to 44.4%, compared to state averages of 44.9% to 57.1%. In Mathematics, the school's proficiency rates are even lower, ranging from 9.7% to 27.5%, compared to state averages of 20.7% to 49.8%. The school's science proficiency rates are also significantly below the state averages, with only 5% of 5th graders and 2.8% of 8th graders scoring proficient or better, compared to state averages of 30.1% and 19%, respectively.
Additionally, the school faces high levels of economic disadvantage, with 83.01% of its students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in the 2023-2024 school year. This socioeconomic factor may be contributing to the school's academic challenges, and the school's relatively low per-student spending of $10,151 in the 2018-2019 school year and low student-teacher ratio of 14.3 to 1 in the 2023-2024 school year suggest that the school may not be adequately resourced to address the needs of its student population.
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