Roseville Community Charter School

Roseville Community Charter School is the sole elementary public charter school serving grades K-4 in the Roseville Community Charter School district in Newark, New Jersey. With an enrollment of 286 students, the school has consistently ranked in the bottom quarter of New Jersey elementary schools, maintaining a 1-star rating out of 5 from SchoolDigger.

Roseville Community Charter School faces significant challenges, with academic performance well below the state average. In the 2024-2025 school year, only 37.9% of 3rd-grade students and 30.5% of 4th-grade students were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to state averages of 44.9% and 53.6%. In Mathematics, the proficiency rates were even lower, with only 20.7% of 3rd-grade students and 22% of 4th-grade students meeting or exceeding the standards, compared to the state averages of 49.8% and 46.7%. The school's chronic absenteeism rate of 14.9% in the 2023-2024 school year also indicates significant challenges.

The high percentage of students (94.76%) receiving free or reduced-price lunch at Roseville Community Charter School suggests that the student population faces significant economic challenges, which can impact their educational outcomes. Despite the school's relatively low student-teacher ratio of 11:1, the consistently low performance and high poverty levels indicate a need for targeted interventions and support to help improve student learning and achievement within the Roseville Community Charter School district.