People's Achieve Community Charter School

People's Achieve Community Charter School is an alternative public charter school located in Newark, New Jersey, serving grades K-12 with a total enrollment of 780 students.

While the school has seen relatively stable graduation rates over the past few years, ranging from 90.9% to 91.3%, it has also experienced a dropout rate between 1.0% to 1.2%. However, the school faces some significant challenges, particularly in terms of academic performance and chronic absenteeism. Its proficiency rates in NJSLA/English Language Arts and NJSLA/Mathematics are significantly lower than the state averages, and its chronic absenteeism rate, ranging from 14.9% to 25.2%, is much higher than the state average and nearby charter schools like Empowerment Academy Charter School (14.9%) and Great Oaks Legacy Charter School (14.9%). Additionally, the school has a relatively high student-teacher ratio of 22.2, which is higher than the nearby charter schools.

When compared to other nearby charter schools, such as North Star Academy Charter School and TEAM Academy Charter School, People's Achieve Community Charter School generally performs worse in terms of test scores, graduation rates, and chronic absenteeism. This suggests that the school may be facing challenges in engaging and supporting its student population, which is predominantly from low-income backgrounds. Addressing these issues and learning from the successes of other high-performing schools in the area could be crucial for the school to improve student outcomes and better serve its community.