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Marion P. Thomas Charter School, Newark, NJ

Charter schoolCEP schoolMarion P. Thomas Charter School is a public school in Newark, part of Marion P. Thomas Charter School. It enrolled 1,410 students in 2024-25, with 24.3 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
1,410
Teachers (FTE)
58.0
Students per teacher
24.3
Grades
PK to 12

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 24.4. The New Jersey average across schools is 11.7. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school24.3
District24.4
New Jersey11.7
United States15.3

School details

Address
125 Sussex Ave, Newark, NJ 07103
Phone
(973)621-0060
District
Marion P. Thomas Charter School
County
Essex County
Level
Other
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
Yes
Virtual
No
Locale
City: Large
NCES school ID
340002200285
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
913
Reduced-price lunch
52
Free or reduced-price lunch
96568.4% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other schools elsewhere in Newark

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.