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Merit Preparatory Charter School of Newark

Merit Prep CS of Newark · Charter · Combined school
Grades 5–10 · was 6 in 2012
Last reported enrollment in 2016-17 — no longer in the data since.
Updated June 2026

Enrollment, by grade

In its last year on record, 2016-17, it enrolled 494 students across grades 5–10. That is 413 more than in 2012-13 (81) — the school had grown. Its biggest cohort is grade 9.

students 012525037550010987651998200320082013201820232025

Students enrolled in each grade each fall, stacked to the total — so the top edge is total enrollment. Bands run from the lowest grade (light) to the highest (dark); a band that appears or disappears is a grade the school added or dropped. “Other” is students with no grade level (mostly special education), so the bands always sum to total. Source: NJDOE Fall Enrollment.

What the school looks like

The largest group in both 2012-13 and 2016-17 was Black students — 94% then, 94% now.

% of students 050100race categories: 5 → 794%1998200320082013201820232025
WhiteBlackHispanicAsianTwo or more

Each group’s share of enrollment over time, or its head count — toggle above. New Jersey expanded race and ethnicity reporting from five to seven categories in 2006-07 (dashed line), so “two or more races” appears only after; Asian here includes Pacific Islander. Source: NJDOE Fall Enrollment.

How much the mix changed

Between 2012-13 and 2016-17 the makeup of this school barely moved.

That’s the smallest shift among New Jersey’s 17 combined schools.

The index is half the sum of every group’s change in share, on a 0–100 scale (how it works). Compare any two years in the explorer →

Free or reduced-price lunch

In 2016-17, 34.8% of students qualified for free or reduced-price lunch.

% eligible 05010034.8%34.8%20122016
This schooldistrict overall

Share of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The lighter line shows the district overall, for comparison. Not reported by the state in some years (shaded). Since 2014, some districts provide free meals to all students regardless of household income, which can lift the eligible share. Source: NJDOE Fall Enrollment.

Profile built from New Jersey Department of Education Fall Enrollment data, 1998-99 through 2025-26. How this data works →