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The Gray Charter School

Gray Charter · Charter · K–8 school
Grades K–8 · was K–7 in 2000
Updated June 2026

Enrollment, by grade

In 2025-26 it enrolled 312 students across grades K–8. That is 176 more than in 2000-01 (136) — the school has grown. It peaked at 364 in 2020-21. Its biggest cohort is grade 2.

students 010020030040087654321K1998200320082013201820232025

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

In 2000-01, 93% of students were Black. By 2025-26 the largest group was Hispanic, at 60%.

% of students 050100race categories: 5 → 760%36%1998200320082013201820232025
WhiteBlackHispanicAsianTwo or moreNative Am.

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 2021-22 and 2025-26 the makeup of this school shifted noticeably.

That’s a smaller shift than 66% of New Jersey K–8 schools. That roughly tracks the district overall (6.5) — a district-wide change more than a school-specific one. The biggest moves, in percentage points:
Hispanic −5.7·Black +5·White +1.5

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 2025-26, 38.5% of students qualified for free or reduced-price lunch.

% eligible 04080notreportednotreportednotreported38.5%38.5%200020052010201520202025
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.

Test scores

Growth measures how much students progressed over the year against peers who scored the same the year before — 50 is a typical year. In 2024-25, this school’s median growth percentile was 58 in English and 54.5 in math — NJ calls this “typical” growth.

median student growth percentile · 50 = typical50ELA58Math54.5
1 · did not meet2 · partially met3 · approached4 · met5 · exceeded

English language arts: 87.4% met or exceeded expectations in 2024-25 (state 53%), up from 86.8% in 2021-22.

By grade, year to year

Each panel is one grade — watch its mix of levels shift across 2021–2024.

Grade 3
77%66%20212024
Grade 4
85%93%20212024
Grade 5
95%86%20212024
Grade 6
79%93%20212024
Grade 7
100%96%20212024
Grade 8
95%96%20212024

By grade cohort, lined up across years

Each panel lines up aggregate grade results one grade higher each year. It approximates a class cohort, but does not track individual students; enrollment can change.

Grade 3 in 2021 → Grade 6 in 2024
77%93%Grade 3Grade 6
Grade 3 in 2022 → Grade 5 in 2024
66%86%Grade 3Grade 5
Grade 4 in 2021 → Grade 7 in 2024
85%96%Grade 4Grade 7
Grade 5 in 2021 → Grade 8 in 2024
95%96%Grade 5Grade 8
Grade 6 in 2021 → Grade 8 in 2023
79%95%Grade 6Grade 8

Math: 83.8% met or exceeded expectations in 2024-25 (state 42%), up from 64.5% in 2021-22.

By grade, year to year

Each panel is one grade — watch its mix of levels shift across 2021–2024.

Grade 3
74%97%20212024
Grade 4
51%90%20212024
Grade 5
65%83%20212024
Grade 6
45%71%20212024
Grade 7
100%69%20212024
Grade 8
80%92%20212024
Algebra I
withheld20212024

By grade cohort, lined up across years

Each panel lines up aggregate grade results one grade higher each year. It approximates a class cohort, but does not track individual students; enrollment can change.

Grade 3 in 2021 → Grade 6 in 2024
74%71%Grade 3Grade 6
Grade 3 in 2022 → Grade 5 in 2024
69%83%Grade 3Grade 5
Grade 4 in 2021 → Grade 7 in 2024
51%69%Grade 4Grade 7
Grade 5 in 2021 → Grade 8 in 2024
65%92%Grade 5Grade 8
Grade 6 in 2021 → Grade 8 in 2023
45%100%Grade 6Grade 8

In each panel the flat line is the proficiency boundary: levels 4–5 (met or exceeded) fill the area above it, levels 1–3 below — so a smaller reported share in levels 4–5 makes the area above the line shrink (it isn’t a misleading upward slope). Light = level 1 (did not yet meet expectations), dark = level 5 (exceeded); the % marks the proficient share at the first and last points. The first set of panels follows each grade across the years; the second lines up aggregate grade results one grade higher each year. It approximates a class cohort, not linked individual students. Growth is the median Student Growth Percentile (50 = a typical year), reported only through grade 8. The NJSLA was not given in spring 2020 and was disrupted the next year. Source: NJ School Performance Reports.

Chronic absenteeism

In 2024-25, 8.3% of students were chronically absent — missing at least 10% of school days — down from 21% in 2021-22.

% chronically absent 0153014.4%8.3%8.3%2021202220232024
This schooldistrict overallNew Jersey

Chronic absenteeism — the share of students who missed 10% or more of the days they were enrolled (roughly 18 days across a full school year). The lighter lines show the district overall and New Jersey, for comparison. Source: NJ School Performance Reports, 2024-25.

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