LEAP Academy University Charter School

LEAP (Leadership, Education, and Partnership) Academy University Charter School is a charter school that serves students in kindergarten through twelfth grades from Camden, in Camden County, New Jersey, United States. The school operates under the terms of a charter granted by the New Jersey Department of Education. Founded in 1997, the school is split into three divisions, a K-6 lower school, a 7-12 upper school and a STEM high school for grades 9-12.[3]

LEAP Academy University Charter School
Location
LEAP Academy University Charter School
LEAP Academy University Charter School
LEAP Academy University Charter School
549 Cooper Street (Upper)
639 Cooper Street (Lower)
Camden, NJ 08105

United States
Coordinates39.945904°N 75.094302°W / 39.945904; -75.094302
Information
TypeCharter school
Established1997
NCES School ID3400078[1]
Faculty103.0 FTEs[1]
GradesK–12
Enrollment1,540 (as of 2017–18)[1]
Student to teacher ratio15.0:1[1]
Color(s)     Navy Blue[2]
Team nameLancers[2]
WebsiteSchool website

As of the 2017–18 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,540 students and 103.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 15.0:1. There were 1,065 students (69.2% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 120 (7.8% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[1]

Awards, recognition and rankings

The school was the 213th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 339 schools statewide in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2014 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools".[4]

Athletics

The LEAP Academy Lions[2] sports programs are overseen by the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association.[5] The school is not affiliated with a league or conference.[6] With 362 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2015-16 school year as South Jersey, Group I for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 78 to 478 students in that grade range.[7]

Administration

Core administration are[8]

  • Early Learning Academy- Stephanie Rogers Director
  • Lower Elementary-Shanell Hartman Principal
  • Upper Elementary/Intermediate-Jovita Veguilla Principal
  • High School-Barbara Duplap-Principal

References
  1. School data for Leap Academy University Charter School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 1, 2019.
  2. LEAP Academy University Charter, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed May 28, 2016.
  3. What is LEAP Academy?, LEAP Academy University Charter School. Accessed November 20, 2014.
  4. Staff. "Top Schools Alphabetical List 2014", New Jersey Monthly, September 2, 2014. Accessed September 5, 2014.
  5. LEAP Academy University Charter, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed March 26, 2015.
  6. League Memberships – 2016-2017 Archived 2012-11-09 at the Wayback Machine, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed May 9, 2017.
  7. General Public School Classifications 2015-2016, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, as of December 15, 2015. Accessed December 12, 2016.
  8. "LEAP Schools". Retrieved 2019-04-16.
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