Robert Treat Academy Charter School

What it reported doing in 2024

Robert treat academy charter school completed its twenty-eighth year of operation in june 2025.robert treat academy has two campuses. Our stephen n. Adubato campus located at 443 clifton avenue has anenrollment of 491 students. Our jackie robinson campus located at 180 william street has an enrollment of 229students. Total enrollment is 720 students.robert treat academy offers an eleven-month school year with a seven-hour instructional day and an eight-hourprofessional day. Early care which begins at 7:30 a.m. And an extended school day running until 5:30 p.m.accommodate working parents and provide time for extracurricular activities. Our remediation services inenglish/language arts and math as well as remedial and guided reading, tutoring and homework help, take place during the extended day minimizing the amount of time students are pulled out of class during regular instruction.the extended day program offers extracurricular enrichment activities as well, including coding clubs, architecture, recreational sports, and an award-winning arts program that has included: instrumental music instruction, chorus, step dancing, arts and crafts, filmmaking and creative writing.parent participation continues to be a key element of our focus as witnessed by the high levels of attendance, weconsistently record at monthly parent meetings. Parents also serve on the board of trustees and the parent teacherorganization, an autonomous organization, sponsors a variety of events for teachers, parents and students. Parentrepresentatives also volunteer in other areas (coaching, recreational activities, and chaperoning students on trips, attending and assisting at school-wide events, plays and performances).in the nine subject areas, including english/language arts and mathematics, science (njsla for 5th and 8th grades), social studies, technology, world languages (spanish), visual and fine arts, physical education and health, and 21 st century life & careers our curricula are aligned to the nj student learning standards.in key subject areas, staff development remains crucial to meeting the academy's overall mission. Our training schedule included workshops in math, english/language arts, reading, science, and behavior management. In the area of technology, staff development was offered to help teachers become more effective users of technology in the classroom.efforts to prepare our students for the njsla test remain a main area of attention and will continue to be foremost on our list of goals. We are also focused on improving student attendance, our sel curriculum, and saturday academy.in the last three years rta students have once again been recognized as one of the top performing schools in the state in both math and ela. According to u.s news and world report we were ranked in the top 6% of middle schools, and the top 18% of elementary schools in the state of New Jersey. Due to those rankings based on test scores and demographic information we have been named one of u.s news and world reports best schools in the country for both our elementary and middle school students for the past three years.as the emotional wellbeing of our students is of paramount importance, administrators, the school social worker, and school phycologist are continuously still on-call to provide emotional support to our students. Along with internal supports for students the academy provides parents with additional outside support resources. The impetus for this innovation was born out of the pandemic but continues as student's transition back to "normal and we are committed to helping students and families through this transition. We feel the elementary students (k-3) have little to no impact from the pandemic but our students in 4th through 8th are still struggling with some collateral damage from the pandemic era.at the end of the school year, parents and staff were surveyed regarding their satisfaction levels with the studentdiscipline, school communication, etc.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 62.1%; rating input score 62
• Program expense ratio: 73%; rating input score 73
• Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
  • Compensation committee: Pass
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Missing
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: Limited
• Major donor itemization: Limited
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Fail
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 15.3%; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.06; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.61; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 2%; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 2% per year; rating input score 100; 19th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 5.6% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 13.9% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings