LEAP Academy University Charter School

LEAP Academy University Charter School is a public 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.As of the 2014-15 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,378 students and 105.1 classroom teachers, for a student–teacher ratio of 13.1:1. There were 1,059 students eligible for free lunch and 158 eligible for reduced-cost lunch.Awards, recognition and rankingsThe 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".AthleticsThe LEAP Academy Lancers sports programs are overseen by the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. The school is not affiliated with a league or conference. 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.