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The mission of Marion P. Thomas Charter School is to build culturally rich, transformative educational spaces that cultivate successful, lifelong innovators who use their passions, character, and intellect to better themselves, the greater Newark community, and the world beyond.
![Our Village]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1724780659/mptcsorg/bhm1gentr1fe1mupzl6h/CentralOffice-Convocation.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1724780659/mptcsorg/bhm1gentr1fe1mupzl6h/CentralOffice-Convocation.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1724780659/mptcsorg/bhm1gentr1fe1mupzl6h/CentralOffice-Convocation.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1724780659/mptcsorg/bhm1gentr1fe1mupzl6h/CentralOffice-Convocation.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1724780659/mptcsorg/bhm1gentr1fe1mupzl6h/CentralOffice-Convocation.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1724780659/mptcsorg/bhm1gentr1fe1mupzl6h/CentralOffice-Convocation.jpg","width":2200}])
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![Marion P. Thomas Charter School Earns Carole E. Larsen Master Board Certification]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1738612494/mptcsorg/bq8ndbyvdrbhuyuidy7n/MarionPThomasCharterSchoolEarnsCaroleELarsenMasterBoardCertification.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1738612494/mptcsorg/bq8ndbyvdrbhuyuidy7n/MarionPThomasCharterSchoolEarnsCaroleELarsenMasterBoardCertification.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1738612494/mptcsorg/bq8ndbyvdrbhuyuidy7n/MarionPThomasCharterSchoolEarnsCaroleELarsenMasterBoardCertification.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1738612494/mptcsorg/bq8ndbyvdrbhuyuidy7n/MarionPThomasCharterSchoolEarnsCaroleELarsenMasterBoardCertification.png","width":826}])
![MPTCS Wins at the April 2025 NJSDL Online Speech Festival Celebrating Earth Day!]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1744817575/mptcsorg/rdzhaa8drsba86vlujvu/SpeechandPoetryCompetition.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1744817575/mptcsorg/rdzhaa8drsba86vlujvu/SpeechandPoetryCompetition.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1744817575/mptcsorg/rdzhaa8drsba86vlujvu/SpeechandPoetryCompetition.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1744817575/mptcsorg/rdzhaa8drsba86vlujvu/SpeechandPoetryCompetition.png","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1744817575/mptcsorg/rdzhaa8drsba86vlujvu/SpeechandPoetryCompetition.png","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1744817575/mptcsorg/rdzhaa8drsba86vlujvu/SpeechandPoetryCompetition.png","width":2000}])
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AT A GLANCE
1:1
Student to Technology Ratio
17:1
Student to Teacher Ratio
$4+
Million scholarship dollars earned by the class of 2023
24
Number of years MPTCS has been educating students from Newark and the surrounding communities
10
Different languages spoken at home by our students and their families including English, Spanish, Portuguese, Ibo, Yoruba, Haitian Creole, French