New Jersey schools ranked by test score
| Rank | School | Level | English Language Arts | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thomas Edison EnergySmart Charter School Somerset · Thomas Edison EnergySmart Charter School | Combined | 92.2% | +39.1pp |
| 2 | Hoboken Charter School Hoboken · Hoboken Charter School District | Combined | 83.1% | +30.0pp |
| 3 | College Achieve Paterson Charter School Paterson · College Achieve Paterson Charter School | Combined | 73.3% | +20.2pp |
| 4 | BelovED Community Charter School Jersey City · BelovED Community Charter | Combined | 69.2% | +16.1pp |
| 5 | Central Jersey College Prep Charter School Somerset · Central Jersey College Prep Charter School | Combined | 68.0% | +14.9pp |
| 6 | North Star Academy Charter School NEWARK · North Star Academy Charter School | Combined | 66.9% | +13.8pp |
| 7 | The Queen City Academy Charter School PLAINFIELD · The Queen City Academy Charter School District | Combined | 65.0% | +11.9pp |
| 8 | College Achieve Central Charter School Plainfield · College Achieve Central Charter School | Combined | 61.8% | +8.7pp |
| 9 | Bergen Arts and Sciences Charter School GARFIELD · Bergen Arts and Science Charter School | Combined | 59.3% | +6.2pp |
| 10 | College Achieve Greater Asbury Park Charter School District Neptune · College Achieve Greater Asbury Park Charter School Distr | Combined | 51.9% | -1.2pp |
| 11 | Empowerment Academy Charter School Jersey City · Empowerment Academy Charter School | Combined | 50.8% | -2.3pp |
| 12 | Foundation Academy Charter School Trenton · Foundation Academy Charter School | Combined | 47.7% | -5.4pp |
| 13 | Great Oaks Legacy Charter School Newark · Great Oaks Legacy Charter School | Combined | 45.8% | -7.3pp |
| 14 | Passaic Arts and Science Charter School Passaic · Passaic Arts and Science Charter School | Combined | 45.4% | -7.7pp |
| 15 | TEAM Academy Charter School NEWARK · TEAM Academy Charter School | Combined | 43.5% | -9.6pp |
| 16 | Paterson Charter School for Science and Technology PATERSON · Paterson Charter School for Science and Technology | Combined | 42.4% | -10.7pp |
| 17 | Ocean Academy Charter School Lakewood · Ocean Academy Charter School | Combined | 41.9% | -11.2pp |
| 18 | People's Achieve Community Charter School Newark · People's Achieve Community Charter School | Combined | 40.2% | -12.9pp |
| 19 | Camden Prep Inc. Camden · Camden Prep Inc. | Combined | 39.2% | -13.9pp |
| 20 | Marion P. Thomas Charter School NEWARK · Marion P. Thomas Charter School | Combined | 38.7% | -14.4pp |
| 21 | Union County TEAMS Charter School PLAINFIELD · Union County TEAMS Charter School-High School/College LA | Combined | 37.9% | -15.2pp |
| 22 | Paterson Arts and Science Charter School Paterson · Paterson Arts and Science Charter School | Combined | 35.2% | -17.9pp |
| 23 | Leap Academy University Charter School CAMDEN · LEAP Academy University Charter School | Combined | 33.7% | -19.4pp |
| 24 | Camden's Promise Charter School Camden · Camden's Promise Charter School | Combined | 32.7% | -20.4pp |
| 25 | Mastery Schools of Camden Inc. Camden · Mastery Schools of Camden Inc. | Combined | 31.8% | -21.3pp |
| 26 | KIPP: Cooper Norcross A New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation Camden · KIPP: Cooper Norcross A New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation | Combined | 27.1% | -26.0pp |
About this ranking
Schools are ranked by the percentage of students who scored at or above the NJSLA % Meeting or Exceeding Expectations threshold on the latest available NJSLA English Language Arts test (school year 2024-25). A higher percentage is better.
Only public schools with a reasonable cohort size are included (at least 50 total students enrolled, since the source file does not include per-subject student counts), so very small programs and special-purpose centers are filtered out.
The state average shown above is enrollment-weighted: we multiply each school's score by how many of its students tested, sum those across every public school in New Jersey, and divide by the total students tested. This way a big school counts more than a tiny one in the typical-student average.