New Jersey schools ranked by test score
| Rank | School | Level | Science | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thomas Edison EnergySmart Charter School Somerset · Thomas Edison EnergySmart Charter School | Combined | 66.1% | +39.3pp |
| 2 | Central Jersey College Prep Charter School Somerset · Central Jersey College Prep Charter School | Combined | 47.2% | +20.4pp |
| 3 | Hoboken Charter School Hoboken · Hoboken Charter School District | Combined | 30.4% | +3.6pp |
| 4 | BelovED Community Charter School Jersey City · BelovED Community Charter | Combined | 28.6% | +1.8pp |
| 5 | Bergen Arts and Sciences Charter School GARFIELD · Bergen Arts and Science Charter School | Combined | 23.4% | -3.4pp |
| 6 | North Star Academy Charter School NEWARK · North Star Academy Charter School | Combined | 22.7% | -4.1pp |
| 7 | Empowerment Academy Charter School Jersey City · Empowerment Academy Charter School | Combined | 16.1% | -10.7pp |
| 8 | Ocean Academy Charter School Lakewood · Ocean Academy Charter School | Combined | 14.7% | -12.1pp |
| 9 | Union County TEAMS Charter School PLAINFIELD · Union County TEAMS Charter School-High School/College LA | Combined | 13.5% | -13.3pp |
| 10 | The Queen City Academy Charter School PLAINFIELD · The Queen City Academy Charter School District | Combined | 12.9% | -13.9pp |
| 11 | College Achieve Paterson Charter School Paterson · College Achieve Paterson Charter School | Combined | 11.8% | -15.0pp |
| 12 | College Achieve Central Charter School Plainfield · College Achieve Central Charter School | Combined | 11.5% | -15.3pp |
| 13 | Foundation Academy Charter School Trenton · Foundation Academy Charter School | Combined | 11.2% | -15.6pp |
| 14 | Passaic Arts and Science Charter School Passaic · Passaic Arts and Science Charter School | Combined | 11.1% | -15.7pp |
| 15 | Great Oaks Legacy Charter School Newark · Great Oaks Legacy Charter School | Combined | 10.8% | -16.0pp |
| 16 | TEAM Academy Charter School NEWARK · TEAM Academy Charter School | Combined | 10.5% | -16.3pp |
| 17 | Paterson Charter School for Science and Technology PATERSON · Paterson Charter School for Science and Technology | Combined | 9.6% | -17.2pp |
| 18 | Paterson Arts and Science Charter School Paterson · Paterson Arts and Science Charter School | Combined | 8.9% | -17.9pp |
| 19 | Camden's Promise Charter School Camden · Camden's Promise Charter School | Combined | 8.0% | -18.8pp |
| 20 | People's Achieve Community Charter School Newark · People's Achieve Community Charter School | Combined | 7.6% | -19.2pp |
| 21 | Mastery Schools of Camden Inc. Camden · Mastery Schools of Camden Inc. | Combined | 7.3% | -19.5pp |
| 22 | Camden Prep Inc. Camden · Camden Prep Inc. | Combined | 5.5% | -21.3pp |
| 23 | College Achieve Greater Asbury Park Charter School District Neptune · College Achieve Greater Asbury Park Charter School Distr | Combined | 5.0% | -21.8pp |
| 24 | Leap Academy University Charter School CAMDEN · LEAP Academy University Charter School | Combined | 4.8% | -22.0pp |
| 25 | KIPP: Cooper Norcross A New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation Camden · KIPP: Cooper Norcross A New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation | Combined | 4.1% | -22.7pp |
| 26 | Marion P. Thomas Charter School NEWARK · Marion P. Thomas Charter School | Combined | 3.2% | -23.6pp |
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 Science 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.