Charter school agency · New Jersey
Discovery Charter School
Discovery Charter School in New Jersey: 1 public schools with 99 students and 15.8 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year.
- Schools
- 1
- 1 charter
- Students
- 99
- Students per teacher
- 15.8
- NJ 11.5 · US 15.1
- Spending per student
- —
- NJ $28K · US $17.6K
Staff
Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.
- Teachers (FTE)
- 6.3
- Counselors (FTE)
- 0.0
- Students per counselor
- —
- NJ 274 · US 357
- Psychologists (FTE)
- 0.0
- Librarians (FTE): 0.0
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on New Jersey's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
New Jersey: 54%68%proficient
+9.8 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 72% of school districts in New Jersey
Median 57% · 593 school districts compared
95 students tested, grades 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 · NJSLA; proficient means Levels 4-5
Math
New Jersey: 41%36%proficient
+0.2 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 60% of school districts in New Jersey
Median 43% · 592 school districts compared
99 students tested, grades 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 · NJSLA; proficient means Levels 4-5
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Money
Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.
The Census Bureau publishes no finances for this agency.
Schools
Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Discovery Charter SchoolCharter | 4–8 | 99 | 15.8 | 68% | 36% |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Address
- 240 Halsey St., Newark, NJ 07102
- Phone
- (973)623-0222
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.