NEWARK, NJ - A charter school was the highest rated in Newark by the state Department of Education (DOE), while an all-boys district school was rated one of the lowest.

The state DOE released its school performance reports for the 2017-18 school year on Tuesday, giving schools across New Jersey a score of 0 to 100. Eagle Academy for Young Men received a score of 1.15, while The Gray Charter School received a score of 95.04.

The Gray Charter School is a K-8 school. The Eagle Academy for Young Men is an all-boys' school for grades 5-8 and is a collaboration between Newark Public Schools and the Eagle Academy Foundation.

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“The School Performance Reports are a tool designed to inform and empower entire communities,” said Education Commissioner Lamont O. Repollet. “Not only can they be utilized by parents, educators and the general public, but school leaders can use the reports to help identify areas in which they can better meet the needs of students.”

The rating system has its critics, and other state officials have recommended that it's just one tool for evaluating a school's quality.

Not every school was included in the state’s ranking. For example, no score exists for West Side High School but a summary report is available for it.

The scores were compiled for high schools by using four and five-year graduation rates, test scores, progress towards English language proficiency and absenteeism. The same factors were considered for K-8 schools, except for graduation rates.

Below is the state’s ranking for schools in Newark. More in-depth summaries for each school may be found online.





A note about the data: The summative rating is the percentile rank of the summative score as compared to other schools across the state with similar grade configurations (elementary/middle schools, high schools, or schools with mixed grade configurations). Summative scores are rounded to the nearest hundredth in order to calculate the summative rating percentiles.

NEWARK PUBLIC SCHOOLS

SCHOOL SUMMATIVE RATING/ PERCENTILE SCORE ARTS HIGH SCHOOL 8.33 25.3 BARRINGER ARTS HIGH SCHOOL 0.29 1.65 CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL 9.74 15.65 EAST SIDE HIGH SCHOOL 10.32 15.76 MALCOLM X SHABAZZ HIGH SCHOOL 0.86 2.47 SCIENCE PARK HIGH SCHOOL 83.33 67.85 TECHNOLOGY HIGH SCHOOL 77.94 72.71 UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL 10.42 26.01 WEEQUAHIC HIGH SCHOOL 1.43 2.97 AMERICAN HISTORY HIGH SCHOOL 6.25 24.74 ABINGTON AVENUE SCHOOL 30.86 38.45 ANN STREET SCHOOL 60.78 56.96 B.R.I.C.K. AVON ACADEMY 16.41 28.07 BELMONT RUNYON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 0.53 3.86 BRANCH BROOK SCHOOL 25.95 35.21 LUIS MUÑOS MARIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 5.09 15.65 BARD EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL 44.41 47.6 EAGLE ACADEMY FOR YOUNG MEN OF NEWARK 0 1.15 CAMDEN STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 31.64 38.99 BARRINGER ACADEMY OF S.T.E.A.M. 1.72 5.39 CHANCELLOR AVENUE SCHOOL 23.1 33.08 CLEVELAND EIGHTEENTH AVENUE SCHOOL 14.1 26.24 B.R.I.C.K. PESHINE ACADEMY 15.34 27.41 ELLIOTT STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 23.05 33.04 FIRST AVENUE SCHOOL 54.21 52.95 DR. E. ALMA FLAGG SCHOOL 9.18 21.06 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 44.61 47.12 GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 3.08 11.65 DR WILLIAM H HORTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 1.72 8.18 HARRIET TUBMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 30.92 38.62 HAWKINS STREET SCHOOL 24.53 34.11 HAWTHORNE AVENUE SCHOOL 22.45 32.61 LAFAYETTE STREET SCHOOL 36.14 42.56 LINCOLN 3.32 12.03 LOUISE A SPENCER / MILLER STREET SCHOOL 0.71 5.44 MCKINLEY 6.93 18.44 IVY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MT VERNON PLACE SCHOOL 25.12 60.25 34.32 56.7 RAFAEL HERNANDEZ SCHOOL 0.36 2.76 PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 41.23 45.14 OLIVER STREET SCHOOL 77.25 67.71 QUITMAN COMMUNITY SCHOOL 3.02 11.52 RIDGE STREET SCHOOL 31.87 39.33 ROBERTO CLEMENTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 29.92 37.66 SOUTH STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 11.26 22.84 SOUTH SEVENTEENTH STREET SCHOOL 1.84 8.32 SPEEDWAY AVENUE SCHOOL 28.08 36.5 SUSSEX AVENUE SCHOOL BURNET STREET SCHOOL 39.87 44.27 THIRTEENTH AVENUE SCHOOL 9.6 21.45 WILSON AVENUE SCHOOL 40.4 44.56

CHARTER SCHOOLS

SCHOOL PERCENTILE SCORE UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS CHARTER SCHOOL (PK-08) 1.6 7.87 MARIA VARISCO ROGERS CHARTER SCHOOL (K-8) 88.15 77.07 ROBERT TREAT ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL (K-8) 90.58 79.4 TEAM ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL (K-12) 52.08 49.58 NORTH STAR ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL (K-12) 72.92 63.79 NEW HORIZONS COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL (K-7) 3.85 13.63 MARION P. THOMAS CHARTER SCHOOL (K-12) 2.08 21.19 THE GRAY CHARTER SCHOOL (K-8) 99.29 95.04 DISCOVERY CHARTER SCHOOL (4-8) 77.61 67.95 LINK COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL LINK COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL (5-8) 53.26 52.61 PHILLIP'S ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL (PK-8) 38.45 43.67 ROSEVILLE COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL (KG-4) 6.75 18.18 PEOPLES PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL (9-12) 8.88 14.43 Great Oaks Legacy Charter School (PK-12) 43.75 40.89 NEWARK EDUCATORS COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL (PK-04) 7.46 19.03

COUNTY SCHOOLS LOCATED IN NEWARK

SCHOOL PERCENTILE SCORE North 13th Street Tech 93.12 87.28 NEWARK TECH 88.83 81.62

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