Best Public Schools in Lake Como, NJ

Summary:

The city of Lake Como, New Jersey, has only one school serving students - the Academy Charter High School. This school serves grades 9-12 and is part of the Academy Charter High School district. The available data suggests the school is facing significant challenges in terms of academic performance and student outcomes.

The Academy Charter High School has seen a steady decline in its statewide ranking over the past three years, dropping from 398 out of 422 high schools in 2022-2023 to 339 out of 434 high schools in 2024-2025. Its SchoolDigger rating is only 1 out of 5 stars, indicating below-average performance. The school's 4-year graduation rate of 91.3% is slightly below the state average, and its chronic absenteeism rate of 14.9% is higher than the state average.

Academically, the school struggles, with proficiency rates in NJSLA/English Language Arts, NJSLA/Algebra I, NJSLA-S/Science, and NJGPA/Mathematics significantly lower than the state averages. The only area where the school outperforms the state average is in NJGPA/English Language Arts, where 88.1% of students are proficient or better, compared to the state average of 80.7%. The school also faces significant socioeconomic challenges, with 76.88% of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a high level of economic disadvantage among the student population.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				NJGPA English Language Arts (2025)	NJGPA Mathematics (2025)	NJSLA-S Science (2025)	NJSLA English Language Arts (2025)	NJSLA Algebra I (2025)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	NJGPA English Language Arts 11th Grade	NJGPA Mathematics 11th Grade	NJSLA-S Science 11th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 9th Grade	NJSLA Algebra I 9th Grade	NJSLA Algebra I End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Academy Charter High School	Public, Charter	9-12	1725 Main Street	Lake Como	07719	Monmouth County	Academy Charter High School	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 681-8377	166	19	8.9	86.1%	5 (3.0%)	57 (34.3%)	99 (59.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (3.0%)	24.2	339^th of 434 public high schools	21.9%		15.1	384^th of 429 public high schools	10.5%	45	88.1	19.0	7.3	27.3	2.9	2.9	$14,358	$1,119	$13,239

Cities Near Lake Como

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Wall	0.64 mi	7	117^th
Sea Girt	1.87 mi	2	48^th
Spring Lake	2.03 mi	2	37^th
Neptune	2.42 mi	9	426^th
Belmar	2.57 mi	1	302^nd

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the New Jersey Department of Education.

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