Summary:
Discovery Charter School is the only school in this area’s list, serving grades 4–8 in Newark and enrolling 99 students. Its test results cover English Language Arts (ELA) and math in grades 4–8 and science in grades 5 and 8. Across the supplied grade-and-subject results, the school shifted from an average of 49% in 2024–2025, 6 points above the state, to 39% in 2025–2026, 3 points below it—the clearest overall concern.
The latest results vary sharply by grade, with eighth-grade math the strongest standout and eighth-grade science the weakest. In 2025–2026, eighth-grade math proficiency was 56%, 33 points above the state’s 23%; grade 6 math was 28%, 12 points below the state’s 40%. In science, grade 8 was 11%, 8 points below the state’s 19%, while grade 5 was 32%, 4 points above the state. ELA was strongest in grade 7, at 65%—10 points above the state—and weakest in grade 4, at 40%, 6 points below.
ELA results fell across every grade, and the school’s average dropped 21 points, from 68% in 2024–2025 to 47% in 2025–2026; the state average fell 4 points, from 55% to 52%. Math was steadier overall: the school averaged 38% in both years, compared with 38% statewide in the earlier year and 39% in the latest, though grade-level results differed widely. SchoolDigger lists the school at 336 of 607, the 45th percentile, with 2 stars; its 2025–2026 rank history gives 350 of 743, the 53rd percentile, with 3 stars. In 2024–2025, 85% of students were eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, the student-teacher ratio was 15.8, and chronic absenteeism was 15%, compared with 14% statewide. Because the list includes only one school, it cannot show how the school compares with local peers; SchoolDigger’s two rank entries use different rank bases.
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