East Orange Community Charter School

East Orange Community Charter School includes one elementary school serving kindergarten through grade 4, with 414 students; there are no other schools in this area to compare it with. The clearest strength is grade 3 ELA, while mathematics—especially in grade 4—is the largest concern. In 2025–2026, grade 4 math proficiency was 20%, compared with 47% statewide, a gap of 27 points below New Jersey.

East Orange Community Charter School is both the only school and, by default, the area’s top and bottom performer. Its strongest latest result was grade 3 ELA: 49% proficiency, about 1 point above the state’s 48%. Its weakest was grade 4 math, at 20% versus 47% statewide. The other 2025–2026 results were also below state levels: grade 4 ELA was 36% versus 46%, and grade 3 math was 33% versus 49%. Across grades 3 and 4, the unweighted average was 42% in ELA, 5 points below the state, and 26% in math, 22 points below.

Results improved sharply in grade 3 ELA but did not rise across the board. From 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, grade 3 ELA increased from 25% to 49%, moving from 20 points below the state to 1 point above it. In contrast, grade 4 ELA fell from 48% to 36%, and grade 4 math declined from 25% to 20%; grade 3 math rose from 27% to 33% but remained 17 points below the state. SchoolDigger’s ranking rose to the 30th percentile in 2025–2026 from the 21st percentile the prior two years. As context, in 2024–2025, 85% of students were eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, the student–teacher ratio was 21.7:1, and chronic absenteeism was 13%, matching the district and 1 point below the state. The list contains only one school, so it cannot show how these results compare with other local schools.