Summary:
The Maria Varisco Rogers Charter School is the sole elementary school serving grades K-8 in the Maria L. Varisco-Rogers Charter School district located in Newark, New Jersey. This standout school has consistently demonstrated strong academic performance, particularly in English Language Arts, while also facing challenges in mathematics.
The school's English Language Arts (ELA) proficiency rates are significantly higher than the state average across all grade levels, with 4th-grade students achieving an impressive 89.8% proficiency rate in 2024-2025 compared to the state average of 53.6%. Additionally, the school's chronic absenteeism rate of 14.9% in 2023-2024 is lower than the state average, indicating strong student engagement and attendance. However, the school's mathematics proficiency rates are notably lower than the state average, particularly in the upper grade levels, suggesting an area for improvement.
Despite serving a predominantly low-income population, with 82.07% of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, the Maria Varisco Rogers Charter School has maintained a strong academic standing, with its statewide ranking fluctuating between 591 out of 1,347 New Jersey elementary schools in 2024-2025 and 760 out of 1,342 in 2022-2023. The school's per-student spending of $14,257 in the 2018-2019 school year and a student-teacher ratio of 13.9 to 1 in the 2023-2024 school year provide important context for understanding the school's performance and the resources available to support its students.
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