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Maria L. Varisco-Rogers Charter School


At a glance
387thof 607 New Jersey districts▼ 30
Better than 36% of New Jersey districts
Elementary 1Grades K-8
233 Woodside Avenue
Newark, NJ 07104
·(973) 481-9001·All New Jersey district rankings →
Statewide performance 2018–2026
2026: better than 36.2% of districts
1
School
572
Students
Top rankedMaria Varisco Rogers Charter School739th of 1,331 New Jersey elementary schools
Summary:

The area has one school, Maria Varisco Rogers Charter School, an elementary school serving grades K–8 with 572 students. In 2025–2026, its grade-level averages were 49% in ELA, 34% in math, and 17% in science, compared with statewide averages of 51%, 40%, and 23%, respectively. The clearest overall strength is that ELA is much closer to the state benchmark than math or science, though it remains slightly below it.

No school stands out above or below another because this area has only one school; the sharpest differences are among grades. Grade 4 ELA was the strongest state comparison, at 52% proficient versus 46% statewide, or 6 points above. Grade 6 math was also above the state, at 44% versus 40%, or 4 points above. By contrast, grade 4 math was 20% versus 47% statewide, 27 points below, and grade 7 math was 22% versus 38%, 16 points below. The school’s science results were below the state in both tested grades.

Results changed in different directions by subject. From 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, the school’s ELA average fell from 70% to 50%, a 21-point drop, and declined in all six grades; math rose from 26% to 34%, an 8-point increase, with improvement in five of six grades. SchoolDigger’s ranking also fell from the 56th percentile and 3 stars in 2024–2025 to the 44th percentile and 2 stars in 2025–2026. As context, 89% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025, and the student–teacher ratio was 14.3 that year. Chronic absenteeism was 11% in 2024–2025, matching the district and below the state’s 14%.

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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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