Summary:
The list for this area contains one school, Paul Robeson Charter School for the Humanities, serving kindergarten through grade 8 and enrolling 545 students. Its 2025–2026 test results cover grades 3–8 in English language arts (ELA) and math, and grades 5 and 8 in science. The most important finding is that every reported grade-level result was below the New Jersey result for the same subject and grade: across the 14 comparisons, the school averaged 27% proficient, compared with 43% statewide, a 15-point gap.
There is no school-to-school leader or trailer in this one-school list; the clearest differences are among grades. In 2025–2026, ELA ranged from 22% in grade 3 to 41% in grade 7, while math ranged from 15% in grade 3 to 39% in grade 5. Science was closest to the state average overall, at 14% versus 23%; ELA had the largest average shortfall, at 33% versus 51%, with math at 26% versus 40%. The strongest standout in the available figures is the prior-year Algebra I result: the school reported 100% proficient in both Algebra I measures in 2024–2025, versus 38% statewide for the end-of-course measure and 73% for grade 8. The school’s 2025–2026 Algebra I results are suppressed, so it is not possible to tell whether those scores continued.
Results moved in different directions over the two years: the ELA average fell by 4 points and its gap with the state widened from 16 to 18 points, while math rose by 4 points and science by 1, narrowing their gaps. Some grade changes were much larger: grade 5 math increased by 18 points, while grade 4 ELA fell by 23. SchoolDigger’s percentile ranking declined from 30 in 2023–2024 to 21 in 2025–2026; its listed rank shifted from 940 of 1,338 to 1,056 of 1,331. As additional context, 95% of students were eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024–2025, while chronic absenteeism that year was 6%, compared with 14% statewide. Because the list includes just one school, it cannot show differences between schools.
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