Compass Academy Charter School

Compass Academy Charter School is the sole elementary public charter school serving grades PK-5 with 186 students in the Compass Academy Charter School district. The school faces significant challenges, with consistently low academic performance, high rates of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, and attendance issues.

Compass Academy Charter School has a low statewide ranking, placing between 739-1152 out of 1338-1347 New Jersey elementary schools over the past 3 school years. The school's proficiency rates on standardized tests in ELA, math, and science are all well below the state averages. In 2024-2025, the percentage of students proficient or better in ELA ranged from 26.3% to 32%, compared to the state average of 44.9% to 52.7%. In math, the school's proficiency rates ranged from 20% to 50%, while the state average was 44.2% to 49.8%. The school's science proficiency rate for 5th grade in 2024-2025 was only 12.5%, significantly lower than the state average of 30.1%.

Despite the school's low academic performance, it has a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 13.2 and per-student spending for the 2018-2019 school year was $7,859, on par with the state average. However, the school serves a population with significant socioeconomic challenges, with 59.68% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2023-2024. Additionally, the school's chronic absenteeism rate of 14.9% in 2023-2024 is higher than the state average, which may be contributing to the low academic performance.