Summary:
This area has one school, Principle Academy Charter School, an elementary school serving kindergarten through grade 6 with 434 students; the supplied test results cover grades 3–6 and grade 5 science. In 2025–2026, the school was below New Jersey’s results in every reported grade and subject, with gaps ranging from 3 points in sixth-grade math to 24 points in third-grade math. The most important finding is that no reported grade-and-subject result reached the state level.
Within the school, sixth-grade math stands out as the closest result to the state: 38% proficient compared with 40%, a 3-point gap. Third-grade math is the largest shortfall, at 25% versus 49%, or 24 points below; fourth-grade ELA is also notably low at 26% versus 46%, a 20-point gap. The average gaps across tested grades were nearly identical in ELA and math—13.0 and 13.3 points, respectively—so neither subject is a clear overall strength relative to the state. Fifth-grade science was 15% proficient, 13 points below the state’s 27%.
Results moved closer to the state on average from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026: the average ELA gap narrowed by 4 points and the math gap by 5. Progress was uneven: third-grade ELA rose 22 points and third-grade math rose 14, while fourth-grade ELA fell 16 points, from 42% to 26%. SchoolDigger’s statewide percentile ranking improved from the 14th percentile in 2023–2024 to the 29th in 2025–2026, though its latest rating is one star. Context figures for 2024–2025 include a student-teacher ratio of 10.8, 87% free/reduced lunch eligible, and 14% chronic absenteeism, matching the district and state rates. Because this list contains only one school, it cannot show how the school compares with other local schools.
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