Greater Brunswick Charter School

Greater Brunswick Charter School in New Brunswick, New Jersey, serves 397 students in kindergarten through eighth grade. Its standout result is Algebra I: in 2025–26, 75% were proficient on the end-of-course measure, compared with 40% statewide, a 35-point advantage. That bright spot stands apart from much weaker results in the school’s other tested subjects.

Across grades 3–8, the school averaged 34% proficiency in English Language Arts (ELA) and 25% in math, versus state averages of 51% and 40%. It was modestly ahead of nearby K–8 schools Blanquita B. Valenti Community School, Paul Robeson Community School for the Arts, and McKinley Community School, which averaged 31% in ELA and 21% in math. But eighth-grade math was a sharp weakness: 4% were proficient, the lowest result among these four schools, versus 23% statewide. Fifth-grade science was also low at 7%, while eighth-grade science, at 14%, was above the nearby schools’ average of 6% but below the state’s 19%. The school’s district listing is its own Greater Brunswick Charter School district, and its test-score figures are identical.

Results have improved over time, especially in math: the six-grade average rose from 8% in 2022–23 to 25% in 2025–26, a 17-point gain; ELA rose from 30% to 34%. SchoolDigger placed the school in the 22nd percentile and gave it 1 star in 2025–26; its overall percentile rose from 9 in 2022–23. SchoolDigger’s effectiveness ranking for English Language Learner students reached the 45th percentile, up from the 6th percentile in 2024–25; for Low Socio Economic Status students, it reached the 42nd percentile, up from 26. In 2024–25, the student-teacher ratio was 18.9, higher than every nearby school’s reported ratio, and 83% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible.