College Achieve Central Charter School

College Achieve Central Charter School is a public charter school located in Plainfield, New Jersey, serving 1,428 students in grades K-12. This alternative school has demonstrated strong academic performance, particularly in English Language Arts, with high proficiency rates compared to the state average.

The school has consistently maintained high four-year graduation rates, ranging from 91.1% to 98.0% over the past few years, significantly outperforming the state average. Additionally, the school has very low dropout rates, ranging from 0.0% to 1.2% in recent years, much lower than the state average. In English Language Arts, College Achieve Central Charter School students consistently outperform the state average across all grade levels, with some grades reaching proficiency rates over 80%. However, the school's mathematics and science proficiency rates are generally lower, with some grades falling below the state average, suggesting an area for potential improvement.

While College Achieve Central Charter School outperforms many of the nearby alternative schools in graduation rates, dropout rates, and English Language Arts proficiency, it lags behind some of the higher-performing alternative schools in the area, such as Thomas Edison EnergySmart Charter School, in terms of overall academic achievement. Additionally, the school has relatively high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 11.3% to 16.6% in recent years, which may be a contributing factor to its lower mathematics and science proficiency rates.