Schools in Zip Code 07102

The eight schools in zip code 07102 include two elementary schools, one middle school, one high school and four alternative schools, with reported grade spans from PK–4 to PK–12 and enrollments from 99 to 6,714. Results vary sharply by school: in 2025–2026, the average reported school result was 6 percentage points below state results in ELA, 3 points above in math and 7 points below in science. The most important finding is that a zip-code-wide picture hides major differences between schools.

The Gray Charter School is a standout in elementary and middle grades, leading ELA in five of grades 3–8 and reaching 100% proficiency in grade 8 ELA; it also had 90% in grade 8 math. In that grade, Great Oaks Legacy Charter School had 9% in math, an 82-point gap from Gray. North Star Academy Charter School led math in grades 3–7. High-school measures favor Arts High School: its graduation rate was 99% and chronic absenteeism 1% in 2024–2025, compared with 74% and 40% at KIPP: Cooper Norcross A New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation. KIPP also had the lowest ELA result in six listed grades, including 32% in grade 8 compared with Gray’s 100%.

Results changed unevenly: matched ELA scores fell an average of 9 points from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, while math rose 2 points; state ELA scores fell 2 points and state math rose 1. North Star’s ELA average fell 12 points, while KIPP’s was nearly flat; in math, North Star rose 6 points and Gray fell 10. SchoolDigger rates Gray 4 stars (rank 220 of 1,331), Newark Educators Community Charter School 2 stars (902 of 1,331), and Discovery Charter School 3 stars (350 of 743). Reported free/reduced lunch eligible shares for 2024–2025 ranged from 66% at Great Oaks to 97% at KIPP; these are context, not explanations. Student-teacher ratios also differ, from 11.8 at Arts to 35.3 at North Star.