Schools in Zip Code 08102

ZIP code 08102 has two schools with very different grade spans: Leap Academy University Charter School serves kindergarten through grade 12 and has 1,540 students, while Cooper’s Poynt Family School serves prekindergarten through grade 8 and has 381. In the grades both schools share, Leap has the higher 2025–26 average proficiency: 26% in English language arts (ELA) and 14% in math, compared with Cooper’s Poynt’s 16% and 11%. The most important finding is that both schools’ reported results in every shared grade are below the corresponding state results.

Leap stands out for the stronger overall results across shared grades, but it does not lead in every grade: Cooper’s Poynt is ahead in third-grade ELA and in third- and seventh-grade math. Leap’s average advantage is 10 points in ELA and 3 points in math. Even the schools’ strongest shared-grade results trail state benchmarks: Leap’s best ELA result was 35% in seventh grade, 21 points below the state, while Cooper’s Poynt’s best was 27%, 29 points below. In math, Leap’s best was 27% in fourth grade, 20 points below the state; Cooper’s Poynt reached 18%, 29 points below. SchoolDigger ranks Cooper’s Poynt 1,269th of 1,331 New Jersey schools, in the 5th percentile, with zero stars; no corresponding rank for Leap is provided.

Recent results show different patterns rather than a consistent rise or fall. From 2024–25 to 2025–26, Leap’s shared-grade ELA average fell by 8 points while Cooper’s Poynt’s rose by 4; the combined gap with the state narrowed slightly, from 31 to 30 points. In comparable math grades, Leap’s average was essentially unchanged, while Cooper’s Poynt’s fell by 2 points and the combined state gap widened from 29 to 30 points. Context also differs: in 2024–25, Leap’s student-teacher ratio was 15.8 versus 8.4 at Cooper’s Poynt, and free/reduced lunch eligible students were 80% versus 63%, respectively. Leap also had a 93% graduation rate compared with 89% statewide, alongside chronic absenteeism of 29% versus 14% statewide; these figures describe distinct parts of each school’s picture and do not explain test results.