Summary:
High schools in ZIP code 08244 consist of one school, Chartertech High School for the Performing Arts, serving grades 9–12 and enrolling 253 students. Its 2024–2025 student–teacher ratio was 6.1, and 74.7% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year. With no other listed high school for local comparison, the clearest picture comes from comparing the school with New Jersey figures: its graduation rate was higher than the state’s, but every reported 2025–2026 test result was lower.
There is no local top or bottom school: Chartertech is the only school in the list. Its strongest comparison is graduation, at 93% in 2024–2025 versus 89% statewide, a 4-point advantage. The main concerns are its test results and chronic absenteeism: in 2025–2026, the largest test gaps were in Geometry End of Course, where 5% met expectations versus 52% statewide, and grade 11 NJGPA Mathematics, at 20% versus 61%. Chronic absenteeism was 32% in 2024–2025, compared with 14% statewide; the dropout rate was 2%, versus 1% statewide.
Test results moved somewhat closer to state figures on average, but not consistently. Across seven matching assessments, the average school–state gap narrowed by about 1 point from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026; some gaps widened, including NJGPA Mathematics, where the school’s result fell from 24% to 20% while the state rose from 58% to 61%. SchoolDigger’s statewide ranking also improved, reaching 376th of 434 high schools, percentile 13, and one star in 2025–2026, after percentiles 11 and 10 in the prior two years. The school’s grade 11 NJGPA English Language Arts result was closer to the state than its math result: 63% versus 76%, compared with 20% versus 61% in math.
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