Washington Middle School
Public · Grades 6–8 · 466 students
Discovery Charter School
240 Halsey St, Newark, NJ 07102
Grades
4–8
Middle
Students
99
Enrolled 2024–25
Students per teacher
15.8 : 1
Full-time teachers
District
Discovery Charter School
Essex County
Schola Grade C · Average
Letter grade (A–F) · compared with 430 New Jersey middle schools · How we grade
Percentiles compare this school with other New Jersey middle schools; the line marks the middle. Data: test scores 2021–22, graduation and absenteeism 2022–23 (U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts); coursework 2023–24 (Civil Rights Data Collection); staffing 2024–25 (NCES).
About Discovery Charter School
Discovery Charter School is a charter middle school in Newark, New Jersey, serving grades 4–8. The school is located in a large city in Essex County.
In the 2024–25 school year, 99 students were enrolled, with about 15.8 students for every full-time teacher. That ratio is larger than the typical New Jersey middle school (10.8 students per teacher). As a charter school, it is publicly funded and tuition-free, but operates independently of the local district under a charter from New Jersey Department of Education. Its Schola Grade is C (average), compared with 430 New Jersey middle schools.
Grades & enrollment
Students per grade, 2024–25Grades 4–8
Location & nearby schools
School details
- Type
- Charter School · What this means
- Level
- Middle
- Grades offered
- 4–8
- Enrollment (2024–25)
- 99 students
- Students per teacher
- 15.8 to 1
- Charter school
- Yes
- Charter authorizer
- New Jersey Department of Education
- Magnet school
- No
- Locale
- City — Large
- School district
- Discovery Charter School
- County
- Essex County
- NCES school ID
- 340002000282
Schools near Discovery Charter School
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School data comes from the U.S. Department of Education: the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDGE school locations (2024–25) and Private School Survey (2023–24), the Civil Rights Data Collection (2023–24), and EDFacts (test results 2021–22; graduation and chronic absenteeism 2022–23), plus other public sources. Please contact the school to confirm enrollment, programs, and other details. How we source data.