The top reported proficiency rate is 69% in English language arts. The lowest is 24% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Beloved Community Charter
BelovED Community Charter is a single-school charter district in Jersey City, within Hudson County, that serves kindergarten through twelfth grade. It opened as a K-2 school and added one grade each year, reaching a full K-12 configuration in 2023. That steady build means the school is relatively new as a complete high school, and for families in Jersey City it provides a rare continuous charter option from elementary through graduation without having to switch schools.
The student body is diverse. No single racial or ethnic group forms a majority. Hispanic students make up the largest share, followed by Black students, White students, and Asian students, with smaller percentages of students who identify as two or more races, American Indian or Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander. This mix gives the school a genuinely multiracial peer environment, not one dominated by any single background. The school’s enrollment is well-balanced across all grade levels, with each grade from kindergarten through twelfth carrying a similar number of students. Family income data and special education or English learner counts were not available in the data provided, so a parent may want to ask the school directly about those figures.
On state assessments, the picture is mixed by subject and by grade level. In English language arts, a majority of students at every tested grade level performed at or above the state’s proficiency standard. The shares meeting that bar ranged from a modest showing in fifth grade to stronger ones in fourth, sixth, and eighth grades. In math, the results were more variable: early elementary grades showed a majority proficient, but the rate declined steadily across the upper elementary and middle school grades, and by eighth grade the share of students reaching proficiency was notably lower. Science results were also on the lower side, particularly in eighth grade. The school’s overall proficiency index across all tested subjects and grades sits above the midpoint among Hudson County’s districts, meaning that on average its students perform better than the middle of the pack in the county, though the county’s range is broad.
The school’s chronic absenteeism rate is somewhat above the median for Hudson County districts, which is a soft point a parent may want to follow up on. It is not an extreme outlier, but it is on the higher side.
As a charter school, BelovED has no attendance boundaries; any Jersey City resident can apply. The school operates on a waitlist that has been substantial in recent years. A planned relocation to a new campus at Canal Crossing is in the works, with an anticipated move in 2027. The new campus will include three school buildings on a six-acre site and is designed to provide modern facilities and specialty spaces that are not available in the current Grand Street buildings. That move represents a major investment in the school’s physical plant.
The school has also applied for a charter renewal that, if approved, would allow it to increase its maximum funded enrollment over the next five-year charter term. This suggests strong demand for seats and a board that intends to grow.
Per-pupil spending is in the lower half of the middle range among Hudson County districts, which is worth noting given that the school operates with less revenue than some of its county peers but still posts an overall proficiency index above the median.
For a family considering this school, the key question is fit. The student body is racially diverse and the academic results are stronger in literacy than in math and science, especially in the upper grades. The school is single-site K-12, so the peer group changes as children age but the building and the faculty are the same. The college preparatory track is present, but without data on Advanced Placement or dual-enrollment course offerings, a parent who cares about the range of high school academic pathways should ask for specifics. The planned new campus and enrollment growth signal momentum, and the waitlist indicates that seats are not easy to come by.
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