Teaneck Community Charter School, Teaneck NJ

Original Research by School Decision on Teaneck Community Charter School

Teaneck Community Charter School is a public charter school serving kindergarten through eighth grade in Teaneck, Bergen County. As a charter school, it operates independently of the local district and admits students through a lottery; families choose to apply. The school is located on Chestnut Avenue in Teaneck, a diverse suburban township in the New York metropolitan area. Teaneck is known for its mix of residential neighborhoods and four commercial districts, a population with large Jewish and African American communities and growing Hispanic and Asian populations, and institutions such as Holy Name Medical Center and Fairleigh Dickinson University’s Metropolitan Campus. Housing in the area is expensive, reflecting its proximity to New York City and strong regional demand.

On state assessments, the school shows a clear split between English language arts and math. ELA proficiency is notably strong across all tested grades, with consistently high rates from third through eighth grade. In math, the picture is more uneven. Proficiency in the early grades is solid, but it drops noticeably starting in fifth grade and is especially low in eighth grade. Science proficiency, tested in fifth and eighth grades, is also on the lower side. Overall, when compared with district-level averages across Bergen County, the school’s combined proficiency index sits below the midpoint. A parent may want to ask the school what supports are in place for math and science instruction in the upper grades and how they address the decline.

The student body is racially and ethnically diverse, with no single group forming a majority. About a fifth of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a moderate level of economic diversity. The school does not serve high school grades, so there is no graduation rate to report. Data on special education and English learner populations was not available, nor were chronic absenteeism or discipline figures. The school is a regular charter school, not a magnet or Title I school; the Title I status was not reported. The district (Teaneck Community Charter School, which is just this single school) had no recently reported parent-relevant changes from available public sources.

Given its charter structure, Teaneck Community Charter School offers an alternative to the local district schools in Teaneck. The academic record suggests a strong literacy program but a math and science pathway that families with children approaching middle school should examine closely. The school’s size is moderate for a K-8 setting, with roughly balanced grade-level cohorts. Teaneck’s housing market is expensive, so families considering the school should weigh that alongside the requirement to apply and be admitted through the lottery. For a family seeking a diverse, small-to-mid-sized charter that runs through eighth grade and whose strength clearly lies in reading and writing, this school may be a strong fit, especially if they are prepared to investigate how the school supports math and science learning in the later years and how they plan for the transition to high school, which the school does not cover.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 377%

School 77% · District 77%

▲ 27 pts above state median · ▲ 9 pts above county median

Grade 467%

School 67% · District 67%

▲ 21 pts above state median · ▲ 1 pts above county median

Grade 536%

School 36% · District 36%

▼ 7 pts below state median · ▼ 27 pts below county median

Grade 636%

School 36% · District 36%

▲ 2 pts above state median · ▼ 23 pts below county median

Grade 756%

School 56% · District 56%

▲ 21 pts above state median · ▼ 1 pts below county median

Grade 818%

School 18% · District 18%

▲ 1 pts above state median · ▼ 18 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 380%

School 80% · District 80%

▲ 34 pts above state median · ▲ 16 pts above county median

Grade 480%

School 80% · District 80%

▲ 25 pts above state median · ▲ 7 pts above county median

Grade 576%

School 76% · District 76%

▲ 22 pts above state median · ▲ 4 pts above county median

Grade 678%

School 78% · District 78%

▲ 24 pts above state median · ▲ 1 pts above county median

Grade 774%

School 74% · District 74%

▲ 17 pts above state median · ▼ 4 pts below county median

Grade 862%

School 62% · District 62%

▲ 4 pts above state median · ▼ 13 pts below county median

Science

Grade 531%

School 31% · District 31%

▲ 4 pts above state median · ▼ 11 pts below county median

Grade 821%

School 21% · District 21%

▲ 8 pts above state median · ▼ 6 pts below county median

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Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 5Lower-income75%Higher-income76%1 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 5Lower-income25%Higher-income39%14 pp gap