Academy Charter High School

Academy Charter High School
Address
1725 Main Street Lake Como , Monmouth County , New Jersey , 07719 United States
Coordinates	40°10′16″N74°01′40″W / 40.1712°N 74.0278°W / 40.1712; -74.0278
District information
Grades	Charter
Superintendent	Mary Jo McKinley (Director)
Business administrator	Vacant
Other information
District Factor Group	NA
Website	academycharterhs.org
Ind. Per pupil District spending Rank (*) Charter average  %± vs. average 1A Total Spending $19,143 60 $18,047 6.1% 1 Budgetary Cost 14,764 63 13,238 11.5% 2 Classroom Instruction 7,886 57 7,328 7.6% 6 Support Services 1,968 58 1,661 18.5% 8 Administrative Cost 2,957 64 2,563 15.4% 10 Operations & Maintenance 1,955 50 1,661 17.7% 13 Extracurricular Activities 0 0 1 −100.0% 16 Median Teacher Salary 52,500 47 50,669 Data from NJDoE 2013 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending. [1] *Of Charter districts with any number of students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=77

Academy Charter High School
Location
Information
Type	Charter public high school
Established	1998
NCES School ID	340004800335 [2]
Faculty	19.0 FTEs [2]
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	180 (as of 2022–23) [2]
Student to teacher ratio	9.5:1 [2]
Color(s)	Royal Blue and   Red [3]
Team name	Panthers [3]

Academy Charter High School is a four-year charter public high school located in Lake Como, in Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, that operates independently of the local school district under the terms of a charter granted by the Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Education. The school serves residents of Allenhurst, Asbury Park, Neptune, Avon-by-the-Sea, Belmar, Bradley Beach, Deal, Interlaken and Lake Como. Students are accepted at the school on a lottery basis with seats in the incoming freshman class allocated in proportion to the population of each of the participating municipalities and any remaining unfilled seats are then offered to residents of other communities. ^{[4] [5]}

Academy Charter High School opened in September 1998. Maximum enrollment authorized by the state is 220 students. ^[6]

As of the 2022–23 school year, the school had an enrollment of 180 students and 19.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 9.5:1. There were 110 students (61.1% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 15 (8.3% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch. ^[2]

Athletics

The Academy Charter High School Panthers ^[3] play independently of any conference in play under the auspices of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA). ^[7] With 126 students in grades 10–12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2019–20 school year as Group I for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 75 to 476 students in that grade range. ^[8]

The 2008 boys' basketball team won the Central, Group I state sectional championship with a 62–55 win over Asbury Park High School in the tournament final, earning the team's first ever sectional title in their first title game. ^{[9] [10]}

References

1. Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
2. School data for Academy Charter High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 1, 2024.
3. Academy Charter High School, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020.
4. About Us, Academy Charter High School. Accessed April 26, 2021. "Academy Charter High School is a free public high school for residents of Allenhurst, Asbury Park, Avon, Belmar, Bradley Beach, Deal, Interlaken, and Lake Como."
5. District Policy 5111 - Admissions, Academy Charter High School. Accessed September 23, 2020. "Each list shall be comprised of applicants selected by lottery and listed in the order in which the name was drawn. As space becomes available students will be contacted and offered admission in the order in which their names appears on the list. Students from the district of residence or region and siblings of existing students shall be offered admission first. Nonresidents shall be offered admission when there are no resident applicants for the space available."
6. Academy Charter High School 2014 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 7, 2016. "Academy Charter High School opened in September 1998, as a public, college preparatory high school. The school has a maximum enrollment of 220 students.... Academy Charter High School allocates seats in each grade level based upon the resident student population of each of the following towns: Allenhurst, Asbury Park, Avon, Belmar, Bradley Beach, Deal, Interlaken and Lake Como."
7. League & Conference Officers/Affiliated Schools 2020-2021, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020.
8. NJSIAA General Public School Classifications 2019–2020, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed November 20, 2020.
9. 2008 Boys Basketball - Central, Group I, NJSIAA. Accessed March 12, 2008.
10. Gold, Ian. "Academy Charter foils Asbury", The Star-Ledger , March 5, 2008. Accessed March 12, 2008. "Academy Charter, which won in its first appearance in a sectional final, avenged a loss to Asbury Park in the semifinals last winter."

External links

• Academy Charter High School
• School Performance Report for Academy Charter High School , New Jersey Department of Education
• Academy Charter High School, National Center for Education Statistics