Academy Charter High School

{{short description|Charter school in Monmouth County, New Jersey, US}} {{Use American English|date=April 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox school district | name = Academy Charter High School | superintendent = Mary Jo McKinley (Director) | businessadmin = Vacant | address = 1725 Main Street | city = Lake Como | county = Monmouth County | state = New Jersey | zipcode = 07719 | country = United States | coordinates = {{Coord|40.1712|-74.0278|region:US-NJ_type:edu|display=inline,title}} | grades = Charter | schools = 1 | enrollment = 176 (as of 2024–25)<ref name=NCES/> | faculty = 18.5 FTEs<ref name=NCES/> | ratio = 9.5:1<ref name=NCES/> | free_label = District Factor Group | free_text = NA | website = {{URL|https://academycharterhs.org/}} | module = {{New Jersey school district spending table|embed=yes | year = 2013 | graderange = Charter | enrollrange = any number of | rangecount = 77 | indAdist = 19143| indArank = 60| indAavg = 18047 | ind1dist = 14764| ind1rank = 63| ind1avg = 13238 | ind2dist = 7886| ind2rank = 57| ind2avg = 7328 | ind6dist = 1968| ind6rank = 58| ind6avg = 1661 | ind8dist = 2957| ind8rank = 64| ind8avg = 2563 | ind10dist = 1955| ind10rank = 50| ind10avg = 1661 | ind13dist = 0| ind13rank = 0| ind13avg = 1 | ind16dist = 52500| ind16rank = 47| ind16avg = 50669 }} }} {{Infobox school | name = Academy Charter High School | image = | image_size = | motto = | established = 1998 | grades = 9-12 | district = | type = Charter public high school | principal = | enrollment = 166 (as of 2024–25)<ref name=NCES/> | faculty = 18.5 FTEs<ref name=NCES/> | ratio = 9.0:1<ref name=NCES/> | us_nces_school_id = 340004800335<ref name=NCES/> | team_name = Panthers<ref name=NJSIAAprofile/> | athletic_conference = | colors = {{Color box|Royalblue}} Royal Blue and<br>{{Color box|Red}} Red<ref name=NJSIAAprofile/> | publication = | address = | information = | website = }} '''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.<ref>[https://academycharterhs.org/about/ 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."</ref><ref>[http://academycharterhs.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/5111-Admissions.pdf 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."</ref>

Academy Charter High School opened in September 1998. Maximum enrollment authorized by the state is 220 students.<ref>[http://www.nj.gov/education/pr/1314/narrative/80/6010/80-6010-910.html 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."</ref>

As of the 2024–25 school year, the school had an enrollment of 166 students and 18.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 9.0:1. There were 118 students (71.1% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 25 (15.1% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.<ref name=NCES>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3400048&ID=340004800335 School data for Academy Charter High School], National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed January 15, 2026.</ref>

==Athletics== The Academy Charter High School Panthers<ref name=NJSIAAprofile>[https://www.njsiaa.org/schools/academy-charter-high-school Academy Charter High School], New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020.</ref> play independently of any conference in play under the auspices of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).<ref>[https://www.njsiaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2020-10/2020-2021-lc-officers-schools.pdf League & Conference Officers/Affiliated Schools 2020-2021], New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020.</ref> 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.<ref>[https://www.njsiaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2020-11/general-classifications-2018-2020.pdf NJSIAA General Public School Classifications 2019–2020], New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed November 20, 2020.</ref>

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.<ref>[http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=260152&tclass=Central%2C%20Group%20I 2008 Boys Basketball - Central, Group I], NJSIAA. Accessed March 12, 2008.</ref><ref>Gold, Ian. [http://www.nj.com/starledger/stories/index.ssf?/base/sports-0/120472887196180.xml&coll=1 "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."</ref>

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==External links== *[https://academycharterhs.org/ Academy Charter High School] *{{NJReportCard|80|6010|910|Academy Charter High School}} *[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&ID=340004800335 Academy Charter High School], National Center for Education Statistics

Category:Lake Como, New Jersey Category:1998 establishments in New Jersey Category:Charter schools in New Jersey Category:Educational institutions established in 1998 Category:Public high schools in Monmouth County, New Jersey