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TEAM Charter Schools is a growing network of (KIPP) charter schools that offers a free, college preparatory education to the students of Newark, New Jersey. TEAM Schools is dedicated to the ideal that every child in Newark can succeed in college and go on to change the world.


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The students and staff of TEAM Schools approach this goal each day with a simple guiding principle in mind: “Work hard. Be nice.” With an extraordinary amount of hard work, and a strong emphasis on character, TEAM Schools is reversing the odds for over 780 students in grades five through ten.

TEAM Charter Schools KIPP Newark student demographics

TEAM Charter Schools KIPP Newark education free reduced lunch

  • TEAM Schools is not a magnet school or a private school.
  • There is no test to get in and no cost to attend.
  • The students of TEAM Schools, like students of all charter schools in New Jersey, are admitted by lottery.

TEAM Charter Schools KIPP Newark education 5 school growth plan

At full capacity, these five TEAM schools will form a full pre-K - 12 system serving more than 2,500 students, over five percent of Newark public school students.