University Academy Charter High School (UACHS) opened its doors in the 2002-2003 school year and is currently in its fourteenth year of operation. We currently serve 441 students with a maximum NJDOE approved enrollment of 460 students.

Because of its affiliation with New Jersey City University, UACHS is uniquely poised to offer students a high school experience with college in mind. Students who graduate with a GPA of 3.8 or greater and who are accepted to NJCU with regular full-time status are eligible to attend the university for free.

Administrators and teachers maintain high expectations of our students, and we encourage students to meet and exceed these standards through a small school setting where teachers and students grow close in classes with 20 students or less. Our school looks to foster a sense of community through our clubs, sports, and group-based discussion programs.

University Academy operates with a service-learning theme. The goal of service learning at UACHS is to design a framework that promotes an understanding that our youth can contribute to the community at large. By co-creating and implementing community enterprises, youth develop their core academic skills, habits of mind, and sense of self-efficacy. Every class is responsible for a service-learning project and our 12^th grade students are required to do a service learning capstone project.

Beyond service learning, students are also given a chance to develop their voices through the school's award-winning journalism program, which has been recognized both statewide and nationally for excellence. This program is designed to train students in media literacy and empower them to lead community change through open public discourse. The Student Voice is one of the most substantial journalistic programs at any urban high school in New Jersey.

University Academy continues to bolster its curriculum through a data-driven instructional program. Our students are regularly tested on mathematics and literacy skills, and the data from these exams is analyzed by our staff and translated to improvements in our student-centered learning experiences.