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Schools

  • Empowerment Academy Elementary School
  • Empowerment Academy Middle School
  • Empowerment Academy High School

Admissions

    • Admissions
    • School Lottery Results
    • Online Application Form
    • Open House
    • EA High School

Applications for 2025-2026 Are Open!

We will be enrolling for K-11 for September of 2025.

Click Here to Apply Today! (Applications take only 2 minutes!)

Per statute, "Charter schools are free, open-enrollment public schools that are required by law to serve all students. Charter Schools shall be open to all students on a space-available basis and shall not discriminate in its admission policies or practices on the basis of intellectual or athletic ability, measures of achievement or aptitude, special education status, proficiency in the English language, or any other basis that would be illegal if used by a school district."

Empowerment Academy Charter School is nonsectarian in its programs, admissions policies, employment practices, and operations. We are not affiliated with a sectarian school or religious affiliation. 

For the school year beginning in September 2025, we will be enrolling 120 students in Kindergarten and a handful of students in grade levels 1-11. Going forward, we plan to add one additional grade level per year and ultimately grow into a K-12 school so students starting with us can stay with us through high school. To apply for a child, please COMPLETELY fill out the following application for enrollment, electronically sign it on the final page, and hit the SUBMIT button. Your application will not be submitted until you take this final step. Then print out a copy for your records. Input a separate application for each child applying.

By filling out this application, you are applying for the school year 2025-26. Applications for the school year 2026-2027 will be posted here on October 1, 2025.

Paper Application (English): 2025-26 Application 

Paper Application (Spanish): 25-26_ApplicationInSpanish


2024-2025 Applications are open! (Current Year) 

 
Enrolling for grades K-10 (Applications take only 2 minutes!)
 
We are a FREE PUBLIC SCHOOL that provides equal access to ALL students on a space-available basis. We do not discriminate in our admission policies or practices on the basis of intellectual or athletic ability, measures of achievement or aptitude, special needs, proficiency in the English language, or any other basis that would be illegal if used by a school district. For the school year beginning in September 2024, we will be enrolling 120 students in Kindergarten and students in grades 1-10. Going forward, we will add one additional grade level per year and will ultimately grow into a K-12 school so students starting with us can stay with us through high school.
 
ONLINE APPLICATION: https://form.jotform.com/232615916269160

Campus Locations

 

Elementary School | Grades K-4 | 240 Ege Ave. Jersey City, NJ

Middle School | Grades 5-8 | 211 Sherman Ave. Jersey City, NJ

High School | Grades 9-11 | 70 Claremont Ave. Jersey City, NJ

*Free bus transportation is available upon request for all scholars that live more than one mile from the school buildings*


Returning Your Application

If you are completing paper applications; you may submit them any of the following ways:

  • Mail them to:
    • 240 Ege Ave. Jersey City, NJ 07304
    • ATTN: Registrar
  • Fax them to 201-333-5429
  •  Email them to enroll@empacad.org
  • Drop them off M-F from 9:00am - 3:00pm at either location


Lottery

The initial application deadline to be in the lottery is from October 1, 2024-January 24, 2025.

Our Lottery will be held at 240 Ege Ave. on Lottery 1/31/2025 @ 2pm.

 

Lottery Rules and Procedures.pdf



Apply Today!

For questions, email enroll@empacad.org.


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Empowerment Academy Charter School

School Excellence, Students Rise Above

Empowerment Academy Charter School

Grades: K - 10

Contact Information

  • 240 Ege Ave.
    Jersey City, NJ 07304
  • Phone: (201) 721-8200
    Fax: (201) 333-5429
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  • School Office Hours: M-F 8:00a-4:30p

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