Great Oaks Charter School is a new middle and high school in downtown Newark, New Jersey. Our mission is to prepare our students to succeed in college.

We are located at 21 Eagles Street, co-located inside of the Burnet Street Campus. View Map.

Prospective Parents 
We are accepting applications for the 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th grade for the 2013-14 school year. Please click here to apply online.

Current Parent Resources


May 30th, 2012

A recent FastCompany article discusses Teachers Village, the future home of Great Oaks. Developer Ron Beit and Great Oaks Board Chair Michael Duffy discuss the potential benefits of the project, which was designed by award-winning architect and Newark-native Richard Meier. The first buildings, including our future campus, will open in the Fall of 2013. Read [...]

February 10th, 2012

Great Oaks students and staff joined Mayor Cory Booker, Governor Christie, architect Richard Meier, developer Ron Beit and a crowd of others for the groundbreaking for the Teachers Village development project in downtown Newark. The four-block Teachers Village site will be the future home of Great Oaks Middle School, and will include two other charter [...]

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