Summary:
The city of Harrisonville, New Jersey has only one public elementary school, South Harrison Elementary School, which serves students from grades K-6. The school's performance has been consistently in the middle range of New Jersey elementary schools, ranking between 630-652 out of 1,338-1,345 schools over the past three school years and earning a 3 out of 5 star rating on the SchoolDigger scale.
South Harrison Elementary School's test scores show a concerning trend of declining academic performance as students progress through the grade levels. While the school's proficiency rates in English Language Arts and Mathematics are higher than the state average in the lower grades, they fall below the state average in the upper elementary grades. Additionally, the school has a relatively high chronic absenteeism rate of 16.6%, which could be a contributing factor to the declining academic achievement. Despite these challenges, the school serves a relatively affluent student population, with a low percentage of free and reduced-price lunch recipients, and has a favorable student-teacher ratio of 13.3.
The school's per-student spending of $11,098 is slightly higher than the state average, indicating that the South Harrison Township School District is allocating resources to support the school's educational programs. However, the declining academic performance suggests that the school may need to re-evaluate its resource allocation and instructional strategies to better address the needs of its students and maintain academic rigor across all grade levels.
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