Best Public Schools in National Park, NJ

Summary:

The city of National Park, New Jersey is home to a single elementary school, National Park School, which serves grades PK-6 and has a total enrollment of 291 students. The school is part of the National Park Boro School District, which is ranked 550 out of 615 districts in New Jersey and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

National Park School faces several challenges, including below-average academic performance on NJSLA tests, with proficiency rates well below the state averages across all grade levels and subject areas. The school's racial makeup is predominantly white (74.57%), and a significant portion of the student population (44.67%) receives free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a relatively high level of economic disadvantage. The school's chronic absenteeism rate of 11.9% in the 2021-2022 school year is also a concerning metric.

Despite the school's relatively low student-teacher ratio of 9.6, the National Park School's statewide ranking has dropped from 671 out of 1,317 elementary schools in 2020-2021 to 1,066 out of 1,342 in 2022-2023, indicating a decline in academic performance relative to other schools in the state. These factors suggest that the National Park School may be facing significant socioeconomic challenges that are impacting student learning and achievement, and that targeted interventions and improvements in the school's educational programs and resources are needed to address these issues.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2023)				Ranking (2022)				NJSLA-S Science (2023)	NJSLA English Language Arts (2023)				NJSLA Mathematics (2023)				Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2023)	Statewide Rank (2023)	State Percentile (2023)	SchoolDigger Rating (2023)	Average Standard Score (2022)	Statewide Rank (2022)	State Percentile (2022)	Rank Change from Previous Year	NJSLA-S Science 5th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 3rd Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 4th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 5th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 6th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 3rd Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 4th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 5th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 6th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
National Park School	Public	PK, KG-6	516 Lakehurst Ave	National Park	08063	Gloucester County	National Park Boro School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 845-6876	291	30	9.6	44.7%	217 (74.6%)	14 (4.8%)	28 (9.6%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (1.0%)	27 (9.3%)	21.4	1066^th of 1342 public elementary schools	20.6%		25.4	1001^st of 1345 public elementary schools	25.6%	65	18.4	13.5	34.2	36.8	10.0	29.7	23.7	31.5	15.0	$14,129	$884	$13,245

Cities Near National Park

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
West Deptford	0.64 mi	4	307^th
Woodbury	1.81 mi	5	490^th
Westville	2.47 mi	2	475^th
Deptford	3.2 mi	4	443^rd
Brooklawn	3.24 mi	1	426^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the New Jersey Department of Education.

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