Summary:
The city of Seaside Heights, New Jersey has only one public elementary school, the Hugh J. Boyd Junior Elementary School, which serves grades PK-6 with an enrollment of 202 students. The school is part of the Seaside Heights School District, which is ranked 511 out of 613 districts in New Jersey and has a 1-star rating out of 5 from SchoolDigger.
The Hugh J. Boyd Junior Elementary School has seen a decline in its statewide ranking over the past three years, dropping from 1195 out of 1345 New Jersey elementary schools in 2021-2022 to 977 out of 1338 in 2023-2024. The school has consistently maintained a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger during this period. Academically, the school's performance on the NJSLA (New Jersey Student Learning Assessments) is generally below the state average in both English Language Arts and Mathematics across all grade levels, with proficiency rates ranging from 25.1% to 45.5% in ELA and 18.8% to 36.4% in Mathematics, compared to state averages of 43.6% to 53.2% and 47.6% to 36.2%, respectively.
Despite the school's relatively low academic performance, it has a high spending per student of $16,802 and a small student-teacher ratio of 8.4 to 1. Additionally, the school serves a high-poverty population, with over 75% of its students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. These factors suggest the need for the Hugh J. Boyd Junior Elementary School to explore strategies to improve student outcomes and the efficient allocation of resources to better support the academic success of its students.
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