Summary:
Paul Robeson Charter School for the Humanities is the sole elementary school serving grades K-8 in the Paul Robeson Charter School for the Humanities district in Trenton, New Jersey. The school has consistently ranked in the bottom 30% of New Jersey elementary schools over the past 3 years, with a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger, indicating significant academic challenges.
Despite relatively high per-student spending of $12,952, the school's student performance lags behind state averages, with proficiency rates in English Language Arts, Math, and Science all well below New Jersey's scores. The school also faces high rates of chronic absenteeism, with 16.6% of students considered chronically absent in the 2022-2023 school year. Additionally, the school serves a high-poverty student population, with 97.69% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch.
The data suggests that Paul Robeson Charter School for the Humanities is facing significant challenges in providing a high-quality education to its students. The school's consistently low performance, high poverty and absenteeism rates, and widening proficiency gaps indicate the need for a comprehensive review and implementation of targeted interventions to address the root causes of the school's struggles.
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