Summary:
The Bloomingdale School District in New Jersey has one middle school, Walter T. Bergen Middle School, which serves students in grades 5-8. The school has shown improvement in its statewide ranking over the past three years, moving from 371 out of 745 New Jersey middle schools in 2021-2022 to 246 out of 743 in 2023-2024.
Walter T. Bergen Middle School's academic performance is mixed, with some grades and subjects performing above the state average in English Language Arts, while mathematics and science scores are generally below the state average. The school's chronic absenteeism rate of 16.6% is higher than the state average, which could be a contributing factor to its uneven academic performance. However, the school has a relatively low percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch (20.54%), suggesting it may not have a high concentration of students from low-income families.
The school's student-teacher ratio of 10.2 is relatively low, indicating a potentially favorable learning environment. The per-student spending of $14,949 for the 2018-2019 school year is not exceptionally high compared to other schools in the state. Overall, Walter T. Bergen Middle School appears to be a solid performer, with some areas of strength and others that could benefit from improvement, such as addressing attendance issues and enhancing its mathematics and science instruction.
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