Summary:
The Cherry Hill School District in New Jersey is home to three middle schools serving grades 6-8: Henry C. Beck Middle School, John A. Carusi Middle School, and Rosa International Middle School. While the schools have similar enrollments, Rosa International Middle School stands out as the top-performing school in the district, ranking 63rd out of 748 New Jersey middle schools and earning a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Rosa International Middle School boasts significantly higher proficiency rates on the NJSLA assessments across all grade levels and subject areas, often exceeding the district and state averages by a wide margin. For example, 83.2% of 8th graders at Rosa International were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to 63.6% for the district and 55.3% statewide. In mathematics, Rosa International also outperformed the other schools, with proficiency rates ranging from 39% to 66.6% across grade levels.
In contrast, the other two middle schools in the Cherry Hill School District struggled academically, particularly in mathematics. For instance, only 3.8% of 8th graders at John A. Carusi Middle School were proficient or better in math, compared to 39% at Rosa International. These performance gaps may be attributed to factors such as student demographics, socioeconomic status, and chronic absenteeism, which were notably higher at the other two schools compared to Rosa International.
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