Summary:
The Deerfield Township School District in New Jersey is home to a single elementary school, Deerfield Township Elementary School, which serves students from pre-kindergarten through 8th grade. Despite the district's resources, the school has consistently underperformed, ranking in the bottom 20% of New Jersey elementary schools over the past three years and earning a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Deerfield Township Elementary School's academic proficiency rates in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science are significantly below the state averages across all grade levels. For example, in the 2022-2023 school year, the school's 3rd-grade ELA proficiency rate was 18.5% compared to the state average of 42%, and the 8th-grade Math proficiency rate was just 5.3% compared to the state average of 17.8%. The school's diverse student population, with 41.96% White, 9.15% African American, 41.64% Hispanic, and 7.26% two or more races, also includes a high percentage of economically disadvantaged students, with 53.94% eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Despite the school's higher-than-average spending per student ($13,921 in 2018-2019) and relatively small class sizes, with a student-teacher ratio of 10.2, the academic performance remains poor. This suggests that the school may not be effectively utilizing its resources and may need to examine its instructional practices, curriculum, and support systems to identify areas for improvement and better address the needs of its diverse student population.
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