Summary:
The Neptune Township School District in New Jersey has only one middle school, Neptune Middle School, which serves students in grades 6-8. The school has a diverse student population, with a significant percentage of economically disadvantaged students, but its academic performance is generally below state averages across most subject areas and grade levels.
Neptune Middle School's NJSLA (New Jersey Student Learning Assessment) scores in English Language Arts range from 34.9% to 39.8% proficiency, compared to state averages of 49% to 55.7%. In Mathematics, the school's proficiency rates range from 7.2% to 18.6%, significantly lower than the state averages of 17.8% to 34.3%. The school's performance on the Algebra I assessment is better, with 64.6% of students proficient or better, compared to the state average of 66%. However, the school's science proficiency rate for 8th grade is only 7.5%, much lower than the state average of 18.6%.
Despite the school's relatively low student-teacher ratio of 9.1, it has a high chronic absenteeism rate of 29.4%, which likely contributes to its academic challenges. The school's ranking has declined over the past few years, from 443 out of 652 in 2020-2021 to 554 out of 745 in 2021-2022, and it is currently ranked 553 out of 748 New Jersey middle schools for the 2022-2023 school year, with a 1-star rating out of 5 from SchoolDigger. These findings suggest that the school and the district may need to implement targeted interventions and strategies to improve student engagement and academic outcomes.
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