Summary:
The Paulsboro School District has only one middle school, Paulsboro Junior High School, which serves grades 7-8. This school is performing well below average compared to other middle schools in New Jersey, ranking in the bottom 2% statewide.
Paulsboro Junior High School has a student population that is predominantly non-White, with a majority of African American and Hispanic students. The school struggles with high chronic absenteeism rates of 48.5%, which likely contributes to its alarmingly low academic proficiency rates. In 8th grade, only 7.6% of students are proficient in English Language Arts, 0% are proficient in Math, and just 4.3% are proficient in Science - all well below the statewide averages.
Despite having a relatively small student-teacher ratio of 11.5 to 1, the school is not effectively utilizing its funding of $8,440 per student to support student learning. Addressing the root causes of the school's challenges, such as high absenteeism and ineffective resource allocation, will be crucial to improving outcomes for the students at Paulsboro Junior High School.
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