South Amboy School District

The South Amboy School District consists of two schools: South Amboy Elementary and South Amboy Middle/High School. Both schools have relatively low statewide rankings and performance on standardized tests compared to state averages, indicating significant challenges in providing a high-quality education to students in the district.

South Amboy Elementary is ranked 982 out of 1,338 New Jersey elementary schools and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger. South Amboy Middle/High School is ranked 345 out of 426 New Jersey high schools and also has a 1-star rating. Both schools have seen their statewide rankings decline over the past three school years, suggesting a concerning trend of underperformance. Standardized test scores at both schools are significantly below the state average in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science across all grade levels.

Additionally, both schools face high chronic absenteeism rates, with 16.6% of students at each school chronically absent in the 2022-2023 school year. The district also serves a population with significant socioeconomic challenges, as evidenced by the high free and reduced lunch rates of 46.55% at South Amboy Elementary and 40.98% at South Amboy Middle/High School. While the schools have relatively low student-teacher ratios, the data indicates that the South Amboy School District is facing significant challenges in providing a high-quality education to its students and addressing the underlying factors that may be contributing to the low academic performance.