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Demarest Elementary School is a public elementary school located in Bloomfield, New Jersey, serving students from kindergarten to 6th grade. With a student population of 470, the school is part of the Bloomfield Township School District, which is ranked 319 out of 613 districts in the state.
Demarest Elementary School has a mixed performance profile, with strengths in certain student subgroups and subject areas, but also areas for improvement. The school's student performance in English Language Arts and Mathematics is generally above the district and state averages, particularly in the upper grades. For example, in 2023-2024, 66.2% of 5th-grade students and 61.4% of 6th-grade students were proficient or better in ELA, compared to the district's 56.2% and 60.7%, and the state's 52.3% and 53.2%, respectively. The school's performance in Science is also noteworthy, with 38.2% of 5th-grade students proficient or better, compared to the district's 34.2% and the state's 27.5%. However, the school has experienced a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 8.4% in 2020-2021 to 16.6% in 2022-2023, which is higher than the district and state averages.
Compared to nearby schools, Demarest Elementary School's performance is mixed. The school's performance lags behind some of the higher-performing schools in the area, such as Brookdale Elementary School and Oak View Elementary School, which are also part of the Bloomfield Township School District. However, the school's per-student spending of $5,551 in 2018-2019 is lower than the nearby schools, which range from $6,568 to $14,637 per student, and its student-teacher ratio of 11:1 in 2022-2023 is slightly lower than the nearby schools, which range from 10.1:1 to 14.8:1.
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