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Menlo Park Elementary School is a public elementary school located in Edison, New Jersey, serving grades K-5 with a total enrollment of 825 students. The school is part of the Edison Township School District, which is ranked 193 out of 613 districts in New Jersey and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Menlo Park Elementary School consistently performs above the state and district averages in standardized test scores, with 59.3% of 3rd graders, 71.5% of 4th graders, and 79.7% of 5th graders proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to the state averages of 43.6%, 50.8%, and 52.3%, respectively. In mathematics, the school had 76.3% of 3rd graders, 67.1% of 4th graders, and 69.7% of 5th graders proficient or better, compared to the state averages of 47.6%, 45%, and 40.1%. The school has been ranked among the top elementary schools in New Jersey, reaching as high as 72nd out of 1,353 schools in the 2017-2018 school year and maintaining a 4- or 5-star rating from SchoolDigger over the past decade.
While Menlo Park Elementary School performs well across different student subgroups, with female students, male students, and English Language Learner students all ranking in the top 20-25% of New Jersey elementary schools in recent years, the school's performance for Hispanic and Special Education students is relatively lower, ranking in the bottom 50% of the state. Additionally, the school has seen a steady increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 9.3% in the 2020-2021 school year to 16.6% in the 2022-2023 school year, which is higher than the state average.
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