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Palisades Park Junior-Senior High School is a public high school serving grades 7-12 in Palisades Park, New Jersey, with a student population of 745. The school faces several challenges, including low academic performance, high chronic absenteeism, and inconsistent graduation and dropout rates.
The school's diverse student population is majority Hispanic (61.21%) and Asian (27.38%), with a decreasing percentage of White students (9.53%). Academically, the school's performance on NJSLA tests is below the state average in most subjects, with only 34.9% of 7th graders, 42.7% of 8th graders, and 39.4% of 9th graders proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to state averages of 55.7%, 55.3%, and 52.1%, respectively. In mathematics, the school's performance is even lower, with only 17.5% of 7th graders, 12.4% of 8th graders, and 0% of 10th graders proficient or better, compared to the state averages of 33.8%, 17.8%, and 13.2%. The school's four-year graduation rate has fluctuated in recent years, ranging from 69.6% in 2021-2022 to 91.3% in 2019-2020, and the dropout rate has also varied, from 0.0% in 2018-2019 to 4.5% in 2021-2022.
Compared to nearby high schools, Palisades Park Junior-Senior High School generally underperforms. For instance, Bergen County Technical High School - Teterboro, which is 3.55 miles away, ranked 8th out of 422 New Jersey high schools in 2022-2023 and had significantly higher test scores and graduation rates than Palisades Park. The school's spending of $14,384 per student in 2018-2019 is higher than the state average but lower than some of the nearby high-performing schools, such as Bergen County Technical High School - Teterboro ($17,807 per student) and Ridgefield Park Junior Senior High School ($15,040 per student).
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