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Woodbury Junior-Senior High School is a public high school serving grades 6-12 in Woodbury, New Jersey, with a student population of 829. The school is part of the Woodbury City Public School District, which is ranked 562 out of 615 districts in the state and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Woodbury Junior-Senior High School has consistently ranked in the bottom quarter of New Jersey high schools, with a 1-star or 2-star rating from SchoolDigger, indicating it is performing significantly below the state average. The school's 4-year graduation rate has declined from 89.2% in 2019-2020 to 83.5% in 2021-2022, which is lower than the state average. Additionally, the school has seen an increase in dropout rates, rising from 1.5% in 2019-2020 to 5.0% in 2021-2022, which is higher than the state average. Chronic absenteeism has also increased significantly, from 18.4% in 2018-2019 to 26.9% in 2021-2022, much higher than the state average.
Academically, Woodbury Junior-Senior High School consistently performs well below the state average on NJSLA/PARCC assessments in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science across all grade levels. The school's proficiency rates range from 8.9% to 40.7% in ELA and 8.9% to 18.1% in Math, compared to state averages of 49% to 55.7% in ELA and 17.8% to 34.3% in Math. The school also has a significantly higher percentage of African American and Hispanic students (69.48%) compared to nearby schools, which range from 14.1% to 44.53%, and a much higher percentage of students from low socioeconomic backgrounds, with 62.48% qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch. While Woodbury Junior-Senior High School spends $15,502 per student, which is higher than most nearby schools, its performance lags behind both the state average and most of the nearby high schools in the region, including Highland Regional High School, Triton Regional High School, Paulsboro High School, Audubon Junior/Senior High School, Gloucester City High School, Gloucester County Institute of Technology, Deptford Township High School, and West Deptford High School.
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