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Test scores

Alpha Borough School · ALPHA, NJ
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NJSLA, SY 2024-25

All grades, all students. % Meeting or Exceeding Expectations.
English Language Arts
42.2%
State avg 53.1%
District avg 42.2%
County avg 47.5%
-7.1pp since 2023-24
Mathematics
34.5%
State avg 41.6%
District avg 34.5%
County avg 37.6%
-0.7pp since 2023-24
Science
18.8%
State avg 26.8%
District avg 18.8%
County avg 23.7%
-5.6pp since 2023-24

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
36.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.1%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.3pp
below demographic expectation
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →

By grade, SY 2024-25

School score vs state average per tested grade.
GradeEnglish Language ArtsMathematicsScience
SchoolStaten testedSchoolStaten testedSchoolStaten tested
Grade 345.8%44.9%2445.8%49.7%24N/AN/AN/A
Grade 451.8%53.6%2748.1%46.8%27N/AN/AN/A
Grade 531.3%52.8%1625.0%44.2%1618.8%30.1%16
Grade 642.9%56.2%2133.4%39.8%21N/AN/AN/A
Grade 740.9%57.1%2231.8%38.8%22N/AN/AN/A
Grade 837.5%57.1%320.0%20.7%2118.8%19.0%32
Grade HSN/AN/AN/A63.7%44.2%11N/AN/AN/A

2-year history

All grades, all students. Alpha Borough   New Jersey avg

English Language Arts

52492023-2453422024-25
YearSchoolDistrictCountyState
SY 2024-2542.2%42.2%47.5%53.1%
SY 2023-2449.3%49.3%46.0%52.2%

Mathematics

39352023-2442352024-25
YearSchoolDistrictCountyState
SY 2024-2534.5%34.5%37.6%41.6%
SY 2023-2435.2%35.2%36.6%39.4%

Science

25242023-2427192024-25
YearSchoolDistrictCountyState
SY 2024-2518.8%18.8%23.7%26.8%
SY 2023-2424.4%24.4%22.3%25.0%

How to read these scores

What is NJSLA?
NJSLA is the statewide standardized test administered by New Jersey public schools.
What does "% Meeting or Exceeding Expectations" mean?
It is the share of students at the school who performed at grade level or above on the test, summed across the top two of four performance levels. A higher number is better.
What does 42.2% mean for English Language Arts at Alpha Borough School?
It means about 42.2 percent of students tested at Alpha Borough School performed at grade level or above on the NJSLA English Language Arts test in 2024-25. The statewide average for New Jersey that year was 53.1%. The other students fell into the lower performance levels.
How is the state average calculated?
It is a weighted average, not a simple average of each school's number. We multiply each public school's score by how many of its students tested, add those together for all schools in New Jersey, and divide by the total students tested that year. This way a big school with 1,500 students counts more than a small school with 50 students, which is the right way to ask "how did the typical student do this year?". District and county averages on this page use the same method, just scoped to that district or county.
Where does this data come from?
New Jersey Department of Education, New Jersey Student Learning Assessments (NJSLA). Per-grade per-subject Spring administration: ELA grades 3-9, Math grades 3-8 + Algebra I/II + Geometry, Science grades 5/8/11. School-level All Students subgroup from the NJDOE Statewide Assessment Reports. Headline metric is the cumulative 'Meeting or Exceeding Expectations' rate (top 2 of 5 ELA/Math levels; top 2 of 4 Science levels).
How often is it updated?
NJSLA is administered once a year (spring). Results are released by the state in the summer or early fall. We refresh this page after each annual release.

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