Creativity CoLaboratory Charter School
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsWhat this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 10 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New Jersey's top nor bottom 10%.
About Creativity CoLaboratory Charter School
Set in Elmer, New Jersey, Creativity CoLaboratory Charter School is an one-room-style intermediate school, run under Creativity CoLaboratory Charter School. It enrolls 189 students across grades 5 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 578 students per school, that is 67% leaner than typical.
Creativity CoLaboratory Charter School is a school of Creativity CoLaboratory Charter School, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.
Demographically, Creativity CoLaboratory Charter School shows that the largest single group is White, at 73% of enrollment. The remainder is composed of 11% Hispanic, 8% Black, 7% multiracial. Compared to Salem County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.
Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 10.9:1 average. An estimated 36% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is south of Salem County's rate of about 45%.
After controlling for student poverty, Creativity CoLaboratory Charter School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 46.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 32.5%.
Around the school, the surrounding county (Salem County) reports that median household income runs about $79,960, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Salem County's 33 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,156 students), Creativity CoLaboratory Charter School is one campus in the mix.
Elmer Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.5 miles from this campus. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Creativity CoLaboratory Charter School comes 4th of 6 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 37.2%.
Geographically, the school is in a small-town area. As a public charter, Creativity CoLaboratory Charter School runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.
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