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Test scores

NJSLA, SY 2024-25

All grades, all students. % Meeting or Exceeding Expectations.
English Language Arts
39.1%
State avg 53.1%
District avg 39.6%
County avg 50.7%
-4.5pp since 2023-24
Mathematics
35.4%
State avg 41.6%
District avg 27.4%
County avg 34.8%
+2.7pp since 2023-24
Science
19.3%
State avg 26.8%
District avg 13.8%
County avg 19.8%
-6.7pp since 2023-24

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
34.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
19.6%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.4pp
above 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 440.3%53.6%13429.9%46.8%137N/AN/AN/A
Grade 538.0%52.8%13740.7%44.2%14019.3%30.1%140

2-year history

All grades, all students. Hamilton Intermediate   New Jersey avg

English Language Arts

52442023-2453392024-25
YearSchoolDistrictCountyState
SY 2024-2539.1%39.6%50.7%53.1%
SY 2023-2443.6%44.2%49.2%52.2%

Mathematics

39332023-2442352024-25
YearSchoolDistrictCountyState
SY 2024-2535.4%27.4%34.8%41.6%
SY 2023-2432.7%21.8%32.5%39.4%

Science

25262023-2427192024-25
YearSchoolDistrictCountyState
SY 2024-2519.3%13.8%19.8%26.8%
SY 2023-2426.0%14.3%17.7%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 39.1% mean for English Language Arts at Hamilton Intermediate School?
It means about 39.1 percent of students tested at Hamilton Intermediate 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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