English Language Arts
N/A
State avg 53.1%
County avg 52.0%
County avg 52.0%
Test scores
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NJSLA, SY 2024-25
All grades, all students. % Meeting or Exceeding Expectations.Mathematics
6.7%
State avg 41.6%
District avg 6.7%
County avg 38.5%
+6.7pp since 2023-24
District avg 6.7%
County avg 38.5%
+6.7pp since 2023-24
Science
7.4%
State avg 26.8%
District avg 7.4%
County avg 23.6%
+7.4pp since 2023-24
District avg 7.4%
County avg 23.6%
+7.4pp since 2023-24
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 7 of every 100 students at this school do math at grade level and about 7 of 100 are at grade level in science. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 42 and 27. Math scores are up about 7 points since 2023, while science scores are up about 7 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NJ schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
3.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.3%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-26.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 4% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 30% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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.| Grade | English Language Arts | Mathematics | Science | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| School | State | n tested | School | State | n tested | School | State | n tested | |
| Grade 11 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 7.4% | 31.6% | 27 |
| Grade HS | N/A | N/A | N/A | 6.7% | 44.2% | 15 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
2-year history
All grades, all students. LEAD Charter New Jersey avgMathematics
| Year | School | District | County | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY 2024-25 | 6.7% | 6.7% | 38.5% | 41.6% |
| SY 2023-24 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 35.0% | 39.4% |
Science
| Year | School | District | County | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY 2024-25 | 7.4% | 7.4% | 23.6% | 26.8% |
| SY 2023-24 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 21.7% | 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.
How should I read a single score?
Each percent represents the share of tested students who performed at grade level or above. Compare the school number against the state, district, and county averages on this page to see whether it is above or below typical.
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.