Summary:
The city of South Amboy, New Jersey is home to two public schools - South Amboy Elementary and South Amboy Middle/High School, both of which serve students in the South Amboy School District. Based on the available data, these schools appear to be consistently underperforming compared to state-level metrics across a range of measures, including test scores, attendance, and graduation rates.
Neither school stands out as a high performer, with both the elementary and middle/high school ranked in the bottom half of their respective school types in New Jersey and receiving only 1-2 out of 5 stars from SchoolDigger. Test scores at both schools are significantly lower than the state averages, and the schools have high chronic absenteeism rates, with 16.6% of students chronically absent. While the middle/high school's graduation rate of 91.1% is slightly below the state average, its dropout rate of 1.2% is relatively low.
The data also suggests that the schools may be serving a population with significant economic disadvantages, as both have a high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, at 46.55% for the elementary school and 40.98% for the middle/high school. Additionally, the relatively low spending per student and student-teacher ratios indicate that the schools may not have access to the resources and support needed to address the academic and socioeconomic challenges faced by their students. However, the data also suggests that there may be opportunities for targeted interventions and resource allocation to help improve student outcomes in these schools.
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