Summary:
The Hawthorne Public School District in New Jersey has only one middle school, Lincoln Middle School, which serves grades 6-8. While the school has consistently ranked in the top half of New Jersey middle schools, its academic performance is mixed, with strong results in English Language Arts and Algebra I, but significantly below-average proficiency rates in Mathematics across grades 6-8.
Lincoln Middle School's strengths lie in its English Language Arts (ELA) proficiency rates, which range from 61.8% to 65.5% across grades 6-8, exceeding the state average. Additionally, the school's Algebra I proficiency rates are impressive, reaching 78.9% for both the end-of-course and 8th-grade assessments. However, the school's Mathematics proficiency rates are a concern, ranging from just 13.3% to 21.7% across grades 6-8, well below the state average.
The school's socioeconomic factors and resource allocation suggest a commitment to supporting its student population, with a relatively high percentage of free and reduced-price lunch recipients (34.62%) and above-average per-student spending ($12,975). However, the school's chronic absenteeism rate of 16.6% indicates that there may be additional challenges to address in terms of student engagement and attendance.
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