Summary:
The Tuckerton Borough School District in New Jersey is home to a single elementary school, Tuckerton Elementary School, which serves students from pre-kindergarten through 5th grade. The school has consistently ranked in the bottom half of New Jersey elementary schools, with below-average performance on standardized tests in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science.
Tuckerton Elementary School's proficiency rates in these core subjects lag significantly behind the state averages, with only 30.8% to 35.9% of students proficient or better in ELA, and 22.8% to 38.5% proficient or better in Mathematics, compared to state averages of 43.6% to 53.2% and 36.2% to 47.6%, respectively. The school's 5th-grade Science proficiency rate of 17.2% is also well below the state average of 27.5%. Despite a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 8.7, the school has struggled to improve its academic performance.
One potential contributing factor to the school's challenges may be the high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, at 51.79% in the 2022-2023 school year. This suggests a significant population of economically disadvantaged students, which research has shown can impact educational outcomes. The school's per-student spending of $13,791 in the 2018-2019 school year was above the state average, but this additional funding has not yet translated into improved academic achievement for the students of Tuckerton Elementary School.
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