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Spotswood High School is a public high school located in Spotswood, New Jersey, serving grades 9-12 with a total enrollment of 745 students. The school is part of the Spotswood Public School District, which is ranked 450 out of 613 districts in New Jersey and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Academically, Spotswood High School has consistently ranked in the lower half of New Jersey high schools, with a ranking of 318 out of 426 schools in the 2023-2024 school year and a 1-star rating. The school's performance on standardized tests is significantly below the state average, with only 35.8% of 9th-grade students proficient or better in NJSLA/English Language Arts, compared to the state average of 58.1%. In NJSLA/Algebra I, the school's proficiency rates were even lower, with only 7.6% of 9th-grade students and 7.6% of students in the end-of-course exam being proficient or better, compared to the state averages of 22.9% and 39.7%, respectively. However, the school's performance is particularly strong for Special Education students and Low Socioeconomic Status students, ranking 55 out of 344 and 35 out of 324 New Jersey high schools, respectively, in the 2021-2022 school year.
Spotswood High School's academic performance is generally lower than that of nearby high schools, such as Monroe Township High School, East Brunswick High School, and Sayreville War Memorial High School, which all have higher rankings and better test scores. However, Spotswood High School outperforms some nearby schools, such as South River High School, which has a lower ranking and lower test scores. The school's relatively high four-year graduation rate, ranging from 90.8% to 94.2% in recent years, and low dropout rate, ranging from 0.3% to 1.4%, are positive indicators, but the increasing chronic absenteeism rate, from 18.1% in the 2021-2022 school year to 26.9%, is a concern that the school should address.
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