Summary:
The city of Bogota, New Jersey is home to 4 schools serving students from elementary through high school, including 2 elementary schools, 1 middle school, and 1 high school. Overall, the schools in Bogota demonstrate a mix of strong performance and areas for improvement, with Bogota Junior/Senior High School and Lillian M. Steen Elementary School standing out as the top performers in the district.
Bogota Junior/Senior High School has the largest enrollment in the district with 442 students and has shown steady improvement in its statewide ranking, moving from 247th out of 415 New Jersey high schools in 2021-2022 to 192nd out of 426 in 2023-2024. The school boasts a strong 91.1% 4-year graduation rate and a low 1.2% dropout rate, and it outperforms the district and state averages in several academic areas, particularly in 9th grade English Language Arts and 8th grade Algebra I. In contrast, Lillian M. Steen Elementary School has maintained a consistent 3-star rating from SchoolDigger over the past 3 school years and outperforms the district and state in English Language Arts for grades 3-5, as well as in 3rd and 4th-grade mathematics.
The other schools in the Bogota Public School District, E. Roy Bixby Elementary School and Bogota Middle School, demonstrate more mixed performance, with some grades and subjects outperforming the district and state, while others lag behind. Additionally, all of the schools in Bogota serve a significant population of economically disadvantaged students, with free and reduced-price lunch rates ranging from 46.15% to 54.82%.
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