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Best Public Schools in Dayton, NJ


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460
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Top rankedIndian Fields Elementary School341st of 1,347 New Jersey elementary schools
Summary:

The city of Dayton, New Jersey is home to two elementary schools: Indian Fields Elementary School and Dayton Elementary School. Both schools are part of the South Brunswick School District, which is ranked 144 out of 609 districts in New Jersey and has a 4-star rating.

Indian Fields Elementary School stands out as the higher-performing of the two, with consistently strong academic results across grades 3-5. The school has 473 students and maintains a favorable 9.5 student-teacher ratio. Indian Fields outperforms both the district and state averages on NJSLA assessments in English Language Arts and Mathematics, with 54.9% to 67% of students proficient or better in ELA and 61.2% to 71.3% proficient or better in Math. The school also has a relatively low chronic absenteeism rate of 14.9% and spends $12,419 per student, indicating a healthy level of funding.

In contrast, Dayton Elementary School is a much smaller school with only 94 students. Limited data is available for Dayton, but it does show a higher free/reduced lunch rate of 19.15% compared to 12.05% at Indian Fields. The lack of additional information about Dayton Elementary's academic performance and other key metrics makes it difficult to fully evaluate and compare the two schools. However, the strong overall performance of the South Brunswick School District suggests that both schools are likely providing a quality education to their students.

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the New Jersey Department of Education.

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