Summary:
The city of Egg Harbor City, New Jersey is home to a single middle school, the Egg Harbor City Community School, which serves students in grades 5-8. The school's performance has consistently ranked in the bottom half of New Jersey middle schools, with significantly below-average proficiency rates on standardized tests in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science.
The Egg Harbor City Community School faces several challenges, including a high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch (69.34%) and low academic achievement compared to state averages. In the 2024-2025 school year, the school's proficiency rates ranged from 11.6% to 32.2% in English Language Arts, 9.6% to 20% in Mathematics, and just 13.4% and 1.8% in 5th and 8th grade Science, respectively. These figures are significantly lower than the state averages of 53.6% to 57.1% in English Language Arts, 39.8% to 46.7% in Mathematics, and 30.1% and 19% in 5th and 8th grade Science.
Despite the school's low performance, it does have a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 9.1 to 1 and a per-student spending of $12,120 for the 2018-2019 school year. These factors suggest that the school may have adequate resources, but they are not being effectively utilized to address the specific needs of the student population. Additional data on other middle schools in the Egg Harbor City School District would be necessary to provide a more comprehensive analysis and identify potential best practices or areas for improvement.
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