Summary:
The city of Lakehurst, New Jersey, has only one school, Lakehurst Elementary School, which serves grades PK-8 and has a total enrollment of 404 students. The school is the sole institution in the Lakehurst School District, which is ranked 572 out of 609 districts in New Jersey and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Lakehurst Elementary School is significantly underperforming compared to state averages on academic assessments, with proficiency rates well below the state levels across all grade levels and subject areas. For example, in 2024-2025, the school's 3rd-grade English Language Arts proficiency rate was 11.4%, compared to the state average of 44.9%, and in 8th-grade Mathematics, the school's proficiency rate was 15.8%, compared to the state average of 20.7%. The school's performance has been consistently low over the past few years, with little improvement observed.
The school faces additional challenges, including a high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch (63.37% in 2023-2024) and a chronic absenteeism rate of 14.9% in the 2023-2024 school year, which is higher than the state average. Despite the higher per-student spending ($16,629 in 2018-2019) and lower student-teacher ratio (9.9) compared to state averages, the school's academic performance remains poor, suggesting that simply allocating more resources may not be enough to improve student outcomes.
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