Summary:
The The Village Charter School is the sole elementary school located in Trenton, New Jersey. Serving students from grades K-8, the school faces significant academic challenges, consistently ranking in the bottom 15% of New Jersey elementary schools over the past three years.
The Village Charter School's performance on standardized tests is well below the state average. In the 2024-2025 school year, the percentage of students proficient or better in English Language Arts ranged from 24.4% to 44.4% across different grade levels, compared to the state average of 44.9% to 57.1%. In mathematics, the school's proficiency rates were even lower, ranging from 9.7% to 27.5% compared to the state average of 20.7% to 49.8%. The school's science proficiency rates were also very low, with only 5% of 5th graders and 2.8% of 8th graders scoring proficient or better, compared to the state averages of 30.1% and 19%, respectively.
The school's challenges may be exacerbated by its high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, at 83.01% in the 2023-2024 school year. With a relatively small student population of 359 and a student-teacher ratio of 14.3, the The Village Charter School may benefit from additional resources and support to address the academic needs of its students and improve educational outcomes.
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