Summary:
The Bloomingdale School District has only one middle school, Walter T. Bergen Middle School, which serves students in grades 5-8. The school has seen fluctuations in its statewide ranking, ranging from 246th out of 743 New Jersey middle schools in 2023-2024 to 384th out of 752 in 2024-2025. Its performance on NJSLA tests is mixed, with proficiency rates above the state average in some subjects and grades, but below the state average in others.
Walter T. Bergen Middle School has a student population of 222 and a relatively high proportion of students from low-income families, with a 38.29% free and reduced-price lunch rate. The school's student-teacher ratio of 10.4 is lower than the state average, and its per-student spending for the 2018-2019 school year was $14,949, which is higher than the state average. However, the school's chronic absenteeism rate of 14.9% in the 2023-2024 school year is a metric to monitor, as it can impact student learning and achievement.
While the school's overall performance is mixed, its exceptional results in Algebra I, with 92.8% of students proficient or better, significantly higher than the state average of 38.2%, suggest that the school may have particular strengths in certain subject areas that could be leveraged to improve student outcomes in other areas. The school's operational efficiency, as indicated by its lower student-teacher ratio and higher per-student spending, may also be contributing to its performance, but further analysis would be needed to fully understand how these resources are being utilized and their impact on student learning.
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