Brigantine Public School District

Brigantine Public School District has one school in this list: Brigantine Community School, serving pre-K through grade 8 and enrolling 380 students. The clearest overall picture is mixed: the school’s 2025–2026 averages were above state results in both ELA and math, but its grade 8 math result was a notable exception, with reported proficiency of 0% compared with 23% statewide.

With just one school, there is no school-to-school top or bottom; the most useful distinctions are among grades. Sixth grade was strongest in 2025–2026: ELA proficiency was 81% versus 51% statewide, a 30-point advantage, and math was 71% versus 40%, a 31-point advantage. Algebra I also stood out: the end-of-course result was 80% versus 40% statewide, a 40-point advantage. At the other end, grade 8 math was 23 points below the state; grade 8 ELA was 42% versus 53%, an 11-point gap, and grade 8 science was 9% versus 19%, a 10-point gap. Grade 4 ELA was also below the state, at 34% versus 46%.

Recent results show different trends by subject. The school’s average ELA result across grades 3–8 rose from 57% in 2024–2025 to 63% in 2025–2026, while its lead over the state widened from 4 to 12 points. Its math average slipped from 52% to 51%, and its lead narrowed from 12 to 10 points; within that pattern, grade 8 math fell from 33% to a reported 0%, while grade 6 math rose from 51% to 71%. SchoolDigger’s ranking rose from the 50th percentile in 2023–2024 to the 73rd in 2025–2026, with its rating moving from 3 to 4 stars. As context, 38% of students were free/reduced-lunch eligible in 2024–2025, the student-teacher ratio was 6.8 that year, and chronic absenteeism was 17%—2 points above the state.