Brooklawn Public School District

The Brooklawn Public School District in New Jersey consists of a single school, Alice Costello Elementary School, which serves students from kindergarten through 8th grade. The school has faced some challenges in terms of academic performance, with consistently low rankings compared to other elementary schools in the state and mixed results on standardized tests.

Alice Costello Elementary School has ranked between 834 and 937 out of 1,338-1,347 New Jersey elementary schools over the past three school years, placing it in the lower half of the state's schools. The school's performance on standardized tests in English Language Arts and Mathematics has been uneven, with some grade levels performing above the state average while others lag behind, particularly in Mathematics. Additionally, the school's science proficiency rates are below the state average, with 0% of 8th-grade students proficient or better in the 2024-2025 school year.

Despite these academic challenges, the school has some strengths, including a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 7.8 to 1 in the 2023-2024 school year. The school also serves a population with significant socioeconomic challenges, with 58.94% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in the 2023-2024 school year. The school's per-student spending for the 2018-2019 school year was $12,492, which may indicate that resources are being allocated effectively, but further analysis would be needed to determine if these resources are being used to support student learning effectively.