Summary:
The Buena Regional School District has only one middle school, Buena Regional Middle School, which serves grades 6-8. The school has consistently ranked in the bottom half of New Jersey middle schools, with a 1 out of 5 star rating from SchoolDigger, indicating below-average performance.
Buena Regional Middle School's proficiency rates in core subjects like English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science are significantly lower than the state averages across all grade levels. For example, in 2024-2025, the school's 6th grade ELA proficiency rate was 21.8% compared to the state average of 56.1%, and its 8th grade Math proficiency rate was 22.8% compared to the state average of 20.7%. The school also has a higher chronic absenteeism rate of 14.9% compared to the state average.
Despite the school's relatively high per-student spending of $12,071 and small class sizes, with a student-teacher ratio of 8.3, it continues to struggle to improve student outcomes. This suggests that simply increasing resources may not be the sole solution, and the focus should be on how these resources are being utilized to address the academic gaps and socioeconomic factors that may be contributing to the school's challenges.
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