Summary:
The Clementon Elementary School District in New Jersey is home to a single elementary school, Clementon Elementary School, which serves students from pre-kindergarten through 8th grade. The school has consistently ranked in the bottom half of New Jersey elementary schools over the past three years, with academic performance generally below the state averages in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science.
Clementon Elementary School faces several challenges, including a high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch at 70.97% in the 2023-2024 school year. The school's proficiency rates range from 41% in 3rd grade ELA to 71.5% in 8th grade ELA, and from 4.5% in 8th grade Math to 73.7% in Algebra I. Additionally, the school has a chronic absenteeism rate of 14.9%, which could be a contributing factor to the lower academic performance.
Despite the relatively low student-teacher ratio of 9.2 to 1 and the district's per-student spending of $13,193 in the 2018-2019 school year, the academic outcomes at Clementon Elementary School do not yet reflect the investment. The district may need to explore strategies to improve the school's performance, address equity concerns, and address issues related to chronic absenteeism to ensure all students have the opportunity to succeed.
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