Summary:
The Clifton Public School District in New Jersey is home to a single high school, Clifton High School, which serves students in grades 9-12. The school has consistently ranked in the bottom half of New Jersey high schools, with a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger, indicating it is a relatively low-performing institution within the district and the state.
Clifton High School's key metrics paint a picture of a school facing challenges. Its four-year graduation rate of 91.3% is slightly below the state average, and its dropout rate of 1.0% is relatively low. However, the school struggles with a high chronic absenteeism rate of 14.9%, which is higher than the state average. Academically, Clifton High School's performance on standardized tests, such as the NJSLA/English Language Arts, NJSLA/Algebra I, and NJSLA-S/Science, is significantly below the state averages, with only 37.4% of 9th-grade students proficient or better in ELA, compared to the state average of 49.9%.
The school's high percentage of students (61.35%) receiving free or reduced-price lunch suggests that the student population faces significant economic disadvantages, which may be contributing to the lower academic performance. Additionally, the school's spending per student of $12,104 is slightly above the state average, and its student-teacher ratio of 14.1 is slightly higher than the state average, indicating that the school may be facing resource challenges as well. Overall, the data suggests that Clifton High School is a relatively low-performing school within the Clifton Public School District and the state of New Jersey, and addressing the persistent challenges in areas such as academic achievement, attendance, and socioeconomic factors could be a priority for the school and district.
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