Deptford Township Public School District

The Deptford Township Public School District has seven schools in Deptford Township, spanning kindergarten through grade 12: four elementary schools serving grades 1–5, a kindergarten center, a middle school and a high school; six have test results in this dataset. The clearest shared elementary concern is math: the four tested schools averaged 39% proficiency, 8 points below the matched state average of 47%, while their 46% ELA average was 3 points below the state’s 49%.

Good Intent Elementary School is the elementary standout: it averaged 56% in ELA and 48% in math, compared with state averages of 49% and 47%, and had 38% proficiency in fifth-grade science versus 27% statewide. At the other end, Lake Tract Elementary School had the lowest elementary averages in math (27%) and ELA (40%); its fourth-grade math result was 17%, compared with 47% statewide. Strengths vary elsewhere: Oak Valley Elementary School averaged 43% in math, while Shady Lane Elementary School averaged 48% in ELA. At Deptford Township Middle School, Algebra I proficiency was a strong 89%, versus 40% statewide, even as middle-school ELA averaged 47% versus 53% statewide. Deptford Township High School had several test results below state figures, although its graduation rate was 91% versus 89% statewide.

Elementary ELA improved overall between the two reported years: the four-school average rose from 39% to 46%, narrowing its gap with the state from 12 points to 3. Shady Lane’s ELA average rose 19 points and Good Intent’s rose 8, while the four-school math average increased by just 1 point. High-school trends were mixed: ninth-grade ELA rose 8 points, but NJGPA math fell 5. SchoolDigger places Good Intent at the 57th percentile statewide, Deptford Township Middle at the 46th, Oak Valley and Shady Lane at the 40th, Lake Tract at the 26th, and Deptford Township High at the 20th. As context, the reported low-income measure is free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025: 31% at Good Intent and 48% at Shady Lane. Pine Acres Early Childhood Center has the highest reported student-teacher ratio, 15.4, and chronic absenteeism of 20% in 2024–2025, but no test results here.