Summary:
Mildred Magowan Elementary School is the only listed elementary school in Edgewater Park Township School District; it serves prekindergarten through grade 4 and enrolls 583 students. State test results are available for grades 3 and 4, and the latest results show a clear difference by subject and grade: grade 4 math was above the state, but both ELA grades and grade 3 math were below it. The most important concern is ELA, where both tested grades trailed the state and grade 3 had the largest gap.
Within the school’s latest results, grade 4 math stood out at 51% proficient, 4 percentage points above the state’s 47%; it was the only result above the state. At the other end, grade 3 ELA was 30%, compared with 48% statewide—a gap of 18 points. Across the two tested grades, ELA averaged 34% at Magowan versus 47% statewide, a 13-point shortfall; math averaged 44% versus 48%, a 4-point shortfall. Because this is the only school in the list, these are comparisons among its results, not rankings against local school peers.
Overall results moved farther below the state average from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026: Magowan’s average across the four grade-and-subject results fell from 42% to 39%, while the state average fell from 49% to 48%, widening the gap by 2 points. Grade 4 ELA fell 12 points, while both math results rose by 1 point; grade 4 math remained above the state in both years. SchoolDigger ranked Magowan in the 35th percentile statewide in 2025–2026 (870 of 1,331 schools, 2 stars), following the 33rd percentile in 2023–2024 and 36th in 2024–2025. Context figures for 2024–2025 include a 10.3 student-teacher ratio and 68% free/reduced lunch eligible. Chronic absenteeism was 15%, compared with 12% districtwide and 14% statewide.
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