Summary:
The Ewing Township School District in New Jersey contains a single high school, Ewing High School, which serves students in grades 9-12. The school's performance data reveals significant challenges, with consistently low rankings, below-average academic proficiency, and high chronic absenteeism rates compared to state averages.
Ewing High School has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger and has ranked in the bottom quarter of New Jersey high schools over the past three school years. The school's four-year graduation rate of 91.3% is slightly below the state average, while its dropout rate of 1.0% is lower than the state norm. However, Ewing High School struggles with academic achievement, with only 23.4% and 7.8% of 9th-grade students proficient or better in English Language Arts and Mathematics, respectively, significantly lower than state proficiency levels.
Socioeconomic factors may play a role in Ewing High School's performance, as over 51% of its students receive free or reduced-price lunch. Despite the relatively high spending per student of $14,002, which exceeds the state average, the school's academic outcomes remain well below par. Addressing the underlying causes of the school's chronic absenteeism rate of 14.9%, which is significantly higher than the state average, could be an important step in improving overall student achievement at Ewing High School.
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