Summary:
The Fairfield Township School District in New Jersey has only one elementary school, Fairfield Township School, which serves grades PK-8 with an enrollment of 516 students. This school has consistently ranked in the bottom 5% of New Jersey elementary schools over the past three school years, indicating a persistent and significant academic achievement gap compared to other schools in the state.
Fairfield Township School's performance on standardized tests is significantly below the state average. In 2024-2025, only 11.6% of 3rd-grade students were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to the state average of 44.9%. In mathematics, the proficiency rates ranged from 1.9% for 5th-grade students to 11.6% for 3rd-grade students, far below the state averages. The school's science proficiency rates are also very low, with only 5.9% of 5th-grade students and 0% of 8th-grade students scoring proficient or better in 2024-2025.
Despite the school's low academic performance, it has a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 12.9 and higher per-student spending of $13,433 compared to the state average. This suggests that the issue may not be solely related to resource allocation, but rather the effective utilization of those resources to improve student outcomes. The school also has a high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, at 68.02% in the 2023-2024 school year, which may be a contributing factor to the school's poor performance.
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