Summary:
The High Bridge Borough School District in New Jersey is home to a single middle school, High Bridge Middle School, which serves students in grades 5-8. The school has seen fluctuations in its statewide ranking over the past few years, ranking as high as 224 out of 743 New Jersey middle schools in the 2023-2024 school year and as low as 279 out of 752 in the 2024-2025 school year.
High Bridge Middle School's performance on standardized tests varies across different grade levels and subject areas. While the school excels in English Language Arts, with 78.8% of 7th-grade students and 80% of 8th-grade students proficient or better, it struggles in mathematics, with only 23% of 5th-grade students, 12.5% of 6th-grade students, and 27.8% of 8th-grade students reaching proficiency. However, the school performs well in Algebra I, with 70.6% of 8th-grade students being proficient or better.
Despite its small student population of 141 students, High Bridge Middle School has a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 13.3 and a higher-than-average per-student spending of $17,719 for the 2018-2019 school year. These factors may contribute to the school's overall performance, though its inconsistent statewide ranking suggests that there is room for improvement, particularly in the area of mathematics.
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