Summary:
The Middlesex Borough School District in New Jersey has only one middle school, Von E. Mauger Middle School, which serves students in grades 6-8. The school's performance has fluctuated in recent years, with a statewide ranking ranging from 422 out of 743 New Jersey middle schools in 2023-2024 to 445 out of 748 in 2022-2023, and a rating of 2 out of 5 SchoolDigger stars.
Von E. Mauger Middle School's proficiency rates in NJSLA (New Jersey Student Learning Assessments) are generally lower than the state averages, particularly in mathematics, with only 24% of 8th-grade students proficient or better in 2024-2025, compared to the state average of 20.7%. However, the school's Algebra I proficiency rates are significantly higher than the state and district averages, with 100% of students proficient or better in 2024-2025. The school's science proficiency rates for 8th-grade students are also much lower than the state average, at 7.4% compared to 19% in 2024-2025.
The school has a relatively high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, at 39.44% in 2023-2024, and a chronic absenteeism rate of 14.9%, which is higher than the state average. The school's per-student spending for the 2018-2019 school year was $9,479, and the student-teacher ratio for the 2023-2024 school year was 10.3, which is relatively low compared to state averages. These factors suggest that the school may be focusing on providing additional support and resources to its student population, which faces greater socioeconomic challenges.
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