Summary:
The Penns Grove-Carneys Point Regional School District is home to a single high school, Penns Grove High School, which serves students in grades 9-12. The district is located in a predominantly low-income area, as evidenced by the high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch at Penns Grove High School.
Penns Grove High School has consistently ranked in the bottom quartile of New Jersey high schools, with a 0 or 1-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school's academic performance is a significant concern, with proficiency rates in standardized tests falling well below state averages across all subjects and grade levels. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, only 12.8% of 9th-grade students were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to the state average of 49.9%. Math and science proficiency rates are also alarmingly low.
Despite the school's academic challenges, it maintains a relatively high graduation rate of 91.3% for the 2023-2024 school year. However, the school also faces issues with chronic absenteeism, with 14.9% of students chronically absent in the same year. The school's student-teacher ratio of 14.7 is slightly higher than the state average, and its spending per student of $12,770 is in line with the state average. Overall, the data suggests that Penns Grove High School is a low-performing school that requires significant improvement to provide a quality education to its students.
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