Summary:
The Riverside Township School District in New Jersey has only one middle school, Riverside Middle School, which serves students in grades 6-8. The school is performing significantly below state averages across all academic metrics, ranking 667 out of 752 New Jersey middle schools for the 2024-2025 school year with a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Riverside Middle School has a high chronic absenteeism rate of 14.9% and a high percentage of students (68.47%) receiving free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a high level of economic disadvantage. Student academic performance is well below state averages, with only 28.4% of 6th graders proficient in ELA, 21.8% of 7th graders proficient in ELA, and 6.5% of 8th graders proficient in Math, compared to state averages of 56.1%, 57%, and 20.7%, respectively.
Despite higher spending per student ($13,073) and a lower student-teacher ratio (9.1) than the state average, the school is not seeing commensurate improvements in student outcomes. The data suggests that Riverside Middle School is facing significant challenges in providing a high-quality education for its students, and the district and school leadership will need to address the school's poor academic performance, high chronic absenteeism, and high percentage of economically disadvantaged students to improve student outcomes.
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