Summary:
The middle-school picture in Rockaway Township School District consists of one school, Copeland Middle School, serving grades 6–8 and enrolling 799 students in Rockaway Township. There is no other middle school in this list to compare it with, so the clearest picture comes from its results compared with state figures. Most importantly, its 2025–2026 grade-level ELA results were above the state average in all three grades, while its overall grade-level Mathematics average was essentially even with the state.
Copeland Middle School is both the highest- and lowest-listed school by default, not a meaningful school-to-school standout. Relative to the state, its strongest reported results were in course-based tests: Algebra I end-of-course proficiency was 95%, versus 40% statewide, a 55-point advantage; Geometry was 100%, versus 52%, a 48-point advantage. These results are distinct from grade-level Mathematics, where the school’s three-grade average was 34%, effectively matching the state’s 34%. Its average ELA result was 58%, 4 points above the state’s 53%.
Recent results show a reduced ELA advantage and mixed Mathematics trends, with Science moving modestly upward. From 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, the equal-grade ELA average fell 11 points, from 68% to 58%; grade 6 had the sharpest drop, down 21 points. The Mathematics average fell 4 points, from 37% to 34%, while grade 7 improved 6 points and grade 6 declined 15. Grade 8 Science rose from 25% to 27%, widening its lead over the state from 6 to 8 points. SchoolDigger’s ranking percentile was 60 in 2023–2024, 69 in 2024–2025 and 63 in 2025–2026. Other context: the student–teacher ratio was 10.5:1 and 20% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025; chronic absenteeism was 10%, compared with 9% districtwide and 14% statewide. Because this list contains just one school, it cannot show how these measures compare across local middle schools.
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