Summary:
The Saddle Brook School District in New Jersey is home to four elementary schools serving students from kindergarten through 6th grade. Based on the available data, the standout school in the district appears to be Salome H. Long Memorial School, which consistently outperforms the other schools in academic test scores and rankings.
Salome H. Long Memorial School boasts a statewide ranking of 346 out of 1,347 New Jersey elementary schools, earning a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school's 5th-grade students achieved a 67.5% proficiency rate in English Language Arts, significantly higher than the district average of 50.7% and the state average of 52.7%. In mathematics, 72% of 6th-grade students at Salome H. Long Memorial School were proficient or better, compared to the district's 53.5% and the state's 39.8%.
While the district as a whole faces a higher-than-average chronic absenteeism rate of 14.9%, the schools vary in their per-student spending and student-teacher ratios. Washington School had the highest per-student spending at $30,752 and the lowest student-teacher ratio at 8:1, while Franklin School had the lowest per-student spending at $12,257 and the highest student-teacher ratio at 13.5:1. These differences in resource allocation and learning environments may contribute to the academic performance disparities observed across the district.
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