South Hackensack School District

The South Hackensack School District in New Jersey is home to a single school, Memorial School, which serves grades PK-8 with an enrollment of 246 students. Despite being the district's sole institution, Memorial School stands out as a high-performing school, consistently ranking in the top third of New Jersey elementary schools over the past three years.

Memorial School's academic excellence is evident in its impressive performance on the New Jersey Student Learning Assessments (NJSLA), with students scoring significantly above the state average in both English Language Arts and Mathematics across multiple grade levels. The school's 5th and 8th grade science proficiency rates are also well above the state average. Additionally, Memorial School boasts a relatively low chronic absenteeism rate of 16.6%, which is better than the state average.

With a student-teacher ratio of 9.6 to 1 and per-student spending of $14,711 (2018-2019 school year), Memorial School appears to be efficiently allocating its resources to provide a high-quality education to its diverse student population, with over 30% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch. While the school's overall performance is commendable, there may be room for improvement in mathematics proficiency, particularly in the upper grades, where the 8th grade math proficiency rate is significantly lower than the state average.