Summary:
The Wildwood City School District in New Jersey has only one elementary school, Glenwood Avenue Elementary School, which has consistently ranked in the bottom 10% of New Jersey elementary schools over the past three school years. The school's performance on state assessments is significantly below the state average, with proficiency rates ranging from 19.7% to 30.6% in English Language Arts and 6.1% to 28.1% in mathematics across grades 3-5, compared to state averages of 44.9% to 52.7% and 44.2% to 49.8%, respectively.
Glenwood Avenue Elementary School has a high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, at 82.8% in the 2023-2024 school year, and a relatively small student population of 378 students. The school's student-teacher ratio is 10.3, which is lower than the state average, and its per-student spending for the 2018-2019 school year was $16,834, which is higher than the state average. However, the school's chronic absenteeism rate of 14.9% in the 2023-2024 school year is a concern.
The data highlights the significant challenges faced by Glenwood Avenue Elementary School in providing a high-quality education to its students. The school's consistently low performance, achievement gaps, and high-poverty student population suggest that the district and school leaders may need to implement comprehensive, evidence-based strategies to address the root causes of the school's struggles and support the academic and social-emotional needs of its students.
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