Summary:
Brilla New Jersey Charter School is the sole elementary school serving grades K-6 in the Brilla New Jersey Charter School district. With an enrollment of 206 students, the school faces significant academic and socioeconomic challenges, as evidenced by its consistently low performance across multiple metrics.
Academically, Brilla New Jersey Charter School struggles, with only 28.1% of 5th-grade students and 32.6% of 6th-grade students proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to state averages of 52.7% and 56.1%, respectively. The school's mathematics performance is even more concerning, with only 2.9% of 5th-graders and 8.1% of 6th-graders proficient or better, far below the state averages of 44.2% and 39.8%. The school's science proficiency rates are also alarmingly low, with just 2.9% of 5th-graders meeting or exceeding standards in the 2024-2025 school year, compared to the state average of 30.1%.
Compounding the academic challenges, Brilla New Jersey Charter School also faces high chronic absenteeism, with a rate of 14.9% for the 2023-2024 school year, exceeding the state average. Additionally, the school serves a population with significant socioeconomic challenges, as evidenced by the high percentage of free/reduced lunch recipients (79.13%). These factors likely contribute to the school's consistently low statewide ranking, which has remained in the bottom 10% of New Jersey elementary schools for the 2024-2025 school year.
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