Etta Gero School No. 9

Etta Gero School No. 9 is an elementary school located in Passaic, New Jersey, serving grades K-6 with a total enrollment of 387 students. The school is part of the Passaic City School District, which has consistently ranked in the bottom 10% of New Jersey elementary schools over the past decade.

Etta Gero School No. 9 faces significant challenges in terms of academic achievement, with proficiency rates in English Language Arts and Mathematics that are significantly lower than the state averages. The school also struggles with high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 16.6% to 37.4% over the past few years. Additionally, the school's performance for student subgroups, including female students, male students, Hispanic students, English Language Learners, and students with special needs, is in the bottom 50% of New Jersey elementary schools, with the school's ranking for low socioeconomic status students in the bottom 30% of the state.

Interestingly, the nearby schools in the Passaic City School District, such as Sonia Sotomayor School #21, Theodore Roosevelt School No. 10, and Martin Luther King Junior School No. 6, also perform poorly compared to the state, with low academic proficiency rates and high chronic absenteeism. However, the schools in the Garfield and Clifton districts, which are also relatively close to Etta Gero, demonstrate significantly higher academic achievement, with proficiency rates often exceeding the state averages.