Summary:
The 07438 zip code in New Jersey is home to a single middle school, Jefferson Township Middle School, which serves grades 6-8. The school is part of the Jefferson Township Public School District, which is ranked 327 out of 609 school districts in the state and has a 2 out of 5 star rating from SchoolDigger.
Jefferson Township Middle School has an enrollment of 563 students and a student-teacher ratio of 10.8, indicating relatively small class sizes. The school's performance is mixed, with standout results in Algebra I proficiency but lower-than-average mathematics proficiency in other grade levels. In the 2024-2025 school year, Algebra I proficiency rates were 85.4% for end-of-course and 82% for 8th grade, significantly higher than the state averages of 38.2% and 72.7%, respectively. However, mathematics proficiency rates for 6th-8th grade ranged from 22.7% to 36.6%, compared to the state average of 20.7% to 39.8%.
The school's English Language Arts (ELA) proficiency rates for 6th-8th grade ranged from 52.6% to 56.1%, close to the state average of 56.1% to 57.1%. The school's chronic absenteeism rate of 14.9% in the 2023-2024 school year is somewhat higher than desired, and the school district's spending of $9,950 per student is in line with the state average.
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