Summary:
The 07650 zip code is home to a single high school, Palisades Park Junior-Senior High School, which serves students in grades 7-12. While the school has a relatively low student-teacher ratio and higher-than-average per-student spending, its overall performance has been consistently below state benchmarks across various metrics, including graduation rates, test scores, and chronic absenteeism.
Palisades Park Junior-Senior High School's four-year graduation rate of 91.3% is slightly below the state average, and its dropout rate of 1.0% is lower than the state average. However, the school's chronic absenteeism rate of 14.9% is higher than the state average. On state assessments, the school's proficiency rates range from 5.9% to 83.3% in math, 31.5% to 60.3% in English Language Arts, and 12% to 22.5% in science, all of which are lower than the state averages.
The school's high percentage of students (58.83%) receiving free or reduced-price lunch suggests that there may be equity concerns and challenges in providing quality education to economically disadvantaged students. The school's declining performance, as evidenced by its drop in statewide ranking from 274th out of 422 New Jersey high schools in 2022-2023 to 346th out of 434 in 2024-2025, indicates a need for targeted interventions and improvement efforts to support student success and ensure that all students in the 07650 zip code have access to a high-quality education.
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