Summary:
The 08049 zip code is home to a single elementary school, Magnolia, which serves grades PK-8 with 399 students. Magnolia is part of the Magnolia School District, which is ranked 381 out of 609 districts in New Jersey and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Magnolia Elementary School has a mixed academic performance, with stronger results in English Language Arts (ELA) but significantly weaker performance in mathematics and science compared to state averages. The school's ELA proficiency rates are generally higher than the state averages, with 6th and 8th grade students performing particularly well, but 3rd and 4th grade ELA proficiency rates are below the state averages. In contrast, Magnolia's math proficiency rates are significantly lower than the state averages across all grade levels, with the lowest rates in 8th grade (13.3%) and 5th grade (20.7%). The school's science proficiency rates are also well below the state averages for both 5th and 8th grade.
Despite the academic challenges, Magnolia appears to have a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 10.1 to 1 and higher-than-average per-student spending of $15,707. However, the school's high chronic absenteeism rate of 14.9% and relatively high percentage of economically disadvantaged students (43.61% eligible for free or reduced-price lunch) may be contributing factors to its academic struggles. The school's performance has declined over the past few years, with its statewide ranking dropping from 993 out of 1,342 elementary schools in 2022-2023 to 815 out of 1,347 in 2024-2025.
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