Summary:
The 08097 zip code is home to a single elementary school, Woodbury Heights Elementary, which serves students from the Woodbury Heights Public School District. This school has maintained a consistent 3-star rating from SchoolDigger and ranks in the 500-600 range among New Jersey elementary schools, indicating a relatively strong academic performance compared to the state average.
Woodbury Heights Elementary generally outperforms the state in English Language Arts and Mathematics proficiency across grades 3-6, with a 4th grade ELA proficiency rate of 65.5% compared to the state average of 53.6%. However, the school's 5th grade science proficiency rate of 30.1% is lower than the state average of 37.9%, suggesting an area for improvement. The school's per-student spending of $12,936 and a student-teacher ratio of 10:1 indicate that it has access to adequate resources, which may contribute to its academic performance.
One area of concern is the school's chronic absenteeism rate of 14.9%, which is relatively high and could be an issue for the school and district to address. Overall, Woodbury Heights Elementary appears to be a reasonably performing school within the context of New Jersey's elementary schools, with some academic strengths and potential areas for improvement.
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