New Jersey's Best Schools in 2013
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NEW JERSEY’S BEST SCHOOLS IN 2013 Table of contents Elementary Schools 4 Performance Gains 5 Low-Income Student Performance 6 Black Student Performance 7 Latino Student Performance 8 Student Performance 9 Middle Schools 10 Performance Gains 11 Low-Income Student Performance 12 Black Student Performance 13 Latino Student Performance 14 Student Performance 15 High Schools 16 Low-Income Student Performance 17 Black Student Performance 18 Latino Student Performance 19 Student Performance 20 About the Top 10s JerseyCAN ranks schools in key areas so parents can compare schools to one another. We use these public school rankings to generate Top 10 Lists, which show the top-performing schools in five different areas: • Student performance • Low-income student performance • Black student performance • Latino student performance • Performance gains* Each subgroup’s performance score is an average of their reading and math proficiency at the highest tested grade level in that school. In order for a school to be on the Top 10 list for a major subgroup (low- income, black or Latino), the student body it serves must reflect the statewide student demographics for that subgroup. For example, Latinos represent 23 percent of New Jersey's population. For a school to be on the Top 10 list for Latino student performance, therefore, at least 23 percent of its students must be Latino. The statewide student demographics for all subgroups are as follows: 35% = Low-Income 16% = Black 23% = Latino * There are no performance gains at the high school level because reading and math are only tested once) NEW JERSEY TOP TEN SCHOOLS, 2013 JERSEYCAN 3 Top 10 Elementary Schools TOP 10 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS Traditional public school Performance gains Charter school RANK NAME % POINT CHANGE IN PROFICIENCY Bayonne Board of Education 1 Nicholas Oresko School 20.2 Ewing Township Public Schools 2 Antheil Elementary School 19.0 Passaic City Public Schools 3 Theodore Roosevelt School No. 10 18.0 Leap Academy University Charter School 4 LEAP Academy University Charter School 17.4 Cape May City Board of Education 5 Cape May City Elementary School 17.3 Paterson Public Schools School 19 Frenchtown School District 6 Edith Ort Thomas Elementary School 15.8 Camden City Public Schools 7 Riletta T. Cream Elementary School 15.0 The Newark Public Schools 8 Louise A. Spencer Elementary School 14.8 Discovery Charter School Discovery Charter School Vernon Township School District Lounsberry Hollow NEW JERSEY TOP TEN SCHOOLS, 2013 JERSEYCAN 5 TOP 10 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS Traditional public school Low-income student Charter school performance RANK NAME % AT/ABOVE PROFICIENCY Elizabeth Public Schools 1 Terence C. Reilly School No. 7 97.8 Lodi Public Schools Columbus Elementary School Elizabeth Public Schools 2 Monsignor Joao S. Antao School No. 31 96.1 Englewood on the Palisades Charter School 3 Englewood on the Palisades Charter School 94.8 Union City School District 4 Woodrow Wilson School 91.7 The Gray Charter School 5 Gray Charter School 90.0 Robert Treat Academy Charter School 6 Robert Treat Academy Charter School 89.7 Paterson Public Schools 7 Alexander Hamilton Academy 88.8 Paterson Public Schools 8 Roberto Clemente School 88.2 Atlantic City Public Schools 9 Chelsea Heights Elementary School 87.5 NEW JERSEY TOP TEN SCHOOLS, 2013 JERSEYCAN 6 TOP 10 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS Traditional public school Black student performance Charter school RANK NAME % AT/ABOVE PROFICIENCY The Gray Charter School 1 Gray Charter School 96.9 Elizabeth Public Schools 2 Terence C. Reilly School No. 7 93.8 Paterson Public Schools 3 Alexander Hamilton Academy 91.7 Rahway Public School District 4 Grover Cleveland Elementary School 88.0 West Orange Public Schools 5 Redwood Elementary School 87.2 City of Vineland Board of Education 6 Marie Durand Elementary School 86.4 Montclair Public Schools 7 Bradford School 85.8 Montclair Public Schools 8 Watchung Elementary School 84.6 Hackensack City 9 Nellie K. Parker School 84.1 Paterson Public Schools 10 Norman S. Weir Elementary School 83.4 West Orange Public Schools St. Cloud Elementary School NEW JERSEY TOP TEN SCHOOLS, 2013 JERSEYCAN 7 TOP 10 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS Traditional public school Latino student performance Charter school RANK NAME % AT/ABOVE PROFICIENCY Elizabeth Public Schools 1 Terence C. Reilly School No. 7 98.8 Elizabeth Public Schools 2 Monsignor Joao S. Antao School No. 31 96.9 Lodi Public Schools 3 Columbus Elementary School 94.5 South Hackensack 4 South Hackensack Memorial School 94.2 Atlantic City Public Schools 5 Chelsea Heights Elementary School 93.8 Englewood on the Palisades Charter School 6 Englewood on the Palisades Charter School 93.4 Bergenfield Borough School District 7 Jefferson Elementary School 92.3 Robert Treat Academy Charter School 8 Robert Treat Academy Charter School 90.8 Paterson Public Schools 9 Roberto Clemente School 90.4 Paterson Public Schools 10 Alexander Hamilton Academy 89.3 NEW JERSEY TOP TEN SCHOOLS, 2013 JERSEYCAN 8 TOP 10 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS Traditional public school Student performance Charter school RANK NAME % AT/ABOVE PROFICIENCY Bay Head Borough 1 Bay Head Elementary School 100 Princeton Charter School 2 Princeton Charter School 98.0 Parsippany-Troy Hills Township Schools 3 Mount Tabor Elementary School 97.9 Ridgewood Public Schools 4 Willard Elementary School 97.5 North Caldwell Board of Education 5 Gould School 97.4 Elizabeth Public Schools 6 Terence C. Reilly School No. 7 97.1 Closter Public Schools 7 Hillside Elementary School 96.7 Frenchtown School District Edith Ort Thomas Elementary School West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District 8 Maurice Hawk Elementary School 96.6 Bernards Township Public Schools Mount Prospect Elementary School Essex Fells School District Essex Fells Elementary School NEW JERSEY TOP TEN SCHOOLS, 2013 JERSEYCAN 9 Top 10 Middle Schools TOP 10 MIDDLE SCHOOLS Traditional public school Performance gains Charter school RANK NAME % POINT CHANGE IN PROFICIENCY Elsinboro Township School District 1 Elsinboro Township Elementary School 29.2 Kenilworth Public Schools 2 David Brearley High School 25.5 Central Jersey College Prep Charter School 3 Central Jersey College Prep Charter School 24.8 Gloucester City Public Schools 4 Gloucester City Junior Senior High School 24.4 Greater Brunswick Charter School 5 Greater Brunswick Charter School 24.3 Palmyra Public Schools 6 Palmyra High School 23.6 West New York Board of Education 7 West New York Middle School 23.2 Bogota Public Schools Bogota Junior/Senior High School Glassboro Public Schools 8 Glassboro Intermediate School 22.9 Hazlet Township Public Schools 9 Hazlet Middle School 22.0 NEW JERSEY TOP TEN SCHOOLS, 2013 JERSEYCAN 11 TOP 10 MIDDLE SCHOOLS Traditional public school Low-income student Charter school performance RANK NAME % AT/ABOVE PROFICIENCY Classical Academy Charter School of Clifton 1 Classical Academy Charter School of Clifton 100 Elizabeth Public Schools Monsignor Joao S. Antao School No. 31 Elizabeth Public Schools 2 Terence C. Reilly School No. 7 99.6 The Newark Public Schools 3 Science Park High School 98.8 North Star Academy Charter Schools of Newark 4 North Star Academy Charter School 98.0 of Newark Paterson Public Schools 5 Norman S. Weir Elementary School 96.5 The Newark Public Schools 6 Ann Street School 93.6 Robert Treat Academy Charter School 7 Robert Treat Academy Charter School 93.1 The Gray Charter School 8 Gray Charter School 92.3 Union City School District 9 Woodrow Wilson School 90.3 NEW JERSEY TOP TEN SCHOOLS, 2013 JERSEYCAN 12 TOP 10 MIDDLE SCHOOLS Traditional public school Black student performance Charter school RANK NAME % AT/ABOVE PROFICIENCY Elizabeth Public Schools 1 Terence C. Reilly School No. 7 100 The Newark Public Schools 2 Science Park High School 97.6 North Star Academy Charter Schools of Newark 3 North Star Academy Charter School 97.0 of Newark Paterson Public Schools 4 Norman S. Weir Elementary School 94.2 Paterson Public Schools 5 Alexander Hamilton Academy 88.7 The Newark Public Schools 6 University High School 88.0 The Gray Charter School 7 Gray Charter School 86.7 Westampton Township Public School District 8 Westampton Middle School 84.2 Deptford Township Public School District 9 Monongahela Middle School 78.9 Learning Community Charter School 10 Learning Community Charter School 78.5 NEW JERSEY TOP TEN SCHOOLS, 2013 JERSEYCAN 13 TOP 10 MIDDLE SCHOOLS Traditional public school Latino student performance Charter school RANK NAME % AT/ABOVE PROFICIENCY The Newark Public Schools 1 Science Park High School 100 Classical Academy Charter School of Clifton Classical Academy Charter School of Clifton Elizabeth Public Schools 2 Terence C. Reilly School No. 7 99.5 Elizabeth Public Schools 3 Monsignor Joao S. Antao School No. 31 99.2 Robert Treat Academy Charter School 4 Robert Treat Academy Charter School 93.4 Union City School District 5 Woodrow Wilson School 93.3 Middlesex Borough Public Schools 6 Von E. Mauger Middle School 91.3 The Newark Public Schools 7 Ann Street School 89.8 Elizabeth Public Schools 8 Dr. Orlando Edreira Academy No. 26 87.5 Plainfield Public Schools Clinton Elementary School NEW JERSEY TOP TEN SCHOOLS, 2013 JERSEYCAN 14 TOP 10 MIDDLE SCHOOLS Traditional public school Student performance Charter school RANK NAME % AT/ABOVE PROFICIENCY Alpine Elementary School District 1 Alpine Public Elementary School 100 Avon-By-The-Sea Avon Elementary School Classical Academy Charter School of Clifton Classical Academy Charter School of Clifton Princeton Charter School Princeton Charter School Elizabeth Public Schools 2 Terence C. Reilly School No. 7 99.6 Elizabeth Public Schools Monsignor Joao S. Antao School No. 31 Old Tappan Public School District 3 Charles Dewolf Middle School 99.0 Mendham Township Board of Education 4 Mendham Township Middle School 98.6 Jersey City Public Schools 5 Infinity Institute 98.0 The Newark Public Schools Science Park High School NEW JERSEY TOP TEN SCHOOLS, 2013 JERSEYCAN 15 Top 10 High Schools TOP 10 HIGH SCHOOLS Traditional public school Low-income student Charter school performance RANK NAME % AT/ABOVE PROFICIENCY Jersey City Public Schools 1 Dr.