School Performance Reports: See How Berkeley Did

BERKELEY, NJ — How do schools in the Berkeley Township and Central Regional districts compare to others? The New Jersey Department of Education released the latest School Performance Reports this week for the 2023-24 school year, with details on each of the state's 2,400-plus public schools. Districts are scored from 0 to 100 based on factors like standardized test scores, student academic growth and graduation rates, among other metrics.

Along with the performance reports are school-by-school summative scores and ratings, which compares districts and also gives a number score that measures how well each school is doing in academic achievement and progress.

Compared to other students, Berkeley Township students met state growth standards in both English language arts and mathematics, according to the data. However, they performed below state standards on assessments.

At Central Regional, student growth is below standard for English language arts, but met standards in mathematics. Students performed below state expectations on assessments and have lower than state four-year and five-year graduation rates. However, the district exceeds state numbers with juniors and seniors who are dual enrolled (enrolled in college courses for credit) - 63 percent of students are dual enrolled, while the state average is 26.9 percent.

Schools are broken down into categories by configuration, or what grade levels they serve, and compared to others in that category. These include elementary/middle school, high school, and a mixed configuration school which combines many grades into one building.

"Summative scores" provide a number from 1-99, and are based on factors listed above such as graduation rates and progress in English and math. Higher scores are better, and certain schools with lower scores are put into categories for support and improvement.

Schools are compared to one another based on grade level, as well, in the "summative ratings." For example, schools that serve high school students only are compared with one another. These are percentile ratings from 1-100, so a school with a rating closer to 100 is among the best of its peers. It is possible for a school to have a higher summative rating than summative score, and vice-versa.

Here's how local schools compare.

Berkeley Township School District

Central Regional School District