Monmouth Regional's School Performace On Pace With State, Peers

Monmouth Regional High School received average marks on academic achievement and college and career readiness compared to state and peer averages, according to data released by the New Jersey Department of Education (NJDOE) last week.

The state's new performance reports, which replace the school report cards issued in past years, rates schools on standardized test results, college and career readiness and student growth at the high school level. 

The performance report looks at a school's ranking compared to the rest of the state and to a peer group with a similar demographic. Monmouth Regional High School's peers included Lacey Township High School, Toms River East High School, and Manasquan High School among others.

Monmouth Regional outperformed 51 percent of the state and 53 percent of its peer group on academic achievement, which takes into account New Jersey High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA) results.

On the college and career readiness metric, which considers chronic absence results and the number of high schoolers taking college readiness test and AP courses, Monmouth Regional ranked in the 45th percentile in the state and 39th percentile in its peer group.

Monmouth Regional outperformed 39 percent of the state and 49 percent of peers on the report's graduation and post-secondary metric, which measures the rate at which students who begin high school four years earlier graduate within four years.

Schools scoring above the 80th percentile are considered very high performing; the 60th to 79.9th percentile is high performing; the 40th to 59.9th percentile is average performing; the 20th to 39.9th percentile is lagging; and scores below the 19.9th percentile are considered significantly lagging, according the state's scoring metric.

To see how other schools in the area fared, click the link here: http://education.state.nj.us/pr/nav.php?c=25