Marlboro Middle School Below State Target in Two Categories

Marlboro's middle schools received a mixed bag of grades from the state, according to the NJ Department of Education School Report Card.

Marlboro Middle School came in below two state targets, academic achievement and college readiness.

According to the NJDOE, academic achievement measures content knowledge in language arts and math as measured by NJASK scores.

Marlboro Middle School outperformed 40 percent of its peer group and 83 percent of the state, but only reached 75 percent of the state target.

The peer group is made up of schools determined to have a similar demographic, including in special education. Eighteen percent of the school's population is considered disabled by the state.

MMS did not meet the state target in school wide language arts literacy scores, but did meet its math targets.

In middle school, college and career readiness is measured by the rate of chronic absenteeism and the amount of seventh and eighth graders enrolled in algebra.

Marlboro Middle outperformed 25 percent of its peer schools and 40 percent of the state, falling short in the amount of students taking algebra.

The school met its student growth target, outperforming 12 percent of its peer group and 49 percent of the state.

Marlboro Middle School's peer group in Monmouth County is made up of Marlboro Memorial, Maple Place in Oceanport and Stone Bridge in Upper Freehold.

Marlboro Memorial Middle School also fell short in the college and career readiness, outperforming 14 percent of its peer group and 37 percent of the state but only meeting half of the state target.

The school fell short in the amount of students taking algebra, but met all if its No Child Left Behind standardized testing requirements.

In student growth, Memorial outperformed 48 percent of its peer schools and 82 percent of the state.

Sixteen percent of the school's population is considered disabled by the state.

In academic achievement, Memorial outperformed 55 percent of its peer group and 88 percent of the state.

Of Monmouth County schools, Memorial's peer group is made up of Marlboro Middle, Brielle Elementary, Maple Place in Oceanport and Stone Bridge in Upper Freehold.

Patch will continue to publish school report card data for Marlboro schools.