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Three Millburn Elementary Schools Ranked Above 95th Percentile Statewide

Glenwood, Deerfield and Hartshorn ranked high statewide with South Mountain and Wyoming in 80th percentile in academic achievement, according to the 2013 NJ School Performance Reports.

Millburn School District's elementary schools were recently ranked in the top tier in academic achievement throughout New Jersey according to the recent school performance reports issued by the Christie administration.

Glenwood and Deerfield elementary led the group, ranking in the 96th percentile in the state with Hartshorn right behind in the 95th percentile. South Mountain and Wyoming both tested in the 81st and 81th percentile.

Wyoming and Hartshorn schools were the only two that didn't meet 100 percent of their targets — Wyoming made 83 percent while Hartshorn made 75. 

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Wyoming also only ranked in the 39th percentile for College and Career Readiness, meeting none of the state's targets and 58th in Student growth, meeting 100 percent of targets.

The reports ranks the school on three different categories: Academic achievement on the Language Arts Literacy and Math sections of the New Jersey Assessment of Skills and Knowledge (NJASK), college and career readiness which measures how many students are chronically absent and student growth measures the performance of students from one year to the next on the NJASK tests. 

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It also ranks schools against 30 peer schools based on free and reduced lunch, limited English proficiency programs or special education programs.

The state defines levels of achievement as: "Very High" achievement is for any school in the 80th percentile or higher; "high" achievement is granted to schools between the 60th and 79.9th percentiles; "average" covers percentiles 40 through 59.9. Between percentiles 20 through 39.9 is considered "lagging," and any score at or below the 19.9th percentile is defined as "significantly lagging."

Check out the summary each elementary school's state report card in alphabetical order below (full report cards attached as PDFs):

Deerfield Elementary School 

Deerfield's academic performance is very high when compared to schools across the state and when compared to its peers. This school's college and career readiness is high when compared to schools across the state but lags in comparison to its peers. This school's student growth performance is high when compared to schools across the state as well as when compared to its peers.

Performance Areas Peer Rank (Percentile) Statewide Rank (Percentile) Percent of Targets Met Academic Achievement 92 96 100% College and Career Readiness 30 61 100% Student Growth 70 73 100%

Glenwood Elementary School 

Glenwood's academic performance is very high when compared to schools across the state as well as when compared to its peers. This school's college and career readiness is very high when compared to schools across the state and is high when compared to its peers. This school's student growth performance is very high when compared to schools across the state and also very high when compared to its peers.

Performance Areas Peer Rank (Percentile) Statewide Rank (Percentile) Percent of Targets Met Academic Achievement 94 96 100% College and Career Readiness 77 92 100% Student Growth 97 88 100%

Hartshorn Elementary School

Hartshorn's academic performance is very high when compared to schools across the state and when compared to its peers. This school's college and career readiness is very high when compared to schools across the state but ranks about average when compared to its peers. This school's student growth performance is high when compared to schools across the state as well as when compared to its peers.

Performance Areas Peer Rank (Percentile) Statewide Rank (Percentile) Percent of Targets Met Academic Achievement 84 95 75% College and Career Readiness 45 80 100% Student Growth 79 78 100%

South Mountain Elementary School

South Mountain's academic performance is very high when compared to schools across the state, however it ranks about average when compared to its peers. This school's college and career readiness is about average when compared to schools across the state but lags in comparison to its peers. This school's student growth performance is very high when compared to schools across the state and when compared to its peers. 

Performance Areas Peer Rank (Percentile) Statewide Rank (Percentile) Percent of Targets Met Academic Achievement 45 81 100% College and Career Readiness 30 58 100% Student Growth 87 82

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Wyoming Elementary School

Wyoming's academic performance is high when compared to schools across the state, however it is about average when compared to its peers. This school's college and career readiness lags in comparison to schools across the state and in comparison to its peers. This school's student growth performance is about average when compared to schools across the state but lags in comparison to its peers.

Performance Areas Peer Rank (Percentile) Statewide Rank (Percentile) Percent of Targets Met Academic Achievement 40 80 83% College and Career Readiness 13 39 0% Student Growth 34 58 100%

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