Bradford School Receives High Marks on State Performance Reports

Bradford Elementary School received high marks and met 100 percent of its academic proficiency goals, according to a state report. 

The New Jersey Department of Education’s “School Performance Reports" showed the school's 456 students in pre-kindergarten through fifth grade in 2011-12 did not only score high marks on the state standardized test New Jersey Assessment of Skills and Knowledge, but showed growth in performance. Only students in grades three through eight take NJ ASK. 

Total schoolwide proficiency in language arts on the NJ ASK was 80 percent and 93 percent in math. The median academic growth for grades four and five in language arts was 63 percent and 55 percent in math — well above the statewide target of 35 percent. 

These high scores met 100 percent of the school's targets on the state's Performance Reports for academic achievement, student growth, and college and career readiness. 

The school's academic performance ranked "high" when compared to schools across the state, and "average" compared with about 30 similar schools in its peer groups. 

In addition, the school ranked "high" for academic growth when compared to both statewide and peer schools. College and career readiness for Bradford School was ranked as "high" when compared to schools statewide, and "average" when compared to its peer schools. 

The report, which replaces the state’s annual School Report Card, factors in a host of never-before-used data, such as whether students are on track for college and a career, and the percent of elementary and middle school students chronically absent. 

One of the most significant additions in the report is the “peer school comparisons.” Schools are now compared to about 30 similar “peer schools” from across the state that share comparable student grades, how many students are eligible for free or reduced lunch, English proficiency and students with special needs. 

The following chart is where Bradford Elementary School ranked compared to schools in its peer group and statewide. For example, Bradford School has a statewide percentile rank of 78 when it comes to academic achievement, which means that its students scored higher than 78 percent of all schools statewide in the ranking. 

Demographics and Scores

While schoolwide performance in language arts and math were high, there were achievement gaps between white and black students.

White students in Bradford school were 83.8 percent proficient in language arts, compared to 59.5 percent of black students. In math, 95.6 percent of white students were proficient, compared to 83.8 percent of black students. 

The school population in 2011-12 was 63.6 percent white, 19.4 percent black, 7.2 percent Hispanic, 7.4 percent Asian, 1.5 percent Pacific Islander and .9 percent of two or more races.

The school that year had 75 students with disabilities (16 percent of the school), 33 are economically disadvantaged (7.2 percent of the school), and there are no students with limited English proficiency. 

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