See How Shrewsbury Schools Rank Statewide

SHREWSBURY, NJ — The state has released school ratings for the first time since state testing was postponed during the COVID pandemic.

And Shrewsbury is among the 2,364 school districts that received their ratings this week from the state Department of Education.

Along with the school performance reports released the first week of April are the school-by-school summative scores and ratings. These numbers compare districts and also give a number score that measures how well each school is doing in academic achievement and progress.

The scores were established to comply with the federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), which replaced the No Child Left Behind Act.

The total score has 99 possible points.

Elementary schools that only teach children under grade 3 are not included because there is no state testing at this level (see the **/NA designation).

Here is how Shrewsbury scored in the state’s annual school report card:

School: Summative Score/Summative Rating

• Shrewsbury Borough Elementary School: 77.92/87.12
• Red Bank Regional School District/Red Bank Regional High School: 42.91/39.72

What do these scores and ratings mean?

Scores: "Summative scores" provide a number from 1-100, 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.

Ratings: 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.

You can click here to view the full state table. There is a search bar to look for a particular school, otherwise it is sorted alphabetically by county.

Table note: Some schools did not get a score because the state did not have complete data for last school year. Schools serving only elementary students under grade 3 do not get a score because their students do not participate in state standardized tests. Charter schools are listed separately, not by county. All schools are included.

Michelle Rotuno-Johnson contributed state reporting to this story.