2018 Mathematics PARCC Scores for Hoboken High School and Middle School Released- Bottom 4% in 7th and 8th Grade Mathematics, Bottom 7% in Algebra I

The 2018 New Jersey PARCC scores were released earlier this month. The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) is a consortium of states that collaboratively developed a common set of assessments to measure student achievement and preparedness for college and careers. A full analysis is forthcoming but here are the scores for Middle and High School Mathematics for the Hoboken School District. 

7th Grade Mathematics Score: 721 Rank: 485 out of 505 NJ Schools 
8th Grade Mathematics Score: 701 Rank: 454 out of 473 NJ Schools 
Algebra I Score: 722 Rank: 472 out of 509 NJ Schools 
Geometry Score: 720 Rank: 280 out of 332 NJ Schools 
Algebra II Score: 714 Rank: 214 out of 315 NJ Schools 

These scores triangulate with past years PARCC scores as well as a recent low ranking of Hoboken High School by the New Jersey Department of Education in which the school scored a 22.7 out of 100 and ranked in the 17th percentile of high schools in the state and 8 straight years of failing the NJDOE QSAC monitoring in the Instruction and Program DPR. It should be noted these results do not occur for lack of financial support for the traditional Hoboken Public Schools (see Figure 1 below). 

Summary: the Hoboken School District Mathematics PARCC scores for 7th grade through high school are far below state average. How low is actually noteworthy. The District  schools now rank in the lower 4% of NJ schools in 7th and 8th Grade Mathematics, the bottom 7% in Algebra I, the bottom 16% in Geometry, and in the lower 33% for Algebra II for 2018.   

Analysis: With the results of the most recent PARCC test released earlier this month and corresponding triangulated data, it is reasonable to state that white, black, and hispanic students as well as free and reduced lunch (FRL) and non-free and reduced lunch students are all significantly and adversely impacted by the mathematics education in grades 7 through 12 offered in the Hoboken Public Schools. 

Figure 1- 2017 Hudson County per Pupil Spending