NJDOE Proficiency Disparities Between Black and White Students and Economically Advantaged and Non-advantaged Students at Hoboken High School

The New Jersey Performance Report is released yearly and contains data of every  from the New Jersey Department of Education on the latest data from Hoboken High School. Notice the disparity between black and white students and between economically distressed and non-distressed students. 

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Specifically, there were 24 students classified as "White", 108 students classified as "Hispanic" and 31 students classified as "Black" according to data by the NJ Department of Education on the NJ Performance Report. Only 36% of ALL students Met or Exceeded Expectations for the entire school. When we look at the subgroups, 62.5 percent (15 students) of the White students Met or Exceeded Expectations, 37.1% (or 40 students) of the Hispanic students Met or Exceeded Expectations, and 12.9% (or 4 students) of the Black students Met or Exceeded Expectations. 

Most telling, while the percentage of White and Hispanic students Meeting or Exceeding Expectations are roughly on par with State expectations (White: Hoboken: 62.9% vs State: 63.90%--- Hispanic Hoboken: 37.1% vs State: 36.6%) the percentages for Black students are nearly 3X lower (Hoboken: 12.9% vs State: 35.2%). 

The proficiency rates based on social economic status are also revealing. An examination of the data indicates that the proficiency rate for economically disadvantaged students is half of the proficiency rate for non-disadvantaged students. When we look at the subgroups, 28.4 percent (34 students) of the Economically Disadvantaged students Met or Exceeded Expectations while  56.9% (25 students) of the Non-Economically Disadvantaged students Met or Exceeded Expectations. Both of these numbers are below State averages meaning BOTH Economically Disadvantaged students and Non-Economically Disadvantaged students at Hoboken High School are performing below State of New Jersey averages in their respective categories. 

An increasing number of people are beginning to see disparities between Black students and the general population as well as the general overall lack of proficiency across socio economic strata and are raising reasonable concerns.