Middle school is critical to student success in high school and college. It is the transition period from "general" instruction to more "discipline specific" instruction. That being said, recent independent, third party evaluations of the Hoboken Middle School shows there is real damage being done to the educational future of the students attending this school.
The Hoboken Middle School scores are once again among the lowest scores in the State of New Jersey (last year the NJDOE ranked the school in the 8th percentile-- this year the NJDOE ranked the school in the 5th percentile). 95% of New Jersey Public Schools do better than Hoboken Middle School on the NJDOE 0-100 scale score.
The New Jersey Department of Education recently released the new scores, which are graded on a scale of 0-100 and consider standardized test results, graduation rates and other factors. For schools like Hoboken Middle School, the following criteria are used:
NJDOE Elementary and middle schools scoring criteria: English language arts growth (20
percent), math growth (20 percent), progress toward English language
proficiency (20 percent), English language arts proficiency (15
percent), math proficiency (15 percent), chronic absenteeism (10
percent). A 50th percentile rating is considered average.The Hoboken Middle School scores are once again among the lowest scores in the State of New Jersey (last year the NJDOE ranked the school in the 8th percentile-- this year the NJDOE ranked the school in the 5th percentile). 95% of New Jersey Public Schools do better than Hoboken Middle School on the NJDOE 0-100 scale score.
The New Jersey Department of Education recently released the new scores, which are graded on a scale of 0-100 and consider standardized test results, graduation rates and other factors. For schools like Hoboken Middle School, the following criteria are used:
Last year the NJDOE ranked the school in the 8th percentile-- this year was even worse as the NJDOE ranked the school in the 5th percentile
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There are 182 students in Hoboken Middle School, 40% are NOT economically disadvantaged. Grades 7 and 8 are housed in the school. The student to teacher ratio is 8:1- generally this is an ideal ratio--only 8 students for every teacher! Moreover, the average teacher has 7.7 years of experience. These are NOT novice teachers. They should know how to teach students reading and mathematics.
The New Jersey Department of Education has classified this school as "requiring targeted support."
Find out more about Hoboken Middle School by clicking HERE.
What is worse is these percentile scores are lower than last year when the school fell into the 8 percentile range.
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