Shore Regional's Academic Performance Well Above State Averages, Lower in Other Areas

Shore Regional High School received high marks on academic achievement compared to state averages, but underperformed in other areas according to data released by the New Jersey Department of Education (NJDOE) last week.

The state's new performance reports, which replace the school report cards issued in past years, rates schools on standardized test results, college and career readiness and student growth at the high school level. 

The performance report looks at a school's ranking compared to the rest of the state and to a peer group with a similar demographic. Shore Regional High School's peers included Point Pleasant Beach High School, Rumson Fair Haven Regional High School, Holmdel High School among others.

Shore Regional outperformed 82 percent of the state and 57 percent of its peer group on academic achievement, which takes into account New Jersey High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA) results.

On the college and career readiness metric, which considers chronic absence results and the number of high schoolers taking college readiness test and AP courses, Shore Regional ranked in the 68th percentile in the state and 37th percentile in its peer group.

Shore Regional outperformed 76 percent of the state and 39 percent of peers on the report's graduation and post-secondary metric, which measures the rate at which students who begin high school four years earlier graduate within four years.

Schools scoring above the 80th percentile are considered very high performing; the 60th to 79.9th percentile is high performing; the 40th to 59.9th percentile is average performing; the 20th to 39.9th percentile is lagging; and scores below the 19.9th percentile are considered significantly lagging, according the state's scoring metric.

To see how other schools in the area fared, click the link here: http://education.state.nj.us/pr/nav.php?c=25