Cranbury Students Among Highest Achievers

In the first year of a new evaluation system put in place by the New Jersey Department of Education, Cranbury School's academic performance rated as very high when compared to schools across the state and to schools with similar demographics.

“These new school performance reports were developed with the input of stakeholders across the state and provide a significant amount of new data to present a more complete picture of school performance,” said Commissioner Chris Cerf. “We hope this data will help schools and stakeholders engage in local goal setting and improvement to help all students graduate from high school ready for college and career.”

The NJ School Performance reports for 2011-12 includes new data on college and career readiness, while providing comparison to “peer schools” in order to provide a more complete overview of performance for educators and the public, according to the Department of Education.

Among schools in Cranbury’s peer group are Bellhaven Middle School in Linwood City, Port Republic Elementary School in Port Republic city and Thomas R. Grover Middle School in West Windsor Plainsboro Regional School District.

Cranbury placed in the 87th percentile for academic achievement among its “peers" and 95 statewide, which means it outperformed 95 percent of similar schools in the state. In addition, it placed in the 42nd percentile for college and career readiness among its peers, and 48th statewide and in the 71st percentile for student growth among its peers, and 87 statewide.

Cranbury School Students did equally well in the New Jersey Assessment of Skills and Knowledge (NJASK).

Schoolwide, 89 percent of students are proficient and above in language arts. The school scored higher than 80 percent of its peers and higher than 93 percent of schools across the state.

Additionally, 93 percent of the school scored proficient and above in math. The school scored higher than 93 percent of its “peer” schools and higher than 97 percent of schools statewide.

For a breakdown among the grades and a more detailed look overall, visit the Report Card online.