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Red Bank Regional Gets High Marks on New School Performance Reports

RBR rated as a high performance school in academic achievement and college and career readiness.

Red Bank Regional (RBR) outperformed a majority of high schools in the state and in its peer group, according to data released by the New Jersey Department of Education (NJDOE) last week.

The state's new performance reports, which replaces the school report cards issued in past years, rates districts on standardized test results, college and career readiness and graduation rates. 

The performance report compares looks at a school's ranking compared to the rest of the state and to a peer group with a similar demographic. RBR's peer group included Matawan Regional High School, Brick Township High School and Old Bridge High School.

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RBR outperformed 64 percent of the state and 81 percent of its peer group on academic achievement, which takes into account New Jersey High School Proficiency Assessment results. 

On the college and career readiness metric, which considers SAT and PSAT performance and Advanced Placement course participation, RBR ranked above 73 percent of schools statewide and 79 percent of its peer group.

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RBR outperformed 62 percent of schools statewide and 71 percent of its peer group on the report's graduation and post-secondary rating, which takes into account four-year graduation data and dropout rates.

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


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