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Schools in Laurel Lake · Commercial Township School District

Laurel Lake’s public schools score below 95% of New Jersey districts

The public schools Laurel Lake’s kids attend trail 95% of New Jersey’s districts on state tests. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.

11%beats similar-income towns
Reading proficiency
29%
▼ 18 pts vs NJ 47%
2020–21
Math proficiency
5%
▼ 20 pts vs NJ 25%
2020–21
Spent per student
$26.2K
▼ 8% vs NJ $28.4K
FY2024
Schools
0
The School Grade

How Laurel Lake compares

D Test scores
New Jersey school districts we grade (645)Better than 5%
Lower resultsHigher results
New Jersey towns with similar household incomes (79)Better than 11%
Good confidence. Built on 249 tested students; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change it.
How the School Grade works
  • Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on New Jersey’s state tests against the state average. Spending and class size are shown but don’t count. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
  • The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids through every district that serves it, weighted by students tested.
  • Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are compared with the rest of New Jersey only. A+ is the top 5%, A the next 10%, A− the next 10%, the B range the next 30%, the C range the next 30%, D the rest.
  • What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income, so we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Laurel Lake.

The path, start to finish
PK–8Commercial Township Schoolin Port Norris

The district

Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.

Test scores · 2020–21

Well below the state in reading

Reading29%
State average 47.3%
Math5%
State average 25.4%

Laurel Lake vs. its neighbors

Laurel Lake’s schools rank 2nd of 3 among the towns that share its borders. School Grade, by percentile among New Jersey districts.

Every school in Laurel Lake

0 schools. Grades are ours, from state tests and graduation. Stars are from neighbors.

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Within reach

Colleges near Laurel Lake

There’s no college in Laurel Lake, but 6 are within 30 miles. The closest is Rowan College of South Jersey-Cumberland Campus in Vineland, 8 miles away.

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Straight-line distance from the center of Laurel Lake. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus · College Scorecard · IPEDS.

School data: U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts, F-33 school finance). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results, graded within New Jersey. Stars are from neighbors.

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