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Lawrence, NJ schools

Lawrence’s public schools score well below New Jersey’s averages: 37% of students are proficient in reading against 47.3% statewide. Kids attend Myron L. Powell Elementary School.

Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.

C-School Grade #372Best schools in NJ (of 457)

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Lawrence’s School Grade: C-

The public schools Lawrence’s kids attend trail 80% of New Jersey’s districts on state tests. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.

C-Test scores

New Jersey school districts we grade (645)Better than 20%

Lower resultsHigher results

New Jersey towns with similar household incomes (331)Better than 18%

Towns in Cumberland County (10)Better than 50%

Good confidence. Built on 276 tested students; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.

How the School Grade works

Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on New Jersey’s state tests, each against the state average. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each.
Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of New Jersey only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in New Jersey with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why 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.