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Schools in Palermo · Upper Township School District

Palermo’s public schools beat 75% of New Jersey districts

The public schools Palermo’s kids attend outperform 75% of New Jersey’s districts on state tests. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.

89%beats similar-income towns
Reading proficiency
62%
▲ 15 pts vs NJ 47%
2020–21
Math proficiency
33%
▲ 8 pts vs NJ 25%
2020–21
Spent per student
$23.0K
▼ 19% vs NJ $28.4K
FY2024
Schools
0
The School Grade

How Palermo compares

B+ Test scores
New Jersey school districts we grade (645)Better than 75%
Lower resultsHigher results
New Jersey towns with similar household incomes (433)Better than 89%
High confidence. Built on 849 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 Palermo.

The path, start to finish
PK–2Upper Township Primary Schoolin Marmora
3–5Upper Township Elementary Schoolin Marmora
6–8Upper Township Middle Schoolin Petersburg

The district

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

Test scores · 2020–21

Well above the state in reading

Reading62%
State average 47.3%
Math33%
State average 25.4%

Every school in Palermo

0 schools. Grades are based on state tests and graduation. Any other ratings are made by neighbors.

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Within reach

Colleges near Palermo

There’s no college in Palermo, but 3 are within 30 miles. The closest is Atlantic Cape Community College in Hamilton, 15.8 miles away.

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Straight-line distance from the center of Palermo. 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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