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Montville High shows gains on NJ Graduation Proficiency Assessment, district says

5419657 · July 17, 2025

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Summary

A district presentation to the board reported improvements in graduation-readiness for eleventh graders on the NJGPA, with ELA and math proficiency rates up from 2024; options for students who do not meet cut scores include retests, alternate assessments and portfolio appeals.

The Montville Township Board of Education received a brief report on New Jersey Graduation Proficiency Assessment (NJGPA) results for the class assessed in spring 2025, presented to meet the New Jersey Department of Education requirement that districts share assessment results within 60 days of release.

Presenter Mario summarized the results for Montville Township High School (MTHS). Mario said the NJGPA is administered to eleventh graders, that the passing cut score is 725, and that students who do not reach the cut score have alternate options as twelfth graders — such as retaking the assessment, submitting alternate competency scores (Accuplacer, SAT/PSAT) or completing a portfolio appeal.

Mario reported that MTHS showed year-over-year improvement: - English language arts (ELA): 95.8% of tested students were "graduation ready" in 2025, up from 91.6% in 2024; 4.2% were "not yet graduation ready" in 2025 (compared with 8.4% in 2024). - Mathematics: 81.3% were graduation ready in 2025, up from about 75.6% in 2024; 18.8% were not yet graduation ready in 2025 (down from 24.4% in 2024).

Mario also highlighted improvements for students with Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) and presented proficiency broken out by the district's three largest reported ethnic groups for math: 56% Hispanic, 88.9% Asian and 82.3% White were listed as graduation ready in math.

Board members asked procedural questions: one asked how long the tests take over multiple days, and the presenter offered to provide specifics later. A board member also asked for absolute numbers rather than percentages; Mario said the report used percentages and did not have an exact headcount in the meeting. Board members noted that the district's overall graduation rate remains high (reported conversationally as in the high 98–99 percent range) and thanked administrators and teachers for gains.

Ending: The board accepted the presentation and asked staff to supply requested test-length and headcount details after the meeting.