Quinton Township School, Quinton NJ

Original Research by School Decision on Quinton Township School

Quinton Township School is the only school in the Quinton Township School District, a single-building operation serving pre-kindergarten through eighth grade. That means a child who starts here will spend nine years in the same building before moving to a different district for high school. Publicly reported information indicates that students in grades nine through twelve attend Salem High School in Salem City as part of a sending-receiving relationship.

The school sits in Quinton Township, a very low-density, rural part of Salem County. The township is one of New Jersey's dry towns where alcohol sales are prohibited, and its character is quiet and agricultural: scattered houses, farmland, and small unincorporated communities rather than any kind of walkable downtown. The population has been declining or stagnant over recent decades, and no major new housing developments turned up in publicly available sources. A family moving here should expect a car-dependent setting with minimal commercial or civic infrastructure within the township itself. Salem City provides the nearest concentration of services and employment.

Enrollment across all grades is modest for a PK-8 school. The student body is majority white, with a substantial share of students identifying as two or more races, and smaller but present populations of Black and Hispanic students. More than two in five students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which is a meaningful indicator of the economic context families here are navigating. Data on students with individualized education plans and English learners was not available, so a parent should ask the school directly about those supports.

On state assessments, the academic picture varies by grade and subject. In elementary math, proficiency rates are relatively low across grades three through five, with a stronger showing in grade six and grade seven before the eighth-grade cohort drops back. English language arts tells a more mixed story. Third and fourth grade proficiency is on the softer side, but fifth grade stands out with a clear majority of students meeting the bar. Sixth, seventh, and eighth grade ELA results sit in a middle range, neither especially strong nor especially weak. Science results are where the numbers are most challenging. Fifth-grade and eighth-grade science proficiency rates are very low, and a parent may want to look into this further with the school to understand what science instruction looks like in the middle years.

The comparison to other districts in Salem County places Quinton Township's overall proficiency below the midpoint among the county's districts. There is no graduation rate to report because the school does not serve high school grades, and chronic absenteeism data was also missing from the available information.

The district brief turned up no recent parent-relevant changes such as a referendum, curriculum overhaul, or tax shift. That is not unusual for a very small rural district with stable operations, but a family considering this school should confirm what direction the administration is heading. The building itself serves a broad age range, and the transition to Salem High School is a key part of planning for the upper years.

For a family that values a small, rural, single-building school where their child will be known across many years, Quinton Township School fits that description. The academic results suggest that some grade levels and subjects are stronger than others, and the science scores in particular are an area where a proactive parent would want to engage with the school. The broader community context is quiet and low-growth, with limited local amenities, so most daily life outside school will require a drive.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 317%

School 17% · District 17%

▼ 33 pts below state median · ▼ 20 pts below county median

Grade 428%

School 28% · District 28%

▼ 18 pts below state median · ▼ 9 pts below county median

Grade 523%

School 23% · District 23%

▼ 20 pts below state median · ▼ 10 pts below county median

Grade 638%

School 38% · District 38%

▲ 4 pts above state median · ▲ 1 pts above county median

Grade 745%

School 45% · District 45%

▲ 10 pts above state median · ▲ 2 pts above county median

Grade 827%

School 27% · District 27%

▲ 10 pts above state median · ▲ 9 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 320%

School 20% · District 20%

▼ 25 pts below state median · ▼ 6 pts below county median

Grade 431%

School 31% · District 31%

▼ 24 pts below state median · ▼ 25 pts below county median

Grade 565%

School 65% · District 65%

▲ 11 pts above state median · ▲ 21 pts above county median

Grade 653%

School 53% · District 53%

▼ 1 pts below state median · ▲ 6 pts above county median

Grade 740%

School 40% · District 40%

▼ 17 pts below state median · ▼ 16 pts below county median

Grade 843%

School 43% · District 43%

▼ 15 pts below state median · ▼ 5 pts below county median

Science

Grade 512%

School 12% · District 12%

▼ 16 pts below state median · ▼ 15 pts below county median

Grade 810%

School 10% · District 10%

▼ 3 pts below state median · ▼ 8 pts below county median

This schoolQuinton Township School District, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income15%Higher-income30%15 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income64%Higher-income67%3 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income55%Higher-income50%5 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income40%Higher-income40%0 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income15%Higher-income20%5 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income0%Higher-income40%40 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income40%Higher-income36%4 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income30%Higher-income60%30 pp gap