Each New Jersey high-school test (Grade 9 ELA, Grade 10 ELA, Grade 11 ELA, Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II and Grade 11 Science) is scored on its own scale and sorted into performance levels. Pick a test to see the score range for every level, year by year, plus how students scored statewide.
Look up a high-school percentile →Each test's newest score scale and proficiency line, and every year we have.
| Test | Score scale | The proficiency line | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 ELA | 650–850 | Met Expectations from 750 | 2018, 2019 and 2022 to 2025 |
| Grade 10 ELA | 650–850 | Met Expectations from 750 | 2018 and 2019 |
| Grade 11 ELA | 650–850 | Met Expectations from 750 | 2018 |
| Algebra I | 650–850 | Met Expectations from 750 | 2018, 2019 and 2022 to 2025 |
| Geometry | 650–850 | Met Expectations from 750 | 2018, 2019 and 2022 to 2025 |
| Algebra II | 650–850 | Met Expectations from 750 | 2018, 2019 and 2022 to 2025 |
| Grade 11 Science | 100–300 | Level 3 from 200 | 2019 and 2022 to 2025 |
These numbers are the spring test only. For Algebra I, Geometry and Algebra II, they include every student who took the test in that school year, in any grade: middle-school students who take Algebra I or Geometry early are included, counted at their middle school (about a third of Algebra I testers are in grades 7 and 8). In 2018 the course tests also include students in grades 11 and 12. From 2019 New Jersey's files leave out the grade 11 students who took these tests, and from 2022 grades 11 and 12 as well, because the tests were optional for them, so Algebra II in particular counts far fewer, mostly younger, students from 2019 on. The grade 9, 10 and 11 ELA tests and the grade 11 science test count the students in that grade. Schools with fewer than 10 tested students, and a few schools whose number of tested students New Jersey does not print, are not shown, but their students are counted in their district and the state.
More on who is counted, and how: see how we count.