While comparing Becton's [East Rutherford] NJ School Report Card to Arts' [Newark] NJ School Report Card, there were actually some surprising statistics. One statistic that really took me by surprise was the "Language Diversity" within each school. Newark is acclaimed for being the diverse city that it is today and takes pride in the number of cultural areas that can be found downtown. Knowing that information, I would assume that Arts High School would definetely have a higher percentage in Language Diversity. However, the language spoken at Arts High School is 99.9% English and 0.1% Spanish, while Becton has 76.5% English and 7+ languages spoken in addition to that.
The length of a school day in Arts is about an hour longer that the average school day in Becton. I don't find this surprising considering the curriculum that is taught in Arts. I would assume that dance and art classes take up more time than English and Math classes might. That extra hour at Arts gives the students the opportunity to spend more time doing what they love. The way the students are welcomed and treated by the faculty seems to be working considering their high attendance rates for freshman students in the 2006-2007 school year; 95.5% versus Becton 93.2%.
Since Becton is located in the "suburbs" and Arts is considered an "urban" school, many people inclsuing myself would assume that Becton would have higher numbers in the academic areas, but the numbers turned out to be very similar. Arts High School even has some better numbers than Becton. This just goes to show that you should never judge a school by the location or types of students. When a school has the proper resources and dedicated teachers, anything is possible no matter where the school is located.
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