Summary:
Schools in zip code 94560 include 10 schools in Newark: six elementary schools, one middle school and three high schools, including an alternative high school. The current results show a wide spread across the area; Birch Grove Primary has no test scores listed and Crossroads High’s current scores are suppressed, so the score comparisons cover eight schools. The most important finding is that the strongest and weakest reported schools are separated by about 35 to 60 percentage points, depending on the subject.
John F. Kennedy Elementary and Birch Grove Intermediate stand out among elementary schools: Kennedy scores 61% in ELA, 60% in math and 49% in science—12, 22 and 13 points above state figures. Birch Grove Intermediate scores 57%, 57% and 46%, also above the state in every subject. By contrast, August Schilling Elementary scores 19% in ELA, 12% in math and 24% in science, respectively 30, 26 and 12 points below state figures. Newark Memorial High leads in ELA at 61%, while Bridgepoint High has the lowest results in all three subjects: 19% in ELA, 0% in math and 14% in science. Newark Memorial’s graduation rate is 94%, compared with Bridgepoint’s 71% and the state’s 88%.
Results improved on average over the two reported years in ELA and science: the eight-school mean rose 3 points in ELA and 6 in science, narrowing the gap with the state; math rose 1 point and remained about 3 points below state results. SchoolDigger rankings also tell a mixed story: Kennedy rose from the 72nd to the 80th percentile, while Bridgepoint climbed from the 1st to the 15th despite its low current scores. Ratios and income measures do not follow a simple pattern: Birch Grove Intermediate scores well with a 28.9 student-teacher ratio, while Bridgepoint’s ratio is 12.1. The reported measure is free/reduced lunch eligible, sy 2024–2025: 31% at Kennedy, 56% at Schilling and 58% at Bridgepoint; these figures are context, not an explanation for score differences.
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