Summary:
ZIP code 62677 has three schools serving preschool through grade 12: Farmingdale Elementary School (PK–4), Pleasant Plains Middle School (grades 5–8), and Pleasant Plains High School (grades 9–12). They enroll 1,294 students altogether and share the Pleasant Plains CUSD 8 district. The clearest area-wide concern is middle-school math: Farmingdale’s math results are a pronounced strength, but the middle school is nearly level with the state overall and below it in grade 7.
Farmingdale Elementary stands out in math, with 67% proficient across grades compared with 40% statewide—a 28-point advantage; its grade 3 and grade 4 advantages were 18 and 26 points. Both IAR schools also posted strong ELA results: 70% at Farmingdale and 70% at the middle school, each about 13 points above the state. However, the middle school’s all-grades math result was 40% versus 40% statewide, and its grade 7 result was 5 points below the state. Pleasant Plains High was above the state in all nine reported results; its largest lead was 20 points in grade 11 ELA, while its narrowest was 3 points in grade 10 math.
Recent results show the middle-school math gap deserves attention, while the two IAR schools’ average advantage in ELA stayed about 13 points from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026 and their average math advantage grew from 13 to 14 points. SchoolDigger’s middle-school percentile declined from 79 to 57 over three years; Farmingdale’s was 78, 84, and 82, and the high school’s was 80, 85, and 81. Student–teacher ratios in 2024–2025 ranged from 13.4 to 15.1. The free/reduced lunch eligible measure was 4% at Farmingdale and 12% at the middle school in 2024–2025; the high school’s 14% figure is from 2021–2022. These are context, not explanations for results. SchoolDigger lists the district at rank 208 of 738, in the 72nd percentile, with four stars. Because grade spans and tests differ, the scores do not support an overall school ranking.
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