Summary:
Bloomfield, New Jersey, has 10 public schools: eight elementary schools, one middle school and one high school, with supplied test results covering elementary through high-school grades. In 2025–2026, the elementary schools’ average proficiency was 55% in ELA and 49% in math, respectively 6 and 3 percentage points above the matching state averages; grade 5 science was 29%, 1 point above state. The most important finding is that these above-state averages mask wide differences between schools.
Oak View Elementary School and Brookdale Elementary School stand out, but in different subjects: Oak View averaged 80% in ELA and led grades 3–5 ELA, while Brookdale averaged 73% in math and led grades 4–6 math. Berkeley Elementary School was at the other end, averaging 37% in ELA and 32% in math; Oak View’s averages were higher by 43 and 41 points, respectively. Carteret Elementary School had the lowest grade 3 ELA and math results. At Bloomfield Middle School, grade 8 Algebra I proficiency was 89%, 15 points above state, while grade 8 ELA was 6 points below. Bloomfield High School had a 95% graduation rate in 2024–2025, 6 points above state.
Elementary results generally slipped from 2024–2025: the average change across matched tests was a decline of 3 points, compared with a 1-point state decline. Berkeley was the exception, with an average gain of 1 point; Franklin Elementary School was nearly flat. SchoolDigger ranked Oak View at the 93rd percentile and Brookdale at the 89th in 2025–2026, compared with Berkeley at the 29th. All eight elementary schools reported free/reduced lunch eligible figures for 2024–2025: 13% at Brookdale and 15% at Oak View, versus 68% at Berkeley and 73% at Carteret. These are useful context, not an explanation of results; for example, Carteret’s student-teacher ratio was 8.6, yet its averages were below state benchmarks in both subjects.
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