Summary:
Edgewater, New Jersey, has two listed elementary schools serving different grade bands: George Washington School serves prekindergarten through grade 2, and Eleanor Van Gelder serves grades 3–6. Enrollment is 333 and 384, respectively. The most important finding for families is that the supplied test results cover only Eleanor Van Gelder, so they cannot establish which school performs better overall.
Eleanor Van Gelder stands out for results well above the state, but it cannot be called Edgewater’s top-performing school without comparable results for the other school. In 2025–2026, its average proficiency was 70% in ELA and 66% in math, compared with state averages of 49% and 46%—leads of 21 and 20 percentage points. Grade 5 science was 37%, 9 points above the state. George Washington School stands out on some reported non-test measures: its 2024–2025 free/reduced lunch eligible share was 13%, compared with 20% at Eleanor Van Gelder, and its student–teacher ratio was slightly lower, 10.0 versus 10.2. However, its chronic absenteeism was higher: 14% versus 11%.
Results improved overall at Eleanor Van Gelder, though not in every subject or grade. From 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, its four-grade average rose 7 percentage points in ELA and 7 in math; grade 5 math was the exception, declining 3 points, while grade 6 math rose 18 points. Grade 5 science fell 10 points, narrowing its lead over the state by 7 points. SchoolDigger gives Eleanor Van Gelder 4 stars and ranks it 253rd of 1,331 statewide for 2025–2026, up 123 places and 9 percentile points from the prior year. These figures describe the reported measures, not causes of achievement.
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