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Best Public Schools in Elizabeth, NJ


At a glance
35
Schools
26,667
Students
2
Districts
Top rankedTerence C. Reilly School No 7223rd of 743 New Jersey middle schools
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Biggest riser
Toussaint L'Ouverture-Marquis de Lafayette School No. 6 up 27 spots statewide this year
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Smallest classes
Benjamin Franklin School No. 13 10.8 students per teacher
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Summary:

Elizabeth, New Jersey, has 34 schools in the supplied list: 24 elementary, two middle, and eight high schools, with results reported mainly for 2024–2025 and 2025–2026. Performance is uneven: some schools excel in particular grades or subjects, while others are well below state results. The clearest takeaway is how widely results can differ for students in the same grade: the reported Grade 3 school-to-school range was 63 points in ELA and 78 points in math.

Terence C. Reilly School No 7 led the supplied schools in ELA across Grades 3–8, with results from 66% to 89%; its Grade 7 result was 34 points above the state. William F. Halloran School No.22 led Grade 3 and Grade 4 math at 90% and 89%, respectively—40 and 42 points above state results. Among high schools, Elizabeth High School - Frank J Cicarell Academy scored 87% in Grade 9 ELA and 89% in Grade 11 NJGPA math, and reported a 99% graduation rate. At the lower end, Benjamin Franklin School No. 13 had the lowest reported Grade 3 ELA and math results, 10% and 12%; John E. Dwyer Technology Academy had the lowest high-school Grade 9 ELA result, 10%.

SchoolDigger percentile ranks declined from 2023–2024 to 2025–2026 at 28 of the 34 schools, rose at five, and were unchanged at one; Alexander Hamilton Preparatory Academy fell from the 41st to 32nd percentile, while Reilly moved only from the 72nd to 70th. Test-score changes were not all downward: Hamilton’s Grade 9 ELA fell 26 points, while Halloran’s Grade 4 math rose 7 points. Similar context does not mean similar results: in 2024–2025, Franklin and iPrep Academy School No 8 reported free/reduced lunch eligible rates of 88% and 90%; their student-teacher ratios were 10.8 and 11.8. In Grade 3, iPrep was ahead by 16 points in ELA and 20 points in math. These figures offer context, not explanations for achievement differences.

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the New Jersey Department of Education.

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