Summary:
Netcong, New Jersey, has one listed school, Netcong Elementary School, serving pre-K through grade 8 and enrolling 295 students, so there is no local school-to-school comparison. The clearest concern is mathematics: in 2025–2026, the school’s average across grades 3–8 was 27%, compared with 40% statewide, a 13-point gap.
Within the school, results varied considerably by grade. Grade 5 science was the strongest state-relative result, with 36% proficiency compared with 27% statewide, or 9 points higher; grade 6 math was the weakest, at 19% versus 40%, or 22 points lower. In ELA, grade 7 was 4 points above the state (60% versus 56%), while grade 3 was 16 points below (32% versus 48%). Grade 5 was the only math grade above the state, by 2 points; grade 8 had the lowest math proficiency, at 10%.
Recent results are mixed, with the sharpest concern remaining math. Its average fell 6 points from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, while the state average stayed around 40%, widening the school’s gap from 7 to 13 points. ELA also declined 7 points to 47%, moving from nearly level with the state to 4 points below; grades 6 and 8 had notable drops. Science improved relative to the state: the school’s average rose 4 points to 25%, giving it a 2-point advantage, driven by grade 5 even as grade 8 fell. SchoolDigger ranks the school 785th of 1,331 statewide, at the 41st percentile with 2 stars; its listed district rank is 434th of 607, at the 29th percentile with 1 star. For context, in 2024–2025, 49% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible, the student-teacher ratio was 8.6, and chronic absenteeism was 9%, 5 points below the state rate.
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