Summary:
Prospect Park, New Jersey, has two public schools: Prospect Park School No. 1 serves prekindergarten through grade 6, and Prospect Park Middle School serves grades 7–8. The clearest overall pattern is that reported ELA, math, and science results were below state results, with one notable exception: the middle school’s end-of-course Algebra I proficiency was 27 points above the state.
The middle school stands out for that Algebra I result: 67% were proficient, compared with 40% statewide. Its separate grade 8 Algebra I result was 67%, however, 8 points below the state. School No. 1 had the largest shortfalls among the reported results, including grade 5 math at 4% versus 46% statewide, a 42-point gap. Across grades 3–6, its average math proficiency was 8%, compared with 46% statewide; its average ELA result was 20% versus 49%. The middle school’s grade 7–8 averages were closer to state results: 17% in math versus 30%, and 38% in ELA versus 55%. These averages cover different grades and are not direct school-to-school comparisons.
Recent changes are more encouraging at the middle school: its grade 7–8 ELA average rose from 27% to 38%, and its gap with the state narrowed by 14 points. End-of-course Algebra I improved from 53% to 67%, while grade 8 science rose from 5% to 7%. School No. 1’s ELA average increased from 11% to 20%, but its math average remained around 8%, and grade 5 science fell from 4% to 1%. SchoolDigger ranked the middle school 545th of 743 middle schools (27th percentile, 1 star) in 2025–2026, up 11 percentile points from the prior year; School No. 1 ranked 1,286th of 1,331 elementary schools (3rd percentile, 0 stars), up 1 percentile point. For 2024–2025, free/reduced lunch eligible was 52% at the middle school and 30% at School No. 1; student–teacher ratios were 9.5 and 8.4, respectively.
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