Summary:
River Edge, New Jersey, has three schools serving elementary grades through grades 7–8, with 1,744 students across the two elementary schools and River Dell Middle School. In 2025–2026, elementary schools averaged 77%–78% proficiency in ELA and 74%–77% in math, compared with grade-matched state averages of 49% and 46%; River Dell Middle School also exceeded state results in its reported grades. The most important finding is that results are strong relative to the state but vary substantially by school, grade and math measure.
No elementary school leads across every grade: Cherry Hill School led ELA and math in grades 3 and 4 and math in grade 6, while Roosevelt School led fifth-grade ELA, math and science. The widest school-to-school gap was in fifth-grade math: Roosevelt scored 83%, versus 61% at Cherry Hill, a 23-point difference. River Dell’s standout was Algebra I, at 100% proficiency compared with 40% statewide; its standard grade 8 math result was 42%, though, versus 77% in grade 7. Both standard math results were above state rates, but the grade 8 result is a notable relative weak spot.
Recent trends underline those differences: from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, Cherry Hill fifth-grade math fell by 20 points, while Roosevelt’s rose by 12 points. River Dell’s standard math average lead over the state narrowed from 38 points to 29, while its ELA lead widened slightly, from 24 to 25 points. SchoolDigger lists all three schools at five stars for 2025–2026: Cherry Hill ranks 115 of 1,331, Roosevelt 83 of 1,331 and River Dell 39 of 743. As context, 2024–2025 free/reduced lunch eligible figures were 2.2% at Cherry Hill, 0.7% at River Dell and 0.6% at Roosevelt; student-teacher ratios were 11.8, 11.7 and 14.8, respectively. Chronic absenteeism was 2%–4% at the schools, compared with 14% statewide.
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