Best Public Schools in Wrightstown, NJ

Wrightstown, New Jersey, has three schools serving 828 students across grades PK–8: Clarence B. Lamb Elementary School serves PK–3, North Hanover Township Upper Elementary School serves grades 4–6, and New Hanover Township School serves PK–8. Results vary considerably by school, grade, and subject. Most importantly, New Hanover Township’s 2025–2026 ELA and math results were below state results in every reported grade, with its largest shortfall 29 points in grade 7 ELA (27% versus 56%).

North Hanover Township Upper Elementary School stands out in grades 4–6: its average ELA result was 52%, compared with 41% at New Hanover Township School and 50% statewide; in math, the averages were 45%, 26%, and 44%, respectively. The largest same-grade gap was 25 points in grade 6 math (44% versus 19%). In grade 3, Clarence B. Lamb Elementary School led New Hanover by 20 points in ELA (46% versus 26%) and 28 points in math (54% versus 26%); Lamb’s math result also topped the state’s 49%.

Recent results are mixed rather than steadily improving: across 23 matched school-grade-subject results, school scores fell by an average of about 0 points, while the average gap to the state narrowed by about 1 point. Lamb’s grade 3 ELA and math scores each rose about 11 points over two years, but New Hanover’s grade 6 math fell 20 points. SchoolDigger gives Lamb 3 stars and a 51st-percentile ranking, compared with 1 star and the 28th percentile for New Hanover. For context, 2024–2025 free/reduced lunch eligible figures were 37% at Lamb, 35% at North Hanover Upper, and 52% at New Hanover; student-teacher ratios ranged from 7.8 at Lamb to 8.6 at North Hanover Upper. These measures describe school differences but do not explain achievement; results at small schools can also shift with changes in the number of tested students.