Best Public Schools in Wyckoff, NJ

Wyckoff has four elementary schools serving grades K/PK–5 and one middle school serving grades 6–8. In 2025–26, elementary results averaged 68% in English language arts (ELA) and 66% in mathematics, compared with state averages of 49% and 47%; the middle school’s averages were also above state levels. The clearest overall finding is that elementary results are strong against state averages, but performance varies noticeably among schools.

Calvin Coolidge Elementary School led grade 3 ELA and math, scoring 69% and 79%—21 and 29 points above state rates—and grade 5 ELA at 85%, 33 points above the state. Abraham Lincoln Elementary School led grade 4 ELA at 72%, 26 points above the state, and grades 4 and 5 math at 76% and 65%. At the other end, Sicomac Elementary School was lowest in every elementary grade for ELA and math. Its grade 5 science result, 20%, was 7 points below the state; Coolidge led science at 54%, 27 points above. Dwight D. Eisenhower Middle School was above state rates in its reported results, including 99% on the Algebra I end-of-course result versus 40% statewide.

Recent changes differ by school: from 2024–25 to 2025–26, Lincoln’s grade 3–5 averages rose 4 points in ELA and 2 in math, while Sicomac’s fell 7 and 11 points; Coolidge’s ELA average fell 14 points. SchoolDigger ranked Coolidge in the 87th percentile, Lincoln in the 84th, George Washington Elementary School in the 79th, Sicomac in the 61st and Eisenhower in the 86th. Sicomac and Lincoln had similar reported staffing ratios (13.4 and 12.5 students per teacher) and free/reduced lunch eligible measures for 2024–25 (0.8% and 0.9%), alongside a 17-point gap in grade 5 science results. These figures offer context, not an explanation for achievement.