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Berkeley Heights School District

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At a glance

65^thof 607 New Jersey districts▲ 43

Better than 89% of New Jersey districts

Elementary 4 Middle 1 High 1Grades PK, KG-12

345 Plainfield Avenue
Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922·(908) 464-1718·All New Jersey district rankings →

Statewide performance 2018–2026

2026: better than 89.3% of districts

Schools

2,340

Students

5-star schools

Top rankedColumbia Middle School32^nd of 743 New Jersey middle schools

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Biggest riser

Columbia Middle School up 103 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Mountain Park School 9.3 students per teacher

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Summary:

Berkeley Heights School District includes six schools serving children from early childhood through high school, with four elementary schools, one middle school and one high school. In 2025–2026, reported results were generally above New Jersey figures: across the available grade-level results, average school-to-state gaps were about 25 percentage points in ELA, 30 in math and 25 in science. The most important exception is ninth-grade Algebra I at Governor Livingston High School: 12% were proficient, versus 22% statewide.

Columbia Middle School and Thomas P. Hughes School stand out in the reported results. Columbia had 83% proficiency in grade 7 ELA and 100% in grade 7 Algebra I; SchoolDigger ranked it 32nd of 743 New Jersey middle schools, in the 96th percentile. Among the two tested grade 3–5 schools, Hughes generally led Mountain Park School: it scored higher in all three ELA grades, grades 4 and 5 math, and grade 5 science, where its 51% was 8 points above Mountain Park’s 43%. Mountain Park’s one edge was a tiny grade 3 math lead. Governor Livingston’s Algebra I result is the clearest weak spot, despite stronger results elsewhere, including 66% in grade 11 science and 90% on grade 11 NJGPA math. Mary Kay McMillin Early Childhood Center and William Woodruff School have no supplied test results.

Changes over time are mixed, not a districtwide upward or downward trend: Hughes grade 4 math rose 14 points, while its grade 5 science fell 15; Mountain Park grade 5 science fell 16. Columbia grade 7 math rose 13 points, while Governor Livingston grade 9 Algebra I fell 8. SchoolDigger rankings improved for Columbia, Hughes and Mountain Park from the prior year, but slipped slightly for Governor Livingston, from 72nd to 76th of 434 high schools. Hughes and Mountain Park have similar student–teacher ratios, 10.6 and 9.3, and their 2024–2025 free/reduced lunch eligible figures were 3% and 5%; those are context, not explanations for the score differences.

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Ranking:

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				NJGPA English Language Arts (2026)	NJGPA Mathematics (2026)	NJSLA-S Science (2026)			NJSLA English Language Arts (2026)							NJSLA Mathematics (2026)						NJSLA Algebra I (2026)				NJSLA Geometry (2026)				NJSLA Algebra II (2026)			Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	NJGPA English Language Arts 11th Grade	NJGPA Mathematics 11th Grade	NJSLA-S Science 5th Grade	NJSLA-S Science 8th Grade	NJSLA-S Science 11th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 3rd Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 4th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 5th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 6th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 7th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 8th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 9th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 3rd Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 4th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 5th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 6th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 7th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 8th Grade	NJSLA Algebra I 7th Grade	NJSLA Algebra I 8th Grade	NJSLA Algebra I 9th Grade	NJSLA Algebra I End of Course	NJSLA Geometry 8th Grade	NJSLA Geometry 9th Grade	NJSLA Geometry 10th Grade	NJSLA Geometry End of Course	NJSLA Algebra II 9th Grade	NJSLA Algebra II 10th Grade	NJSLA Algebra II End of Course	Total
Governor Livingston High School	Public	9-12	175 Watchung Boulevard	Berkeley Heights	07922	Union County	Berkeley Heights School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(908) 464-3100	849	82	10.3	3.1%	573 (67.5%)	15 (1.8%)	129 (15.2%)	92 (10.8%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	36 (4.2%)	72.7	76^th of 434 public high schools	82.5%		74.3	72^nd of 434 public high schools	83.4%	4		89.6			65.8							74.0									12.0	12.0		53.8		53.0	77.0		71.4	$15,188
Mary Kay McMillin Early Childhood Center	Public	PK, KG-2	651 Mountain Avenue	Berkeley Heights	07922	Union County	Berkeley Heights School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(908) 464-5583	256	22	11.5	2.3%	126 (49.2%)	6 (2.3%)	35 (13.7%)	59 (23.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (11.7%)								(n/a)																														$14,977
Thomas P. Hughes School	Public	3-5	446 Snyder Ave	Berkeley Hts	07922	Union County	Berkeley Heights School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(908) 464-1717	250	23	10.6	2.8%	148 (59.2%)	8 (3.2%)	34 (13.6%)	37 (14.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.8%)	21 (8.4%)	89.6	114^th of 1331 public elementary schools	91.4%		84.9	200^th of 1347 public elementary schools	85.2%	86			50.6			74.7	74.7	75.3					78.4	82.6	68.1															$17,930
Columbia Middle School	Public	6-8	345 Plainfield Ave	Berkeley Hts	07922	Union County	Berkeley Heights School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(908) 464-1600	523	52	10.0	2.7%	293 (56.0%)	13 (2.5%)	72 (13.8%)	105 (20.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (7.6%)	92.5	32^nd of 743 public middle schools	95.7%		79	135^th of 752 public middle schools	82.0%	103				44.8					81.8	83.1	76.6					70.2	74.6	59.8	100.0	94.9		96.9								$13,060
Mountain Park School	Public	3-5	55 Fairfax Dr	Berkeley Hts	07922	Union County	Berkeley Heights School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(908) 464-1713	224	24	9.3	4.5%	112 (50.0%)	3 (1.3%)	35 (15.6%)	57 (25.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (7.6%)	87.1	168^th of 1331 public elementary schools	87.4%		81.9	253^rd of 1347 public elementary schools	81.2%	85			42.6			72.3	71.5	74.0					78.5	81.9	63.0															$18,123
William Woodruff School	Public	K-2	Briarwood Dr West	Berkeley Hts	07922	Union County	Berkeley Heights School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(908) 464-1723	238	17	14.0	1.3%	131 (55.0%)	7 (2.9%)	35 (14.7%)	47 (19.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (7.6%)								(n/a)																														$16,129

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the New Jersey Department of Education.

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