Bernards Township School District

Bernards Township School District includes six schools in New Jersey: four elementary schools, one middle school and one high school; the results provided cover grades 3–11. In 2025–26, elementary-school averages exceeded state averages by 31 points in ELA, 34 in mathematics and 34 in grade 5 science. The most important takeaway is that results are well above state levels overall, but performance varies substantially by school and grade.

Mount Prospect Elementary School is the clearest elementary standout: it leads the four schools in grades 3 and 4 ELA and mathematics and grade 5 science, and SchoolDigger ranks it 10th of 1,331 New Jersey elementary schools. The contrast is sharpest in grade 5 science, where Mount Prospect’s 72% is 30 points above Oak Street School’s 43%; Oak Street is also lowest in grade 5 ELA (77%) and mathematics (72%). Cedar Hill School is lowest in grades 3 and 4 ELA and mathematics, including grade 4 mathematics at 64% versus Mount Prospect’s 91%, but leads grade 5 ELA. At the secondary level, William Annin Middle School’s grade 6 ELA is 86%, 35 points above the state; Ridge High School’s grade 9 ELA is 78%, 27 points above.

Elementary-school averages remain far above state results, but their advantage narrowed from 2024–25 to 2025–26 by 1 point in ELA, 4 in mathematics and 5 in grade 5 science. Results also moved in different directions: Oak Street’s grade 5 science fell 23 points, while Ridge grade 9 ELA rose 6 points and grade 11 science fell 12. School characteristics offer context, not an explanation: elementary student–teacher ratios range from 8.8 at Mount Prospect to 12.3 at Cedar Hill, and all six schools report free/reduced lunch eligible for 2024–25, with shares from about 1% to 4%.