Summary:
The five schools in the Bound Brook School District serve students from pre-K through grade 12. In 2025–2026, the available grade 3–8 results averaged 32% proficient in English language arts (ELA), compared with 51% statewide, and 23% in mathematics, compared with 40% statewide. The clearest overall concern is that most listed proficiency results are below state levels, although the size of the gap differs greatly by grade, subject, and school.
Community Middle School stands out at the top in Algebra I: 73% were proficient on the 2025–2026 End-of-Course test, 33 percentage points above the state’s 40%. In contrast, Bound Brook High School had 19% proficient on the same test, 21 points below the state; its Geometry results were also low, at 5% on the End-of-Course test versus 52% statewide. Smalley Elementary School was below the state on every listed test, with its largest shortfall in grade 4 mathematics: 17% versus 47%, a 30-point gap. Lafayette Elementary School was also below the state in grade 3 ELA (26% versus 48%) and mathematics (24% versus 49%).
Results improved in many, but not all, matched comparisons over two years: 15 of 23 gaps with the state narrowed and eight widened, with an average improvement of 4 percentage points. For example, Community’s grade 7 ELA gap narrowed by 15 points; its grade 8 ELA gap widened by 3 points. SchoolDigger rankings also rose from the 28th to the 35th percentile at Community and from the 20th to the 27th at Bound Brook High between 2023–2024 and 2025–2026. As context, all five schools reported free/reduced lunch eligibility for 2024–2025, ranging from 70% at LaMonte-Annex Elementary School to 88% at Lafayette; student–teacher ratios ranged from 7.5 to 11.3. Schools serve different grades, and no test scores are listed for LaMonte-Annex.
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