Branchburg Township School District

Branchburg Township School District includes three schools serving pre-K through grade 8 in Branchburg Township: Whiton Elementary School, Stony Brook School and Branchburg Central Middle School. Overall, students’ 2025–2026 ELA and math results were above state results for every listed grade; the average advantage was 12 points in ELA and 14 points in math. The strongest overall message is that results are generally above state benchmarks, though the size of the lead varies substantially by grade and subject.

Stony Brook has the standout result: fifth-grade math proficiency was 76%, compared with 46% statewide, a 30-point lead—the largest among the listed ELA and math results. Whiton’s third graders also did well in both subjects, with ELA at 62% versus 48% statewide and math at 70% versus 49%. At the other end, Branchburg Central’s seventh-grade math result was 41%, just 3 points above the state’s 38%, its smallest lead. Its grade-level results don’t tell the whole story: seventh-grade Algebra I proficiency was 100%, and eighth-grade Geometry was 95%. Science results were above state figures too: fifth grade at Stony Brook led by 11 points, and eighth grade at Branchburg Central by 10.

Recent changes are mixed rather than a steady rise: average ELA scores fell 2 points from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, while average math scores rose 2 points. One notable improvement was Branchburg Central eighth-grade math, up 18 points to 31%; its state-relative position shifted from 8 points below the state to 8 points above. SchoolDigger’s statewide percentile rankings also rebounded in the latest year but remained below 2023–2024: Whiton went from 80 to 73 to 77, and Branchburg Central from 80 to 68 to 73. As context, in 2024–2025, free/reduced lunch eligible shares were 13% at Whiton, 13% at Branchburg Central and 10% at Stony Brook; student-teacher ratios ranged from 7.9 to 9.2. These are descriptive differences, not explanations for test results.