Colts Neck Township School District

Colts Neck Township School District serves three schools, from prekindergarten through eighth grade, in Colts Neck Township: a primary school for PK–2, an elementary school for grades 3–5, and a middle school for grades 6–8. In 2025–2026, every supplied grade-level result in ELA, mathematics, and science was above the New Jersey result for the same grade and subject. Mathematics was the clearest relative strength, with an average advantage of 31 percentage points, compared with 16 points in ELA and 13 points in science. The most important takeaway is that the schools were consistently above state results, with their largest relative advantages in mathematics.

Cedar Drive Middle School stands out most in the available test comparisons: its average gap across tested core subjects was 26 points above the state, compared with 18 points for Conover Road Elementary School. Cedar Drive’s math results were 33–42 points above state results, while its ELA results were 14–27 points above; elementary results ranged from 5 points above in third-grade ELA to 33 points above in fifth-grade math. SchoolDigger rated Cedar Drive in the 93rd percentile with five stars, and the elementary school in the 77th percentile with four stars. Algebra I was another standout at Cedar Drive: proficiency rounded to 98% in the End-of-Course category and 97% in eighth grade, versus 40% and 75% statewide. The primary school has no supplied test scores, and the elementary and middle schools cover different grades, so they cannot be compared as same-grade peers.

Relative to the state, the schools’ average advantage narrowed from 25 points in 2024–2025 to 22 points in 2025–2026. Cedar Drive’s ELA gaps fell by 12–21 points across grades 6–8, while its eighth-grade math result rose 13 points and its science result rose 8 points. SchoolDigger’s history shows the elementary school moving from the 89th percentile in 2023–2024 to the 77th in 2025–2026; Cedar Drive was in the 93rd percentile in both years. Class-size context and income measures differ modestly: student–teacher ratios were 7.5 at Cedar Drive, 8.3 at the elementary school, and 8.8 at the primary school; in 2024–2025, free/reduced lunch eligible shares were 4%, 3%, and 2%, respectively. These are observations, not explanations for test results.