Florham Park School District

Florham Park School District has three schools serving prekindergarten through grade 8: Briarwood School (PK–2), Brooklake School (grades 3–5) and Ridgedale Middle School (grades 6–8); together, they enroll 938 students. The clearest overall finding is that every reported 2025–2026 ELA, math and science result at Brooklake and Ridgedale was above the state result for the same grade, though the size of the advantage varied.

Brooklake stands out in elementary math: its grade average was 67%, compared with 47% for the state, a 20-point advantage. Ridgedale stands out in middle-school ELA, averaging 67% against 53% statewide, a 14-point advantage; its Algebra I end-of-course result was also notably high at 90% versus 40%, a 50-point gap. The lower relative results were Brooklake’s grade 4 ELA (50%, 3 points above the state) and Ridgedale’s grade 8 math (35%, 12 points above the state). These are subject- and grade-specific strengths, not an overall ranking of the schools.

Recent results show ELA averages falling while math was stable or improved: Brooklake’s ELA average declined from 72% to 60% (down 11 points), and Ridgedale’s fell from 74% to 67% (down 7 points); math rose by about 1 point at Brooklake and 3 points at Ridgedale. SchoolDigger rates the district four stars and ranks it 140th of 607 New Jersey districts; its school rankings put Ridgedale at the 82nd percentile and Brooklake at the 74th in 2025–2026, down from their earlier peaks. Student-teacher ratios are similar, from 10.0 to 10.4. In 2024–2025, the reported free/reduced lunch eligible measure was 1% at Briarwood and Brooklake and 2% at Ridgedale. Briarwood has no test results reported, and the tested schools serve different grades, so these figures do not establish an overall school-to-school winner.