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Garwood Boro

At a glance

228^thof 609 New Jersey districts▼ 29

Better than 62% of New Jersey districts

Elementary 1Grades PK, KG-8

400 Second Avenue
Garwood, NJ 07027·(908) 789-0331·All New Jersey district rankings →

Statewide performance 2017–2025

2025: better than 62.6% of districts

Schools

416

Students

Top rankedLincoln611^th of 1,347 New Jersey elementary schools

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Summary:

Garwood Boro, New Jersey is home to a single standout elementary school, Lincoln Elementary School, which serves grades K-8 and has an enrollment of 350 students. Lincoln Elementary is a strong-performing school, ranking in the top half of all New Jersey elementary schools and earning a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger for the past two school years, indicating above-average performance.

Lincoln Elementary's students consistently outperform their Garwood Boro and New Jersey state peers on the NJSLA (New Jersey Student Learning Assessments), particularly in English Language Arts. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, 84.1% of 8th graders at Lincoln were proficient or better in ELA, compared to just 57.1% statewide. However, the school's chronic absenteeism rate of 14.9% in 2023-2024 is an area that could use further attention.

With a student-teacher ratio of 11.6 and spending $11,448 per student in the 2018-2019 school year, Lincoln Elementary appears to be effectively allocating resources to support student learning. While the school's moderate free/reduced lunch rate of 23.71% in 2023-2024 indicates a mix of socioeconomic backgrounds, Lincoln's overall academic performance suggests it is successfully meeting the needs of its diverse student population.

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Ranking:

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				NJSLA-S Science (2025)		NJSLA English Language Arts (2025)						NJSLA Mathematics (2025)						NJSLA Algebra I (2025)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	NJSLA-S Science 5th Grade	NJSLA-S Science 8th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 3rd Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 4th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 5th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 6th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 7th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 8th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 3rd Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 4th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 5th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 6th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 7th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 8th Grade	NJSLA Algebra I 8th Grade	NJSLA Algebra I End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Lincoln	Public	K-8	400 Second Avenue	Garwood	07027	Union County	Garwood Boro	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 789-0331	372	33	11.2	25.8%	252 (67.7%)	9 (2.4%)	93 (25.0%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (4.0%)	55.3	611^th of 1347 public elementary schools	54.6%		73.1	378^th of 1338 public elementary schools	71.7%	233	35.9	27.3	46.5	75.0	53.9	56.5	76.8	84.1	40.9	53.8	38.5	35.9	62.8	36.0	84.2	84.2	$11,448	$164	$11,284
Washington School	Public	PK	500 East Street	Garwood	07027	Union County	Garwood Boro	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(908) 789-0331	44			15.9%	27 (61.4%)	2 (4.5%)	12 (27.3%)	1 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (4.5%)								(n/a)

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Westfield Public School District	0.52 mi	10	49^th
Cranford Public School District	0.84 mi	7	87^th
Union County Educational Services Commission	1.83 mi	6
Clark Township Public School District	2.13 mi	5	202^nd
Kenilworth School District	2.22 mi	2	423^rd

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the New Jersey Department of Education.

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