Summary:
The Harding Township School District has one listed school, Harding Township School, serving prekindergarten through grade 8 in Harding Township, with 291 students. The school’s 2025–2026 grade-level averages were well above New Jersey’s in all three tested subjects: 81% in English language arts (ELA) versus 51% statewide, 78% in math versus 40%, and 56% in science versus 23%. The clearest takeaway is that the school’s average results exceeded state averages in every tested subject, with the largest lead in math at 38 percentage points.
There are no other listed schools to rank against it, so the most useful “highs and lows” are differences among grades at Harding Township School. Math showed the widest spread: grade 4 had 97% proficient, compared with 46% in grade 8, a 51-point difference; even the grade 8 result was 24 points above the state figure. ELA ranged from 92% in grade 5 to 70% in grade 3, while science ranged from 68% in grade 5 to 44% in grade 8. Algebra I results were especially high, with 100% proficient on both reported measures, compared with 40% statewide on the end-of-course test and 75% in grade 8. These Algebra I results are separate from the regular grade-level math scores.
Over time, science improved most: its average rose 14 points between 2024–2025 and 2025–2026, while the state average fell 1 point. ELA declined 4 points at the school, compared with a 3-point state decline; math was nearly unchanged, rising 1 point at the school and rounding to no change statewide. SchoolDigger gives the district five stars and ranks it 19th of 607 New Jersey districts; its school-level rankings were 53rd of 1,331 in 2025–2026, 44th of 1,347 in 2024–2025 and 64th of 1,338 in 2023–2024. For context, the school reported a 6.7 student–teacher ratio and 3% free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025; chronic absenteeism was 6%, below the state’s 14% that year.
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