Harrington Park School District

Harrington Park School District has one listed elementary school, Harrington Park School, serving prekindergarten through grade 8, with reported enrollment of 627 students. In 2025–2026, its results were above state averages in every reported subject and grade. The most important exception for families to note is eighth-grade math: it was the school’s lowest grade-level result, at 34% proficient, although still 12 points above the state’s 23%.

Harrington Park School stands out most in Algebra I End of Course, where 97% were proficient compared with 40% statewide, an advantage of 58 points. Across grades, its average advantage over the state was 22 points in ELA, 29 in math, and 27 in science. Results vary considerably by grade: ELA ranged from 66% in grade 6 to 87% in grade 7, while math ranged from 34% in grade 8 to 82% in grade 4. So the strong overall picture does not mean results are equally high in every grade.

Recent changes were mixed: from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, the school’s ELA and math averages fell by 2 and 3 points, respectively, while science rose by 5 points. Its advantage over the state stayed nearly unchanged in ELA, narrowed by 3 points in math, and widened by 7 points in science. SchoolDigger ranks the district 50th of 607 New Jersey districts, with five stars; it ranks Harrington Park School 169th of 1,331 schools, with four stars, in 2025–2026. Other reported context includes an 11.2 student-teacher ratio and 8% chronic absenteeism in 2024–2025; the state absenteeism rate was 14%. The school’s reported low-income measure was 1% free/reduced lunch eligible in 2022–2023. Because the district has only one listed school, there is no local school-to-school comparison.