Hopewell Valley Regional School District

The six schools in Hopewell Valley Regional School District span four elementary schools, one middle school and one high school. SchoolDigger gives the district 4 stars and ranks it 68th of 607 districts, in the 89th percentile. Elementary results in 2025–26 averaged 27 percentage points above the state in ELA, 29 points above in math and 28 points above in grade-5 science. The most important finding is that every elementary school exceeded state proficiency rates in its reported grade-level subjects, even though results varied substantially among schools in some grades.

Toll Gate Grammar School stands out in grade 5: 93% were proficient in math and 75% in science, each about 48 points above the state. At the other end of those same measures, Hopewell Elementary School had the lowest grade-5 results among the four elementary schools, at 60% in math and 40% in science; both were still above state rates. Bear Tavern Elementary School led grade-3 ELA and math, while Timberlane Middle School posted strong ELA results across grades 6–8, but grade-8 math was 20%, 2 points below the state. At Hopewell Valley Central High School, grade-11 science was 63%, 34 points above the state; grade-9 Algebra I was 35%, 5 points below the state rate for end-of-course Algebra I.

Recent elementary results were mixed: the average across matched tests rose about 7 points at Toll Gate and 2 points at Hopewell, was essentially unchanged at Bear Tavern, and fell about 7 points at Stony Brook Elementary School. SchoolDigger’s 2025–26 school rankings put Toll Gate in the 95th percentile and Stony Brook in the 91st, though Stony Brook’s rank had fallen 6 percentile points since 2023–24. Timberlane’s grade-8 science improved 10 points, while its grade-8 math fell 6 points; Central’s grade-9 ELA rose 10 points, while grade-9 Algebra I fell 8. For context, all schools reported free/reduced lunch eligible for 2024–25: rates ranged from 4% at Bear Tavern to 13% at Stony Brook. Ratios ranged from 7.7 students per teacher at Toll Gate to 10.1 at Central; these measures offer context, not an explanation for school results.