Summary:
The two elementary schools in Midland Park School District serve different grade spans: Godwin Elementary School serves pre-K–2, and Highland Elementary School serves grades 3–6. Only Highland has reported test scores, so these data cannot show how the schools compare academically. Most importantly, Highland was above the state in all 18 reported subject, grade and year comparisons.
Among the available academic results, Highland’s clearest strength is ELA: in 2025–26, its equal-weighted average was 73%, compared with 49% statewide, a 23-point advantage. Its math average was 55% versus 46% statewide, a 10-point advantage. Grade 3 ELA was especially strong at 84% versus 48% statewide, while grade 5 math was only 1 point above the state (46.4% versus 45.5%). Grade 5 science also exceeded the state, at 38% versus 27%. Godwin has no reported test scores, so there is no academic basis here for identifying it as the lower-performing school.
Highland remained ahead of the state, but its results and advantages declined from 2024–25 to 2025–26: its ELA and math averages each fell 7 points, and its state advantage narrowed by 4 points in ELA and 8 points in math. Grade 3 was an exception, rising 18 points in ELA and 13 in math while the other tested grades declined. SchoolDigger ranked Highland 269th of 1,338 schools in 2023–24, 223rd of 1,347 in 2024–25 and 350th of 1,331 in 2025–26; it lists the district 142nd of 607, in the 77th percentile, with four stars. For context, in 2024–25 Highland’s student–teacher ratio was 9.6, compared with Godwin’s 8.9, and free/reduced-lunch eligibility was 7.8% at Highland and 7.3% at Godwin. These context measures do not establish why results differ.
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