Summary:
Milltown School District has two schools serving prekindergarten through grade 8: Parkview School serves PK–3, and Joyce Kilmer School serves grades 4–8. Their tested grades do not overlap, so their proficiency results cannot be fairly compared directly; the useful comparisons are with the state in the same grade and subject. The clearest standout is Parkview: in 2025–2026, its grade 3 proficiency was 64% in English Language Arts (ELA) and 74% in math, respectively 16 and 25 percentage points above the state.
Joyce Kilmer had its strongest reported grade-level results in grade 4, with 51% proficient in ELA (5 points above the state) and 57% in math (10 points above). Grade 6 math was also above the state by 7 points. Its clearest low point was grade 8 math: the school reported 0% proficient, compared with 23% statewide. Joyce Kilmer’s equal-grade averages were 49% in ELA and 37% in math, about 2 points below the state in each subject; the math average is strongly affected by the grade 8 result. Its grade 5 and grade 8 science results were also below the state by 12 and 8 points, respectively.
Parkview improved from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, gaining 16 points in grade 3 ELA and 13 in math, while its state-relative advantages grew to 16 and 25 points. Joyce Kilmer’s average position relative to the state weakened slightly in both ELA and math. SchoolDigger ranked Parkview 242nd of 1,331 schools, in the 82nd percentile with four stars; it ranked Joyce Kilmer 411th of 743, in the 45th percentile with two stars. In 2024–2025, student–teacher ratios were 9.5 at Parkview and 10.3 at Joyce Kilmer; both reported free/reduced lunch eligible for that year, at 28% and 22%, respectively. These are contextual measures, not explanations for test results.
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