Moonachie School District

Moonachie School District has one listed school, Robert L. Craig School, serving pre-K through grade 8 and enrolling 356 students. With no other school in the district to compare, the most useful picture comes from the school’s results by subject and grade, alongside New Jersey averages. The clearest overall finding is that the school is above the state average in reported ELA and math results, but below it in science.

Robert L. Craig School is both the district’s highest- and lowest-ranked school by default; its strongest results are in ELA, where the 2025–2026 average across grades 3–8 was 69%, compared with 51% statewide—a lead of 18 percentage points. Its average in grades 3–7 math was 55%, versus 44% statewide, an 11-point lead. The school exceeded the state in every reported ELA grade and every math grade with a result, although scores varied: ELA ranged from 58% in grade 5 to 76% in grade 3, while math ranged from 47% in grade 7 to 64% in grade 3. Science is the clearest concern: grade 5 was 21% versus 27% statewide, and grade 8 was 11% versus 19%.

Results have softened in ELA and math, while science shows a sharp grade 5 decline. The school’s ELA average fell 8 points from the prior year, narrowing its advantage over the state by 5 points; its math average fell 3 points, and its advantage narrowed by 3 points. Grade 5 science dropped 15 points, from 37% to 21%, while the state result fell 3 points; by contrast, grade 8 science rose 3 points but remained below the state. Algebra I End-of-Course proficiency improved 5 points to 38%, leaving the school 2 points below the state; the separate grade 8 comparison was much lower, at 38% versus 75%. SchoolDigger’s statewide percentile declined from 76 to 69 between 2023–2024 and 2025–2026, and its rating moved from 4 stars to 3. As context, the school’s 2024–2025 student–teacher ratio was 10.2, 61% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible, and chronic absenteeism was 6% versus 14% statewide.