Netcong School District

Netcong School District has one listed school, Netcong Elementary School, serving prekindergarten through grade 8 and enrolling 295 students. Because it is the only school listed, there is no meaningful school-to-school comparison; the results vary by grade instead. In 2025–2026, the school’s average proficiency was 47% in English language arts (ELA), compared with 51% statewide, and 27% in math, compared with 40% statewide. Science averaged 25%, slightly above the state’s 23%. The most important finding is that math is the clearest concern: the school averaged 13 percentage points below the state and was below it in five of six grades.

Some grades stand out positively, while others are well below state results. Grade 5 science was 9 points above the state, and ELA was 7 points above in grade 4 and 4 points above in grade 7. The largest shortfalls were in grade 3 ELA, 16 points below the state, and grade 8 math, 13 points below. Results also differ considerably across grades: math ranged from 47% in grade 5 to 10% in grade 8, while ELA ranged from 60% in grade 7 to 32% in grade 3. These patterns show why a school-wide average does not describe every grade equally well.

Recent results were mixed: between 2024–2025 and 2025–2026, the ELA average fell from 53% to 47%, and the math average fell from 33% to 27%, while science rose from 21% to 25%. Science’s improvement came mainly from grade 5, which gained 10 points; grade 8 science fell by 2 points. SchoolDigger’s ranking placed the school at the 37th percentile in 2023–2024 and the 41st percentile in each of the next two years. As context, the school’s 2024–2025 student–teacher ratio was 8.6, and 49% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that school year. Chronic absenteeism was 9% in 2024–2025, equal to the district figure and 5 points below the state’s 14%; these figures describe context, not the causes of test results.