Summary:
Rutherford School District has five schools serving elementary, middle, and high school students in Rutherford, with 2,544 students total and enrollment from 349 to 727 per school. The clearest overall finding is that all listed grade 3–8 ELA and ordinary math results in 2025–2026 were above state proficiency, while high-school Geometry results show that strong performance is not universal.
Different schools lead in different subjects: Lincoln School led Washington School in grade 3 ELA, 80% to 69%, while Washington led in grade 3 math, 70% to 66%. Pierrepont School had broadly strong grades 4–6 results, including grade 6 math 34 points above the state; Union School stood out in grade 8 math, 60% versus 23% statewide, and Algebra I, 97% versus 75%. SchoolDigger ranks Union #63 of 743 statewide (92nd percentile) and Lincoln #191 of 1,331 (86th percentile). The weakest listed comparisons were at Rutherford High School: grade 10 Geometry was 3% versus 13% statewide, and Geometry end-of-course was 41% versus 52%.
Rutherford High improved its school-to-state gap on all seven matched measures from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, although results remain mixed: grade 9 Geometry rose from 38% to 70%, and grade 9 Algebra I from 9% to 48%, while Geometry end-of-course remained below the state. Across 25 matched comparisons districtwide, the average gap improved by 7 points, but changes varied by school and subject. Context may help families compare schools, but it does not explain results: student-teacher ratios average 12.0, and all schools report free/reduced lunch eligible for 2024–2025, ranging from 4% at Rutherford High to 7% at Lincoln. Comparisons are most useful for matching grades and subjects, since schools serve different grade spans.
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