South Harrison Township School District

The South Harrison Township School District has one school, South Harrison Elementary School, serving pre-K through grade 6 with 345 students. The school’s 2025–2026 ELA and math results were above New Jersey’s in every tested grade, and grade 5 science also exceeded the state result. Its four-grade average advantage was 13 percentage points in ELA and 20 points in math. The clearest overall takeaway is that every reported 2025–2026 result was higher than its state counterpart.

Grade 4 math was the school’s strongest result: 78% of students were proficient, compared with 47% statewide, a 31-point advantage. Grade 6 math was the lowest result, at 50% versus 40% statewide, but still ahead by 10 points. Results also varied by grade in ELA, from 58% in grade 4 to 71% in grade 3. Grade 5 science reached 37%, 10 points above the state. Because this is the only school in the district list, there are no peer schools to rank against one another.

ELA and math averages improved from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, while science moved in the opposite direction. ELA rose from 56% to 62%, and its advantage over the state widened from 4 to 13 points; math rose from 56% to 65%, with its lead growing from 11 to 20 points. By contrast, grade 5 science fell from 47% to 37%, and its lead narrowed from 17 to 10 points. SchoolDigger’s percentile ranking rose from 51st in 2023–2024 to 74th in 2025–2026; its reported rank improved from 652 of 1,338 to 341 of 1,331. For context, the school had a 9:1 student–teacher ratio and 12% free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025; chronic absenteeism was 4%, compared with 14% statewide. These figures describe the school but do not establish what accounts for its results.