Spring Lake Heights School District

Spring Lake Heights School District has one listed school, Spring Lake Heights Elementary School, serving pre-K through grade 8 and enrolling 292 students. There is no other listed school for a school-to-school comparison. The clearest overall finding is that the school was above New Jersey proficiency results in every reported grade-level result in ELA, mathematics, and science in 2025–2026.

The school’s results vary considerably by grade, even though each reported result exceeds the state figure. In ELA, grade 7 was highest at 87%, 31 percentage points above the state, while grade 5 was lowest at 53%, just 1 point above the state. In mathematics, grade 6 led at 78%, 38 points above New Jersey; grade 7 was lowest at 48%, still 10 points above. Science results were 32% in grade 5 and 29% in grade 8, respectively 4 and 10 points above the state. Algebra I End-of-Course proficiency was especially high at 96%, versus 40% statewide, a 56-point advantage; that result represents a different testing group from the grade-level results.

Results remain above the state, but the school’s average lead narrowed from the previous year in all three subject comparisons. ELA proficiency averaged 79% in 2024–2025 and 71% in 2025–2026, while the state average fell from 54% to 51%; the school’s lead went from 26 to 20 points. In mathematics, the school average declined from 67% to 60% while the state was nearly unchanged at 44%; the lead went from 23 to 16 points. Science fell from 42% to 30% at the school, compared with 25% to 23% statewide. SchoolDigger gives the school four stars and ranks it 386 of 1,331 schools, at the 71st percentile, down from the 77th percentile the year before. In 2024–2025, the student–teacher ratio was 6.7, chronic absenteeism was 8% versus 14% statewide, and 10% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible. These measures provide context, not an explanation for test results.