Summary:
ZIP code 07006 has five elementary schools enrolling 1,542 students: four serve kindergarten through grade 5, while Grandview Elementary School serves pre-K through grade 3. The schools are in the Caldwell-West School District and North Caldwell School District. Across the available grades, school averages are 68% in ELA and 63% in math, compared with state averages of 49% and 47%. Every reported school result is above its matching state rate, but the biggest difference among these schools is in math, especially in grade 5.
Wilson Elementary School is the standout in the upper grades, leading in grade 4 and 5 ELA and math, with results from 71% to 83%. Its grade 5 math rate of 83% is 25 percentage points above the other schools’ average and 37 points above the state rate. Grandview leads both grade 3 subjects, with 72% in ELA and 78% in math. At the lower end, Jefferson Elementary School is lowest in grade 5 math, at 49%—20 points below the other schools’ average, though still 3 points above the state. Washington Elementary School is lowest in grade 4 ELA and math and grade 5 ELA, while Lincoln Elementary School leads grade 5 science at 40%.
Recent changes differ by school and subject: ELA averages rose 13 percentage points at both Wilson and Jefferson, while Grandview’s grade 3 ELA fell 5 points. In math, Wilson rose 2 points, while Washington fell 3 and Grandview fell 5; grade 5 science rose 3 points at Lincoln but fell 5 at Wilson. SchoolDigger’s statewide percentile ranking rose from 68 to 82 for Wilson and from 66 to 70 for Jefferson, while Grandview’s moved from 97 to 90. Ratios range from 10.6 students per teacher at Jefferson to 14.1 at Washington. The Caldwell-West schools’ free/reduced lunch eligible shares in 2024–2025 ranged from 8% at Washington to 18% at Jefferson; Grandview reported 1% in 2022–2023, a different year, so it is not directly comparable.
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