Summary:
Zip code 07031 has one listed middle school, Veterans Middle School, serving grades 6–12 with 426 students. Its 2025–2026 results show a clear strength in mathematics: proficiency exceeded New Jersey’s rate in grades 6, 7, and 8. Across those grades, the school averaged 45% proficiency compared with 34% statewide, an 11-point advantage—the clearest overall finding for families comparing its results with state results.
Math is the school’s strongest subject relative to the state, while eighth-grade science is a weaker result. In math, the school was ahead by 9 points in grade 6, 5 points in grade 7, and 19 points in grade 8. ELA was more mixed: it was 9 points above the state in grade 6, 2 points below in grade 7, and 2 points above in grade 8. Algebra I results were 90% in both the end-of-course and grade 8 categories; those rates exceeded the corresponding state results by 50 and 16 points. In grade 8 science, the school was at 15%, 4 points below the state’s 19%. There are no other schools in this list to identify as local leaders or trailers.
Results changed unevenly over time: grade 7 ELA fell 16 points, from 69% in 2024–2025 to 54% in 2025–2026, while grade 8 math rose 7 points, from 35% to 42%. Across the six grade 6–8 ELA and math results combined, the school’s average advantage over the state narrowed from 8 points to 7 points. SchoolDigger’s ranking history rose from the 56th percentile in 2023–2024 to the 66th percentile in 2025–2026. Other context includes a 10.2 student-teacher ratio and 44% free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025; these figures describe the school but do not establish what accounts for its results.
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