Summary:
ZIP code 07033 has two schools in the Kenilworth School District: Warren G. Harding Elementary School, serving prekindergarten through grade 5, and David Brearley High School, serving grades 9–12; no middle school is listed. The key takeaway is that results vary sharply by grade and subject at both schools, so there is no clear overall winner.
Harding stands out in fifth-grade ELA: 68% of students were proficient in 2025–26, 16 points above the state; fifth-grade science was also above state, by 5 points. Its clearest weak spot was fourth-grade math, at 19% proficient and 28 points below state, despite above-state math results in grades 3 and 5. Brearley stands out for graduation and NJGPA results: its 2024–25 graduation rate was 99%, 10 points above state, and its 2025–26 NJGPA results were 4 points above state in ELA and 1 point above in math. Its sharpest shortfall was Geometry, 32 points below state; Algebra I end-of-course results were 24 points below.
Year-to-year results show improvement overall but not consistently: Harding’s state-relative gaps improved in five of seven paired results, averaging a 4-point gain, while fourth-grade math was a major setback; Brearley improved in six of eight paired results, averaging a 2-point gain, but grade-9 Geometry worsened substantially. SchoolDigger’s statewide percentile rose for Brearley from 25th in 2023–24 to 43rd in 2025–26; Harding dipped from 55th to 45th, then recovered to 51st. In 2024–25, student-teacher ratios were 11 at Brearley and 10.7 at Harding; free/reduced lunch eligible shares were 33% and 23%, respectively. These figures provide context, not an explanation for achievement differences.
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