Summary:
Zip code 07042 has one high school, Montclair High School, serving grades 9–12 and enrolling 1,925 students; with no other listed high schools, there is no local school-to-school comparison. The most important concern in the available results is Algebra I: in 2025–2026, Montclair’s end-of-course result was 15%, compared with 40% statewide, a 25-point shortfall.
Montclair High School stands out positively in 11th-grade science and NJGPA: science was 41%, 12 points above the state; NJGPA mathematics was 72%, 11 points higher; and NJGPA ELA was 84%, 9 points higher. Ninth-grade ELA was also above the state, at 62% versus 51%. Math results are mixed, not uniformly strong: Algebra II was above the state at 59% versus 52%, while Geometry was below it—39% versus 52% for the end-of-course result, a 13-point gap. Ninth-grade Algebra I was 15% versus 22%, 8 points below the state.
Algebra II fell sharply year over year: Montclair dropped 37 points, from 96% in 2024–2025 to 59% in 2025–2026, while the state fell 28 points; Montclair nevertheless remained above the state. SchoolDigger’s ranking moved from 135th of 434 schools (69th percentile) to 149th (66th percentile), while SchoolDigger rates the Montclair Public School District four stars and ranks it 119th of 607. Other context is more favorable: in 2024–2025, graduation was 90% versus 89% statewide, chronic absenteeism was 8% versus 14%, and dropout rates were 0.5% versus 0.8%. The school’s student–teacher ratio was 12.8, and 18% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025.
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