Summary:
ZIP code 07050 has 10 schools—seven elementary, two middle and one high—that collectively span kindergarten through high school. On the comparable grades 3–7 results for 2025–2026, the seven schools averaged 32% proficiency in English language arts (ELA) and 27% in math, below state averages of 51% and 44%. The most important finding is that the area average masks large differences among schools and grades, even though the group as a whole trails the state in both subjects.
Heywood Avenue Elementary School led the seven schools in both subjects, averaging 41% in ELA and 41% in math across grades 3–7. Those averages were 11 and 16 points above the other six schools’ averages, respectively; Heywood was still 9 points below the state in ELA but only 3 points below in math. At the other end, Oakwood Avenue Community School averaged 21% in ELA and 14% in math—12 and 15 points below the other schools’ averages, and 29 and 30 points below the state. Grade-level bright spots complicate the overall picture: Cleveland Street Elementary School reached 67% in grade 7 ELA and 58% in grade 7 math, respectively 11 and 20 points above state results for those grades.
Over two years, average ELA proficiency across the same schools and grades fell 7 points, while math rose 4 points; school trends also differed. Cleveland Street’s average across the tested ELA and math grades increased 5 points, while Oakwood’s decreased 5 points. SchoolDigger’s statewide percentile ranking rose from the 29th to the 40th percentile for Rosa Parks Community School, while Oakwood’s fell from the 11th to the 6th percentile. The reported free/reduced lunch eligible measure for 2024–2025 ranged from 58% at Heywood to 87% at Central Elementary School; this is context, not an explanation of results. Student-teacher ratios also differed: 11.7 at Heywood and 9.7 at Oakwood, despite their contrasting achievement averages.
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