Summary:
ZIP code 07060 has four middle-school options: Hubbard Middle School, Warren Middle School, and North Plainfield Middle School serve grades 6–8, while Somerset School serves grades 5–6. The 2025–2026 results show a wide range between schools, rather than a consistently strong or weak area overall. The clearest overall finding is that Warren led the schools with comparable grade-level results in ELA and math.
Warren had the strongest average results across its tested grades: 69% in ELA and 53% in math, compared with matching state averages of 53% and 34%. Its lead varied by grade, though: grade 8 math was 25%, just 3 percentage points above the state. At the lower end, Hubbard averaged 20% in ELA and 14% in math, while North Plainfield averaged 39% in ELA and 13% in math. Same-grade differences were especially large in grade 6 math: Warren scored 72% and Hubbard 10%, a 62-point gap. Somerset’s grade 6 math was 35%, but its grade 5 results should not be compared with the other schools’ different grades.
ELA results moved closer to state levels at all four schools compared with the prior year; the average ELA-to-state gap improved by 8 points at North Plainfield and 6 points at Somerset. Math trends were mixed: Somerset’s gap improved by 9 points, while Warren’s widened by 9 points, including a 25-point drop in its grade 8 math score. Algebra I was a notable exception to some schools’ regular math results: Hubbard scored 97% and North Plainfield 80%, versus 18% and 7% in grade 8 regular math. SchoolDigger gave Warren 4 stars and ranked it 115th of 743 schools; Hubbard and North Plainfield each had 1 star. As context, 2024–2025 free/reduced lunch eligible rates ranged from 8% at Warren to 86% at Hubbard; student-teacher ratios were relatively close, from 9.2 to 11.1.
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