Schools in Zip Code 07066

ZIP code 07066 has four schools—two elementary, one middle and one high school—serving grades from kindergarten through 12, with 2,246 students enrolled across them. The clearest area-wide strength is mathematics: in matched 2025–2026 results, schools averaged 59% proficiency versus 43% statewide, a 17-point advantage; ELA averaged 61% versus 50%, and science 29% versus 26%. Both elementary schools and Carl H. Kumpf School were above state results in all their reported regular ELA and math comparisons, while high-school results were mixed. Overall, the strongest shared pattern is above-state performance in elementary and middle-school math.

Valley Road School leads several elementary comparisons: it topped Frank K. Hehnly in grades 3 and 5 ELA and math, including a 22-point grade 5 math lead (73% versus 51%). Hehnly was stronger in grade 4, by 5 points in ELA and 11 in math. Kumpf stands out in middle-school math: its grades 6–8 results ranged from 48.9% to 56.3%, compared with state results from 22.6% to 40.4%; its grade 8 Algebra I result was 94.6%, 20.1 points above the state. Arthur L. Johnson High School has a more uneven test profile, including Algebra II at 23% versus 52% statewide, but its 95% graduation rate was 6 points above the state and its dropout rate was 0.3% versus 0.8%.

Results changed substantially by grade and subject rather than moving in one direction: Valley’s grade 5 math rose 14 points year over year, while its grade 4 ELA fell 20 points; Kumpf’s grade 8 math rose 26 points, even as its ELA results declined in grades 6–8. SchoolDigger’s statewide percentile ranking improved for Valley Road, from 58 to 74 between 2023–2024 and 2025–2026, while Hehnly moved from 75 to 69, Kumpf from 80 to 76 and Johnson from 57 to 55. Valley and Kumpf have student-teacher ratios of 11.4, compared with 15.0 at Hehnly; all four report free/reduced lunch eligibility for 2024–2025, ranging from 7% at Hehnly to 10% at Johnson. These comparisons reflect different grade spans and student cohorts, so they are context rather than a single measure of school quality.