Summary:
ZIP code 07068 has one listed school, Lester C Noecker, an elementary school serving prekindergarten through grade 6 with 451 students. In 2025–2026, its results were higher than New Jersey’s in every reported grade and subject: the school’s proficiency rates were 29 to 46 percentage points above the state, making strong performance across all three tested subjects the most important finding for local families.
Lester C Noecker is both the highest- and lowest-performing school in the ZIP code simply because it is the only one listed; there is no within-area school ranking to compare. Its strongest result was grade 5 math, where 91% met proficiency, compared with 46% statewide. Its lowest reported result was grade 5 science, at 56%, though that is a different subject and not a like-for-like comparison with math or ELA. Within ELA, grade 3 was highest at 89% and grade 4 lowest at 81%; within math, grade 5 was highest at 91% and grade 6 lowest at 78%. Even that grade 6 math result was 38 points above the state’s.
Results improved overall, especially in math, while some grades and science moved in the opposite direction. The school’s average math proficiency rose 11 points from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, while its ELA average increased 2 points; ELA declined in grades 5 and 6, and grade 5 science fell 11 points, to 56%. SchoolDigger’s statewide ranking rose from 116th of 1,338 schools in 2023–2024 to 24th of 1,331 in 2025–2026, moving from the 91st to the 98th percentile. Context figures include a student-teacher ratio of 10.2 in 2024–2025 and 6% free/reduced lunch eligible that year; chronic absenteeism was 9%, compared with 14% statewide.
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