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Best Public Schools in Zip Code 07072


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Top rankedCarlstadt Public School541st of 1,331 New Jersey elementary schools
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Carlstadt Public School up 110 spots statewide this year
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Summary:

ZIP code 07072 has one listed school, Carlstadt Public School, serving prekindergarten through grade 8 and enrolling 478 students. With no other school in the list, families can compare its results with state results, but not with nearby schools in the ZIP code. In 2025–2026, the school’s grade averages were above the state in English language arts (56% versus 51%) and mathematics (44% versus 40%), while science was about level with the state (23% versus 23%). The most important takeaway is that results vary by subject and grade: Algebra I stands out as a strength, while eighth-grade science is the clearest concern.

Carlstadt Public School is both the highest- and lowest-ranked school in this ZIP-code list simply because it is the only one. Its standout result was Algebra I: in 2025–2026, 100% were proficient at the end-of-course level, compared with 40% statewide, and 100% of eighth graders were proficient, compared with 75% statewide. The clearest shortfall was eighth-grade science, where 10% were proficient versus 19% statewide, a 9-point gap. Fifth-grade math was another bright spot, at 57% compared with 46% statewide. These differences show why the schoolwide averages do not tell the whole story.

Results shifted in different directions over time: the school’s advantage over the state narrowed in ELA, from 8 points in 2024–2025 to 5 points in 2025–2026, and in math, from 4 points to 3; science moved from 3 points above the state to roughly even. By contrast, Algebra I gaps widened, reaching 60 points at the end-of-course level and 26 points for eighth grade in 2025–2026. Seventh-grade ELA also fell from 79% to 49%, while the state result changed from 57% to 56%. SchoolDigger ranked the school 541 of 1,331 schools (59th percentile) in 2025–2026, up from 651 of 1,347 (52nd percentile) the prior year. As context, its 2024–2025 student–teacher ratio was 10.6, and 44% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year; these figures do not establish the cause of test results.

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