Summary:
Zip code 07072 has one listed school, Carlstadt Public School, serving prekindergarten through grade 8 and enrolling 478 students. With no other local school to compare, parents can look to state results and differences across grades for context. In 2025–2026, Carlstadt’s average proficiency was above the New Jersey average in English language arts and math, while science was roughly level; the most important takeaway is that these overall results conceal substantial differences from one grade to another.
The school’s most striking result is Algebra I: 100% of students were proficient, compared with 40% statewide on the end-of-course measure and 75% on the listed grade 8 measure—a lead of 60 and 26 percentage points, respectively. Among grade-level results, math in grades 5 and 6 stood out, exceeding state results by 12 and 14 points. The clearest relative gaps were grade 3 math, 38% versus 49% statewide (12 points lower); grade 7 ELA, 49% versus 56% (7 points lower); and grade 8 science, 10% versus 19% (9 points lower). Grade 8 math was 27%, which is low in absolute terms but 4 points above the state’s 23%. Across grades 3–8, average proficiency was 56% in ELA and 44% in math, compared with 51% and 40% statewide.
Results changed unevenly between 2024–2025 and 2025–2026. The school’s ELA average fell 5 points, from 61% to 56%, while the state average fell about 3 points; grade 7 ELA had the largest school decline, dropping 30 points, from 79% to 49%. Math averaged 44% in both years, though the state average edged up from 40% to 40.4%; gains in grades 3 and 6 were offset by declines in grades 7 and 8. Science’s average moved from 27% to 23%, with grade 8 falling 9 points. SchoolDigger ranked Carlstadt at the 59th percentile in 2025–2026, up from the 52nd percentile the year before. Context figures include a 10.6 student–teacher ratio and 44% eligible for free/reduced lunch in 2024–2025; these describe the school, not the cause of its results.
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