Summary:
Schools in ZIP code 07073 include four schools serving prekindergarten through grade 12: McKenzie School, Lincoln School, Alfred S. Faust Middle School, and Henry P. Becton Regional High School. Together, they enroll 1,640 students. In 2025–26, the schools’ average state-relative gap was 5 points above the state in ELA and 3 points above in grade-based math; all three reported science results were below the state, averaging 4 points lower. The clearest area-wide takeaway is that ELA and grade-based math are relative strengths, while science is consistently below state benchmarks.
McKenzie stands out in third-grade ELA: 63% were proficient, 15 points above the state. Faust was above the state in ELA at all three middle-school grades, by 2 points in grade 6, 5 in grade 7, and 10 in grade 8; its grade 8 math was also 5 points above. Lincoln’s strongest relative result was fifth-grade math, 8 points above the state. Becton had a mixed profile: its grade 9 ELA was 5 points below the state and its end-of-course Algebra I result was 16 points below, while its grade 11 NJGPA ELA was 6 points above. Science was below the state at Faust and Becton as well as Lincoln.
Year-to-year results vary by school: McKenzie’s third-grade ELA rose 15 points, while Faust’s ELA scores fell in all three grades, by 7 to 17 points; Becton’s grade 9 ELA fell 11 points. SchoolDigger’s statewide ranking percentile rose for McKenzie, from the 48th in 2023–24 to the 64th in 2025–26, and fell for Faust, from the 74th to the 57th, and Becton, from the 61st to the 44th. In 2024–25, student-teacher ratios ranged from 9.3 at Faust to 14.0 at Becton. Free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–25 ranged from 41% at Becton to 52% at Faust, with a four-school average of 47%; these figures provide context, not an explanation for test results.
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