Best Public Schools in Zip Code 07075

ZIP code 07075 has three public schools in the Wood-Ridge School District, serving pre-K through grade 12: Catherine E. Doyle Elementary School (479 students), Wood-Ridge Intermediate School (256), and Wood-Ridge Junior/Senior High School (554); together they enroll 1,289 students. The clearest overall pattern is that the elementary and intermediate schools’ tested ELA and math results are consistently above their grade-specific state benchmarks, while the high school’s results vary more by grade and measure.

Doyle stands out most in 2025–26: its four grade 3–4 ELA and math results averaged 22 percentage points above the state. Intermediate was also above state benchmarks in all four grade 5–6 ELA and math results, averaging 13 points above; its grade 5 science result was 12 points above the state. Junior/Senior High was the least consistent: it averaged 4 points above the state across its listed grade 7–9 ELA and grade 7–8 math results, including grade 9 ELA 5 points below the state. Across current results, ELA averaged 12 points above state benchmarks and math 13 points above.

Results narrowed toward state averages: across 11 same-grade ELA and math comparisons, the average advantage fell from 14 points in 2024–25 to 12 in 2025–26. Intermediate’s grade 5 ELA result dropped 25 points, though it remained 5 points above the state; high-school results were mixed, with grade 8 ELA up 14 points and grade 9 ELA down 17. SchoolDigger ranked Doyle 223 of 1,331 New Jersey elementary schools (83rd percentile, 4 stars) and Junior/Senior High 226 of 434 high schools (48th percentile, 2 stars); no rank history was supplied for Intermediate. Student-teacher ratios were similar in 2024–25, from 11.9 to 12.3. Free/reduced lunch eligible rates that year were 17% at Doyle, 20% at Intermediate, and 27% at Junior/Senior High; these are context, not an explanation for different results. Junior/Senior High’s 2024–25 graduation rate was 92%, above the state’s 89%, while chronic absenteeism was 17%, compared with 14% statewide.