Summary:
ZIP code 07106 has six schools: five elementary schools, including schools serving grades PK–8, and one high school serving grades 9–12. Four elementary schools have test results in the supplied data; their 2025–26 average proficiency across grades 3–8 was 29% in ELA, compared with 51% statewide, and 15% in math, compared with 40% statewide. The most important finding is that elementary results are below state averages overall, especially in math, but vary considerably from school to school.
Ivy Hill Elementary School leads the elementary schools on grade-averaged results, at 37% in ELA and 27% in math; Lincoln Elementary School is lowest, at 20% and 13%, respectively. Ivy Hill’s averages are 16 points higher in ELA and 14 points higher in math. Mt Vernon Place School stands out in upper grades: it had 55.9% proficiency in 7th-grade ELA, just above the state’s 55.8%, and 89% in 8th-grade Algebra I, compared with 75% statewide. The high school, Newark School of Data Science and Information Technology, also stands out for its 99% graduation rate in 2024–25, versus 89% statewide, and 2025–26 NJGPA results of 77% in ELA and 63% in math, slightly above state results.
Area-wide elementary averages declined from 2024–25 to 2025–26: ELA fell 7 points and math fell 2, while state math results rose slightly. Changes at individual schools were mixed: Lincoln’s averages rose 1 point in ELA and 5 in math, and Ivy Hill’s math rose 7 points even as its ELA fell 18. Speedway Avenue School varies notably by grade, leading in 3rd-grade ELA and math but recording the lowest 7th-grade ELA and 7th- and 8th-grade math results among the scored schools. SchoolDigger’s statewide percentile declined from 35 to 27 for Ivy Hill and from 61 to 44 for the high school; Lincoln’s rose from 6 to 8. As context, Ivy Hill reports 72% free/reduced lunch eligible and a 12.2 student-teacher ratio, compared with Speedway’s 89% and 12.9; these figures do not explain achievement differences. Fourteenth Avenue School has no test scores in the supplied data.
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