Schools in Zip Code 07201

ZIP code 07201 has four schools: three serving PreK–8 and one, Thomas Jefferson Arts Academy, serving grades 9–12. The elementary schools’ 2025–2026 averages were well below state averages in every subject: 26% versus 51% in ELA, 21% versus 44% in math, and 5% versus 23% in science. Thomas Jefferson’s high-school results were mixed against the state, and it is the area’s only high school. The most important finding is that all three elementary schools have substantial state gaps in ELA, math, and science.

Madison Monroe School No. 16 had the strongest elementary ELA and science averages: 30% in ELA and 7% in science. Toussaint L’Ouverture–Marquis de Lafayette School No. 6 led in math at 24%, while its ELA average was lowest, at 23%. Winfield Scott School No. 2 had the lowest math and science averages, at 18% and 3%. Individual grades can tell a different story: Winfield led grade 6 ELA at 38%, 24 percentage points above Toussaint’s 14%; Madison’s grade 3 math score of 35% was 22 points above Winfield’s 13%.

Elementary results changed in different directions: from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, average ELA fell 3 percentage points, while math rose 1 point and science rose 2; the math and science gaps to the state narrowed, but the ELA gap widened. SchoolDigger’s 2025–2026 rankings placed Madison at the 13th percentile, Toussaint at the 12th, and Winfield at the 9th among elementary schools; its three-year percentile rose 4 points for Toussaint and 1 for Winfield, but fell 5 for Madison. Their student-teacher ratios were similar, from 12.0 to 12.3. Free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025 ranged from 79% at Madison to 87% at Toussaint, with Winfield at 82%—useful context, not an explanation of score differences.