Summary:
Zip code 07201 has one high school, Thomas Jefferson Arts Academy, serving grades 9–12 with 1,144 students. Its results show a clear contrast: English language arts is relatively close to state performance, while mathematics is the most pronounced concern, with Geometry end-of-course proficiency at 11% compared with 52% statewide, a 41-point gap.
With no other high schools in the list, there is no local school-to-school leader or trailing school; Thomas Jefferson Arts Academy is best understood by comparing its results with district and state figures. ELA is a relative strength: 9th-grade results were 47%, versus 51% statewide and 46% in the Elizabeth Public Schools district. On the 11th-grade ELA exam, the school scored 68%, 8 points below the state and 6 above the district. Math results were weaker across several courses: Geometry end-of-course proficiency was 11% versus 52% statewide, Algebra II was 15% versus 52%, and Algebra I was 6% versus 40%. Graduation is a more positive result: 90%, compared with 89% statewide and 88% in the district.
Results moved in mixed directions, and the ranking trend does not show broad improvement: SchoolDigger’s statewide percentile fell from 28 in 2023–2024 to 25 in 2025–2026, and the school received one star in each of those years. Across ten matched test measures, its average score declined from 26% to 25%, even as the average gap with the state narrowed by 6 points because the state average also fell. Some scores rose, including 11th-grade NJGPA math, from 46% to 50%; NJGPA ELA fell from 76% to 68%. The school’s 2024–2025 student–teacher ratio was 14.4, and 81% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year. Because this list contains only one school, it cannot show how these context measures compare with other local high schools.
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