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Best Public Schools in Zip Code 07202

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At a glance

Schools

11,303

Students

Top rankedElizabeth High School - Frank J Cicarell Academy145^th of 434 New Jersey high schools

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Biggest riser

Christopher Columbus School No. 15 up 20 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Mabel G. Holmes School No. 5 11.2 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

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Summary:

ZIP code 07202 has 13 schools in Elizabeth Public Schools: six elementary schools, one school serving grades 2–8, and six high schools. In 2025–2026, elementary and middle-grade schools averaged 29% in ELA compared with 51% for the state, and 26% in math compared with 44% statewide. High-school ninth-grade ELA averaged 42%, versus 51% statewide. The most important takeaway is that results vary sharply from school to school, while the group’s overall results are below state levels.

William F. Halloran School No. 22 and Elizabeth High School – Frank J. Cicarell Academy stand out, but in different ways. Halloran averaged 74% in ELA across grades 3–8 and 79% in math across grades 3–6; the other five elementary and middle-grade schools averaged 20% and 18% in those same grade groups. Cicarell scored 87% in ninth-grade ELA and 89% in 11th-grade NJGPA math—35 points above the state in math. At the other end, John E. Dwyer Technology Academy had the lowest reported ninth-grade ELA score, 10%, and the lowest reported NJGPA math score, 23%. Dr. Orlando Edreira Academy School No. 26 led the elementary and middle-grade group in third-grade ELA and math and fifth-grade science.

Recent trends are mixed: elementary and middle-grade ELA fell from 39% to 29% between 2024–2025 and 2025–2026, while math edged up from 25% to 26%. The ELA gap with the state widened from 14 to 22 points; the math gap narrowed from 19 to 18 points. SchoolDigger’s average ranking percentile also declined, from 28 to 23 between 2023–2024 and 2025–2026, with nine schools falling. As context, free/reduced lunch eligible figures for 2024–2025 ranged from 77% at Cicarell to 87% at Edison among high schools, and from 78% at Halloran to 90% at Lacorte among elementary and middle-grade schools. School size and student-teacher ratio do not follow a simple pattern with scores: Cicarell’s ratio was 18.1, compared with 14.4 at Dwyer, despite their sharply different ninth-grade ELA results.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				NJGPA English Language Arts (2026)	NJGPA Mathematics (2026)	NJSLA-S Science (2026)			NJSLA English Language Arts (2026)							NJSLA Mathematics (2026)						NJSLA Algebra I (2026)					NJSLA Geometry (2026)				NJSLA Algebra II (2026)			Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	NJGPA English Language Arts 11th Grade	NJGPA Mathematics 11th Grade	NJSLA-S Science 5th Grade	NJSLA-S Science 8th Grade	NJSLA-S Science 11th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 3rd Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 4th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 5th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 6th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 7th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 8th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 9th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 3rd Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 4th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 5th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 6th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 7th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 8th Grade	NJSLA Algebra I 7th Grade	NJSLA Algebra I 8th Grade	NJSLA Algebra I 9th Grade	NJSLA Algebra I 10th Grade	NJSLA Algebra I End of Course	NJSLA Geometry 8th Grade	NJSLA Geometry 9th Grade	NJSLA Geometry 10th Grade	NJSLA Geometry End of Course	NJSLA Algebra II 9th Grade	NJSLA Algebra II 10th Grade	NJSLA Algebra II End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Mabel G. Holmes School No. 5	Public	PK, KG-8	650 Bayway Avenue	Elizabeth	07202	Union County	Elizabeth Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 436-6270	767	68	11.2	84.0%	31 (4.0%)	179 (23.3%)	547 (71.3%)	5 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	9.4	1247^th of 1331 public elementary schools	6.3%		11.5	1218^th of 1347 public elementary schools	9.6%	29			4.3	0.0		14.5	15.7	23.5	24.2	25.4	28.6		27.4	17.6	13.0	7.1	12.1			12.7			12.7								$27,884	$1,085	$26,799
Dr. Orlando Edreira Academy School No. 26	Public	PK, KG-8	1014 South Elmora Avenue	Elizabeth	07202	Union County	Elizabeth Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 436-5970	718	62	11.5	83.0%	38 (5.3%)	55 (7.7%)	621 (86.5%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	39.6	807^th of 1331 public elementary schools	39.4%		41.9	790^th of 1347 public elementary schools	41.4%	17			28.8	2.2		53.8	19.1	50.9	35.9	50.0	43.5		69.2	28.5	39.0	16.9	23.3			19.6			19.6								$27,186	$1,059	$26,127
Admiral William F. Halsey Junior Health & Public Safety Academy	Public	9-12	641 South Street	Elizabeth	07202	Union County	Elizabeth Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 436-6600	1,272	87	14.6	81.4%	71 (5.6%)	202 (15.9%)	981 (77.1%)	13 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	8.4	417^th of 434 public high schools	3.9%		9.3	420^th of 434 public high schools	3.2%	3	37.5	32.5			5.8							22.7										22.2	21.7		6.7		6.6				$22,018	$1,098	$20,920
Thomas A. Edison Career and Technical Academy	Public	9-12	625 Summer St	Elizabeth	07202	Union County	Elizabeth Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 436-6800	842	59	14.2	86.9%	29 (3.4%)	155 (18.4%)	654 (77.7%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10.2	404^th of 434 public high schools	6.9%		12.8	401^st of 434 public high schools	7.6%	3	40.1	25.3			4.6							38.2													11.9		11.9	6.7		6.3	$23,458	$1,104	$22,354
John E. Dwyer Technology Academy	Public	9-12	123 Pearl St	Elizabeth	07202	Union County	Elizabeth Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 436-6565	1,348	94	14.4	82.0%	50 (3.7%)	235 (17.4%)	1,053 (78.1%)	8 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6.7	424^th of 434 public high schools	2.3%		9.5	417^th of 434 public high schools	3.9%	7	39.4	23.0			3.8							10.0										10.4	9.7		2.7		3.2			0.0	$21,817	$1,087	$20,730
J. Christian Bollwage Finance Academy	Public	9-12	447 Richmond Street	Elizabeth	07202	Union County	Elizabeth Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 436-6500	415	30	13.8	81.0%	21 (5.1%)	69 (16.6%)	320 (77.1%)	4 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	24.8	336^th of 434 public high schools	22.6%		28	321^st of 434 public high schools	26.0%	15	70.9	51.1			8.9							43.5													5.2		5.2			14.3	$23,558	$1,026	$22,532
K. Johnson D. Vaughan and M. Jackson STEM Academy	Public	9-12	237 South Broad Street	Elizabeth	07202	Union County	Elizabeth Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	No	(908) 436-5023	740	43	17.2	77.8%	36 (4.9%)	124 (16.8%)	573 (77.4%)	6 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	22.7	351^st of 434 public high schools	19.1%		30.3	311^th of 434 public high schools	28.3%	40	63.2	46.5			5.7							50.8										11.8	11.1		12.8		12.8	5.4		5.2	$19,958	$890	$19,068
Elizabeth High School - Frank J Cicarell Academy	Public	9-12	40 Morrell Street	Elizabeth	07202	Union County	Elizabeth Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 436-5870	1,268	70	18.1	76.8%	134 (10.6%)	106 (8.4%)	971 (76.6%)	53 (4.2%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	61.6	145^th of 434 public high schools	66.6%		60.7	144^th of 434 public high schools	66.8%	1		89.3			39.1							86.7													37.2		37.2	25.0		25.0	$20,349	$1,149	$19,200
Abraham Lincoln School No. 14	Public	K-8	50 Grove Street	Elizabeth	07202	Union County	Elizabeth Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 436-5828	793	66	12.1	84.5%	44 (5.5%)	81 (10.2%)	648 (81.7%)	18 (2.3%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	17	1121^st of 1331 public elementary schools	15.8%		18.1	1127^th of 1347 public elementary schools	16.3%	6			2.7	9.5		24.2	8.9	18.6	38.1	33.3	34.5		46.8	20.2	25.3	21.5	11.8			7.2			7.1								$23,872	$1,102	$22,770
Christopher Columbus School No. 15	Public	K-8	511 Third Ave	Elizabeth	07202	Union County	Elizabeth Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 436-5730	672	53	12.8	86.3%	19 (2.8%)	35 (5.2%)	615 (91.5%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21.1	1061^st of 1331 public elementary schools	20.3%		21	1081^st of 1347 public elementary schools	19.7%	20			4.8	3.2		21.7	14.3	19.6	35.4	34.9	21.3		35.0	34.2	30.6	38.1	15.3			16.7			16.7								$23,217	$1,073	$22,144
Woodrow Wilson School No. 19	Public	PK, KG-8	529 Edgar Rd	Elizabeth	07202	Union County	Elizabeth Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 436-6200	563	45	12.6	87.7%	41 (7.3%)	62 (11.0%)	449 (79.8%)	10 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	21.2	1057^th of 1331 public elementary schools	20.6%		26.6	1002^nd of 1347 public elementary schools	25.6%	55			13.7	3.3		41.4	15.4	36.8	37.5	42.3	34.5		34.9	15.4	27.5	21.5	13.3			15.0			15.0								$24,324	$1,058	$23,266
William F. Halloran School No.22	Public	2-8	612 Pulaski Street	Elizabeth	07202	Union County	Elizabeth Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 436-4860	1,140	80	14.3	78.1%	125 (11.0%)	156 (13.7%)	826 (72.5%)	30 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	57.7	285^th of 743 public middle schools	61.6%		63.3	249^th of 752 public middle schools	66.9%	36			41.0	19.7		71.9	71.5	72.7	72.2	78.0	76.6		89.5	88.5	76.2	61.3			45.3				45.3	33.6			33.6				$19,109	$1,034	$18,075
Nicholas S. Lacorte-Peterstown School No. 3	Public	K-8	700 Second Ave	Elizabeth	07202	Union County	Elizabeth Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 436-6230	765	60	12.8	89.7%	30 (3.9%)	58 (7.6%)	663 (86.7%)	11 (1.4%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	14.7	1157^th of 1331 public elementary schools	13.1%		15	1176^th of 1347 public elementary schools	12.7%	19			7.0	2.4		22.1	9.6	25.7	12.0	27.3	36.9		32.6	14.6	40.9	17.3	16.9			19.3			19.3								$23,197	$1,119	$22,078

Cities Near Zip Code 07202

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Elizabeth	0.19 mi	39	448^th
Linden	1.25 mi	11	479^th
Roselle	1.75 mi	8	488^th
Roselle Park	2.02 mi	5	390^th
Hillside	2.32 mi	7	434^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the New Jersey Department of Education.

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMERS: Not all boundaries are included. We make every effort to ensure that boundaries are up-to-date. But it's important to note that these are approximations and are for general informational purposes only. To verify legal descriptions of boundaries or school locations, contact your local tax assessor's office and/or school district.