Summary:
Six elementary schools in ZIP code 07202 serve students through grade 8 in Elizabeth Public Schools; three start in pre-K and three in kindergarten, enrollment ranges from 563 to 793, and student-teacher ratios range from 11.2 to 12.8. In 2025–26, the six-school averages were 29% in ELA, 26% in math, 15% in Algebra I and 7% in science, compared with matched state averages of 51%, 44%, 40% and 23%. The clearest overall finding is that Dr. Orlando Edreira Academy School No. 26 leads this group, but the area’s averages remain below the state in every subject.
Edreira stands out at the top, with averages of 42% in ELA, 35% in math, 20% in Algebra I and 16% in science—16, 12, 5 and 10 points higher, respectively, than the average of the other five schools. At the other end, Mabel G. Holmes School No. 5 has the lowest ELA (22%), math (15%) and science (2%) averages; the spread between the highest and lowest school averages is 20 points in ELA, 20 in math and 13 in science. Abraham Lincoln School No. 14 has the lowest Algebra I average at 7%, 13 points below Edreira.
Recent ELA results fell across all six schools: the group average dropped from 39% in 2024–25 to 29% in 2025–26, while the state average fell from 54% to 51%, widening the gap by 8 points. Math was steadier, rising from 25% to 26%, and its gap to the state narrowed by about 1 point. SchoolDigger ranks Edreira highest locally, at the 39th statewide percentile with two stars; the other schools rank from the 6th to 21st percentiles and have zero or one star. As context, all six report free/reduced lunch eligible for 2024–25, with shares from 83% at Edreira to 90% at Nicholas S. Lacorte-Peterstown School No. 3; these figures do not explain the differences in results.
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