Summary:
ZIP code 07202 has one listed middle school, William F. Halloran School No. 22, which serves grades 2–8 in Elizabeth Public Schools. It enrolls 1,140 students and its 2024–2025 student–teacher ratio is 14.3 to 1. Most importantly, its 2025–2026 grade-level ELA and reported grades 3–6 math results are above state averages at every available grade; averaged across those grades, ELA was 74% versus 51% statewide, and math was 79% versus 46%.
William F. Halloran is the only school listed, so there is no local top-to-bottom school comparison. Its strongest reported results are in grades 3–6 math, where grade-level advantages over the state ranged from 21 to 42 percentage points; ELA results were also consistently higher than state figures. Results are less strong on some other tests: Geometry end-of-course proficiency was 34%, 18 points below the 52% state result, while Algebra I was 45% versus 40% statewide. Science averaged 30% across grades 5 and 8, compared with 23% statewide; the grade 8 result was close to the state figure.
Results moved in different directions over time. The unweighted ELA average fell from 84% in 2024–2025 to 74% in 2025–2026, while the state average shifted from 54% to 51%; the school’s lead narrowed from 30 to 23 points. Math improved from 76% to 79%, and its lead over the state grew slightly, from 31 to 33 points, though grades 3 and 6 dipped. Geometry fell from 50% to 34%, while Algebra I rose from 41% to 45%. SchoolDigger’s ranking also declined, from 153rd of 743 schools (79th percentile) in 2023–2024 to 285th of 743 (62nd percentile) in 2025–2026. In 2024–2025, chronic absenteeism was 4%, compared with 14.3% in the district and 14.4% statewide; 78% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year.
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