Summary:
ZIP code 07208 has nine schools—eight elementary schools serving overlapping grade spans from pre-K or kindergarten through grade 8, and one high school—in Elizabeth Public Schools. The clearest area-wide concern is elementary proficiency: in 2025–26, the schools averaged 33% in ELA across grades 3–8, compared with 51% statewide, and 31% in math across grades 3–7, compared with 44% statewide. Just 13 of 88 matched elementary ELA and math results were above the state rate. The most important finding is that elementary results overall trail state averages, especially in ELA.
Victor Mravlag School No. 21 is the most consistent elementary standout, leading five of six ELA grades and four of five math grades with reported results. Its averages were 51% in ELA and 48% in math, compared with 20% and 15% at Nicholas Murray Butler Academy School No. 23—gaps of about 31 and 33 points. Butler also had the lowest result in most tested ELA and math grades. There are notable exceptions: Dr. Albert Einstein Academy School No. 29 led grade 6 ELA with 65%, while Chessie Dentley Roberts Academy School No. 30 led grade 5 math with 48%. At the high school, Alexander Hamilton Preparatory Academy combines a 98% graduation rate with uneven proficiency: grade 9 ELA was 54%, but Geometry was 15% and Algebra II was 0%.
Elementary ELA averages fell 14 points from 2024–25 to 2025–26, from 48% to 33%; math edged up 1 point, from 30% to 31%. SchoolDigger’s average statewide ranking percentile for the elementary schools also declined, from 31 in 2023–24 to 23 in 2025–26. Reported free/reduced lunch eligible figures are for 2024–25: Mravlag reported 51%, while the other seven elementary schools ranged from 81% to 88%. Yet results differ considerably among schools with similar figures: Dentley stood out in grade 5 math, while Butler was near the bottom in many tested grades. These are useful comparisons, not evidence that the income measure explains school results.
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