Summary:
ZIP code 07416 has two listed schools: Franklin Borough School, with 527 students in grades PK–8, and Hardyston Township Elementary School, with 358 students in grades PK–4. Grades 3 and 4 are the fairest grades for comparing them directly. The most important finding is that Hardyston leads in three of the four shared-grade subject comparisons, while Franklin’s strongest shared-grade result is grade 4 math.
Hardyston Township Elementary School stands out in shared-grade ELA and grade 3 math: its proficiency is 64% versus Franklin’s 31% in grade 3 ELA, 58% versus 42% in grade 4 ELA, and 64% versus 30% in grade 3 math. Those school-to-school leads are 32, 16, and 34 percentage points, respectively; Hardyston is also above state results in each of those grades and subjects. The exception is grade 4 math, where Franklin Borough School leads 53% to 40%, and is 7 points above the state result. Franklin is below state results in its other shared-grade comparisons, so the contrast depends on the grade and subject.
Recent results are mixed: Franklin’s grade 3–8 average fell 9 points in ELA from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, but rose 4 points in math; Hardyston’s shared-grade averages increased 7 points in ELA and 6 in math. SchoolDigger ranks Hardyston higher at 484 of 1,331 schools, in the 64th percentile with 3 stars, compared with Franklin at 803, in the 40th percentile with 2 stars. In 2024–2025, Franklin had a 10.8:1 student-teacher ratio and 49% free/reduced lunch eligible; Hardyston had a 9:1 ratio and 14% free/reduced lunch eligible. These are contextual differences, not explanations for the results. The two schools share only grades 3 and 4, and results compare different student cohorts across years.
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