Summary:
ZIP code 07430 has six schools—four elementary schools, one middle school and one high school—with enrollments from 177 to 829 students and 2,698 students combined. Across matched grade-level results in 2025–2026, schools averaged 21 points above the state in English Language Arts (ELA) and 18 points above in math. The clearest area-wide strength is that schools were generally ahead of state results in both subjects.
George Washington School led the shared third-grade comparison, with 84% proficiency in ELA and 93% in math; Lenape Meadows had the lowest results, at 65% and 69%, gaps of 19 and 25 points. Betsy Ross Elementary was between them, at 75% in ELA and 77% in math. At Ramapo Ridge, ELA exceeded state results by 15 to 22 points across grades 6–8, while eighth-grade math was 26%, 4 points above the state. Mahwah High School was above state results on several measures, but Algebra I was a notable exception: 24% proficient versus 40% statewide.
Recent trends vary by school and grade. George Washington’s third-grade results rose by 8 points in ELA and 9 in math from the prior year, while Betsy Ross fell by 16 and 7 points; Ramapo Ridge’s eighth-grade results improved, even as its sixth- and seventh-grade ELA declined. SchoolDigger ranked George Washington 17th of 1,331 schools in 2025–2026, up from 91st of 1,338 in 2023–2024; Betsy Ross ranked 116th after placing 17th the year before. Chronic absenteeism was below the state rate at all six schools in 2024–2025: the school average was 7%, versus 14% statewide. Reported free/reduced lunch eligible shares that year ranged from 4% to 18%; student-teacher ratios ranged from 9.1 to 11.9.
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