Summary:
ZIP code 07442 has four public schools: two elementary schools, one middle school and one high school, spanning elementary through high school. Results vary substantially by school, grade and subject, so one overall label does not capture what families will find. The clearest finding is that Lincoln School led Lenox School in five of their six matched 2025–2026 ELA and math comparisons.
Lincoln stands out among the elementary schools: it averaged 15 points above state results across ELA and math, while Lenox averaged 2 points below. The biggest gap was grade 4 math, where Lincoln had 64% proficiency versus 26% at Lenox, a 37-point difference. But Lenox led in grade 5 science: 34% versus 20% at Lincoln. Lakeside School was notably above state results in grade 7 ELA and math, by 14 points in each, but grade 8 math was 11 points below state results. Pompton Lakes High School was above state results in grade 9 ELA and both NJGPA measures, but its Algebra I end-of-course result was 35 points below the state.
Across 32 matched school, grade and subject results, the average gap from state results worsened by about 3 points between 2024–2025 and 2025–2026, though individual results moved in both directions. SchoolDigger’s reported percentile rose from 65 to 68 for Lincoln, while it fell from 51 to 48 for Lenox, 63 to 60 for Lakeside and 66 to 55 for Pompton Lakes High School; these are rankings, not proficiency rates. In 2024–2025, student-teacher ratios were similar across the schools, ranging from 11.3 to 11.6. The reported free/reduced lunch eligible shares that year ranged from 25% at Pompton Lakes High School to 35% at Lakeside; these figures provide context, not an explanation for school results.
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