Summary:
Zip code 07463 has two elementary schools in Waldwick: Julia A. Traphagen School (PK–5; 414 students) and Crescent Elementary School (K–5; 313 students). Both schools scored above the state in every reported grade and subject in 2025–26. Across the schools, the equal-grade average was 62% in ELA, compared with 49% statewide, and 40% in grade 5 science, compared with 27% statewide. The area’s clearest shared strength is math: the average was 74%, 27 percentage points above the state average of 47%.
Crescent is the stronger overall performer in the latest results, leading Traphagen by 6 percentage points in average ELA, 10 points in math and 8 points in grade 5 science. Crescent led in every tested math grade and in ELA grades 3 and 4. The exception is grade 5 ELA, where Traphagen scored 59.4% and Crescent 58.9%, a 0.5-point edge for Traphagen. Crescent’s largest grade-level lead was in grade 5 math: 82% versus 67%, a 14-point difference.
Recent changes are mixed: ELA averages fell by about 5 percentage points at both schools from 2024–25 to 2025–26; math fell by 2 points at Traphagen but rose by 3 at Crescent, while grade 5 science declined at both. SchoolDigger ranks Crescent 234th of 1,331 schools (82nd percentile) and Traphagen 370th (72nd percentile) for 2025–26; both percentile rankings slipped from the prior year. The schools report similar student-teacher ratios—9.9 at Crescent and 10 at Traphagen—and both report 1% free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–25. Chronic absenteeism was also similar: 5.6% at Crescent and 6% at Traphagen.
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