Best Middle Schools in Zip Code 07470

Zip code 07470 has three middle schools in Wayne—Schuyler Colfax Middle School, Anthony Wayne Middle School, and George Washington Middle School—all serving grades 6–8. In 2025–2026, the three-school averages were 67% in ELA and 51% in math, compared with state averages of 53% and 34%. The clearest overall takeaway is that Colfax leads in both average ELA and math, while all three schools exceed state results in every reported subject and grade.

Colfax stands out most consistently: its averages were 72% in ELA and 54% in math, the highest in the group, and its grade 8 science result was 36%. Its ELA average was 9 points above the next-highest, George Washington, while its math average led Anthony Wayne by 2 points. Anthony Wayne’s math average was 51%, ahead of George Washington’s 47%. ELA averages at those two schools were close—63.6% at Anthony Wayne and 63.9% at George Washington—though George Washington had the stronger grade 8 ELA result. Algebra I proficiency was also exceptionally high: 97%–100% at the schools, but these results are separate from general grade-level math.

Results fell from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026: average ELA declined at all three schools, by 3 to 7 points, and the group’s average math result slipped by 1 point. Grade 8 science declined at Colfax and George Washington but was nearly unchanged at Anthony Wayne. SchoolDigger’s 2025–2026 statewide rankings placed Colfax 85th, Anthony Wayne 157th, and George Washington 183rd; all three rankings had slipped since 2023–2024. Ratios were similar, from 8.6 students per teacher at George Washington to 9.5 at Colfax. In 2024–2025, free/reduced lunch eligible shares were 19% at George Washington, 12% at Anthony Wayne, and 10% at Colfax—contextual differences that do not explain school results.