Summary:
Zip code 07606 has one listed school, Memorial School, serving prekindergarten through grade 8 with 222 students in the South Hackensack School District. Its results vary sharply by grade: older students have some strong ELA and math results, while younger students—especially in math—have substantial gaps with state results. The most important takeaway is that one overall label would miss the school’s pronounced grade-by-grade differences.
Memorial’s standout results were eighth-grade ELA, at 73%—20 points above the state—and seventh-grade math, at 59%—21 points above. Algebra I end-of-course proficiency was 70%, 30 points above the state. The clearest weaknesses were in elementary math: third grade was 16%, 33 points below the state, and fourth grade was 22%, 25 points below. Third-grade ELA was also below the state, at 26%, a 22-point gap. These are the strongest and weakest grade-level comparisons, not comparisons among schools.
Results changed in different directions by subject from 2024–25 to 2025–26: the ELA average fell from 68% to 53%, math slipped from 38% to 35%, and science rose from 14% to 18%. The school’s ELA lead over the state narrowed from 15 points to 2, while its math deficit widened from 2 to 6 points and its science deficit narrowed from 11 to 5. SchoolDigger gives Memorial 2 stars and ranks it 821st of 1,331 New Jersey schools, at the 38th percentile; its listed percentile declined from 66th in 2023–24 to 46th in 2024–25. Context figures for 2024–25 include a 9.2 student-teacher ratio and 55% free/reduced lunch eligible. Chronic absenteeism was 11%, matching the district and below the state’s 14%.
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