Summary:
The 07643 area has two schools in Washington Elementary School (PK–4, 469 students) and Memorial Middle School (grades 5–8), both in the Little Ferry Public School District. Their tested grade bands differ, so the results do not support a simple school-to-school ranking. The clearest area-wide finding is that math performance varies sharply by grade: Washington scored from 49% in grade 3 to 34% in grade 4, while Memorial ranged from 44% in grade 6 to 14% in grade 8.
Memorial has the strongest listed results: 83% proficient in grade 8 Algebra I, 9 points above the state, and 83% on the Algebra I End of Course test, 44 points above the state. Its grade 6 ELA result, 64%, was 13 points above the state and the highest listed ELA score. At the lower end, Memorial’s grade 8 math result was 14%, 9 points below the state; Washington scored 34% in grade 4 math, 13 points below the state. Washington’s grade 3 math result was 49%, nearly matching the state’s 49%.
Recent trends are mixed: Washington’s average math score rose from 36% to 41% between the two years, and its gap narrowed from 13 points below the state to 7 points below; its average ELA score fell from 50% to 42%. Memorial’s average math score slipped from 33% to 31%, while its gap widened from 3 points below the state to 6 points below. SchoolDigger ranks Memorial at the 58th percentile (3 stars) and Washington at the 39th percentile (2 stars) for 2025–2026. In 2024–2025, free/reduced lunch eligible shares were 45% at Memorial and 46% at Washington; student–teacher ratios were 10.6 and 9.5, respectively.
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