Schools in Zip Code 07657

ZIP code 07657 has four schools: two elementary schools, one middle school and one high school, serving a community where the reported free/reduced lunch eligible shares are similar. Test scores are available only for Slocum Skewes School and Ridgefield Memorial High School, so academic results cannot be used to rank the elementary schools. The most striking shared-test comparison is Algebra I end-of-course: Slocum scored 96% proficient and Ridgefield Memorial 25%, a 71-point gap.

Slocum Skewes stands out at the top in Algebra I: its end-of-course result was 56 points above the state’s 40%, while Ridgefield Memorial was 15 points below. Slocum’s 8th-grade Algebra I result was also 21 points above the state. Its NJSLA results varied by grade: 3rd grade was 16 points above the state in ELA and 9 points above in math, while 4th grade was 7 points below in ELA and 13 below in math. Ridgefield Memorial had some stronger results, including 11th-grade science 3 points above the state and NJGPA ELA 3 points above, but 9th-grade ELA was 9 points below the state.

Recent changes are mixed: Slocum’s six-grade ELA average fell 3 points from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, while its math average rose 1 point. Ridgefield Memorial’s 9th-grade ELA fell 16 points, but its 11th-grade NJGPA math improved 9 points. SchoolDigger’s percentile ranking rose for Slocum, from 62 to 68, and fell for Ridgefield Memorial, from 57 to 52; all four schools have a three-star district context, and the Ridgefield School District ranks 291st of 607 statewide. In 2024–2025, chronic absenteeism ranged from 11% at Bergen Boulevard School to 27% at Ridgefield Memorial. The 2024–2025 free/reduced lunch eligible shares ranged from 46% at Shaler Academy to 50% at Bergen Boulevard; these are context, not an explanation of score differences.