Best Public Schools in Zip Code 07677

ZIP code 07677 has two schools serving preschool through eighth grade: Dorchester Elementary School serves PK–5 and enrolls 494 students, while Woodcliff Middle School serves grades 6–8 and enrolls 238. Both schools scored above state proficiency rates in every reported subject and grade in 2024–2025 and 2025–2026; the clearest overall strength is that students at both schools consistently outperformed their same-grade state benchmarks.

Dorchester stood out in third-grade ELA, at 85% proficient—36 points above the state—and fifth-grade math, at 79%, 33 points above. Its lowest result was fourth-grade ELA: 71%, still 25 points above the state. At Woodcliff Middle, Algebra I was exceptional: 100% proficient in both the end-of-course result and eighth grade, respectively 60 and 26 points above state results. Its lowest reported 2025–2026 result was eighth-grade science, at 35%, 16 points above the state. Math was the area’s strongest subject relative to state results overall, with an average advantage of 33 points across the schools’ tested grades; this was driven by Woodcliff’s 39-point math advantage, while Dorchester’s ELA advantage (31 points) exceeded its math advantage (28 points). Because the schools test different grades, these are state-relative highlights rather than a direct school ranking.

Recent changes were mixed: Woodcliff’s average math advantage over the state grew by 8 points, from 31 to 39, while Dorchester’s average ELA advantage narrowed by 3 points, from 34 to 31. Dorchester’s average ELA proficiency also fell from 84% to 79%; Woodcliff’s average math proficiency rose from 64% to 72%. SchoolDigger ranks Dorchester 107th of 1,331 elementary schools (92nd percentile, five stars) and Woodcliff 26th of 743 middle schools (97th percentile, five stars). For context, 2024–2025 student-teacher ratios were 9.4 at Dorchester and 8.8 at Woodcliff; both reported free/reduced lunch eligible for that school year, at 1.4% and 1.7%, respectively.