Summary:
Schools in zip code 07716 include two elementary schools serving prekindergarten through grade 6: Atlantic Highlands Elementary School has 282 students and serves PK–6, while Navesink Elementary School has 210 students and serves K–5. In 2025–2026, both schools scored above state averages in every test result provided. Across grades 3–5, the two-school average was 70% in ELA, 65% in math, and 46% in grade 5 science, compared with state averages of 49%, 47%, and 27%. The area’s clearest overall strength is ELA, where the average was 22 percentage points above the state.
Navesink Elementary School stands out in most shared-grade comparisons: it scored higher in five of six ELA and math comparisons and in grade 5 science. Its shared-grade averages were 76% in ELA and 71% in math, compared with 65% and 59% at Atlantic Highlands Elementary School—gaps of 11 and 12 points. Navesink also led in grade 5 science, 50% to 41%. The exception is grade 4 ELA, where Atlantic Highlands scored 68% to Navesink’s 66%, a 2-point lead. Navesink’s strongest shared result was grade 5 ELA at 86%; Atlantic Highlands’ lowest shared result was grade 4 math at 53%.
Recent results show improvement in ELA overall, but a mixed picture by school and subject: the area’s ELA average rose from 63% to 70% between 2024–2025 and 2025–2026, while math slipped from 66% to 65% and grade 5 science rose from 43% to 46%. Atlantic Highlands’ ELA scores increased in all three shared grades; Navesink’s grade 4 ELA fell by 20 points, despite its higher overall averages. SchoolDigger rankings moved from the 65th to the 75th percentile for Atlantic Highlands and from the 88th to the 86th for Navesink. In 2024–2025, free/reduced lunch eligible students made up 18% at Atlantic Highlands and 11% at Navesink; reported student-teacher ratios were 9.2 and 10.1, respectively. These are differences in school context, not explanations for test results.
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