Summary:
Zip code 07723 has one listed school, Deal Elementary School, serving grades K–8 and enrolling 160 students. With no other listed school for comparison, the most useful picture comes from comparing Deal’s results with statewide results in the same grades. Its clearest standout is Algebra I: 92% of students were proficient on the End of Course assessment in 2025–2026, compared with 40% statewide—a 52-point advantage.
Deal is both the highest- and lowest-ranked school in this one-school list, so that does not show how it compares with nearby schools. Within the school’s results, English Language Arts is a broad strength: its 2025–2026 average across grades 3–8 was 65%, versus 51% statewide, a 14-point lead; Deal was above the state in five of six grades. Science was also stronger than the state on average, at 33% versus 23%, a 9-point lead. Mathematics was less consistent: the average across grades with reported results was 47% versus 44%, but grade 4 was 31% versus 47%, 16 points lower. Grade 7 math was nearly level with the state, at 37.5% versus 38.1%. Because Deal is the only listed school, there is no meaningful school-to-school comparison.
Results improved against the state in ELA and science, while a sharp grade 7 math decline is an important exception. Deal’s ELA average gap grew from 7 points in 2024–2025 to 14 points in 2025–2026; its science gap shifted from 10 points below the state to 9 points above it. The math average across grades 3–7 rose from 35% to 47%, but grade 7 fell from 89% to 38% year over year. SchoolDigger rates Deal 3 stars and ranked it 522nd of 1,331 schools, at the 61st percentile, in 2025–2026. In 2024–2025, its student–teacher ratio was 7.8, 26% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible, and chronic absenteeism was 6%, equal to the district rate and below the state’s 14%.
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