Summary:
ZIP code 07732 has three schools serving prekindergarten through grade 12: Highlands Elementary School (PK–6), Henry Hudson Regional School (7–12) and Marine Academy of Science and Technology (9–12). Enrollment ranges from 153 to 278 students. The clearest shared high-school results show a major difference: in 2025–2026, Marine Academy had 96% proficiency in ninth-grade ELA and 93% in 11th-grade science, while Henry Hudson had 51% and 22%, respectively.
Marine Academy stands out in those shared measures: its 11th-grade science result was 64 points above the state’s 29%, while Henry Hudson’s was 6 points below the state. In ninth-grade ELA, Marine Academy was 44 points above the state’s 51%; Henry Hudson was about even with the state. SchoolDigger ranked Marine Academy 41st of 434 New Jersey high schools, at the 91st percentile with five stars; Henry Hudson ranked 173rd, at the 60th percentile with three stars. Highlands is less consistent across grades: fifth-grade ELA was 17 points above the state, but fourth-grade ELA was 15 points below. SchoolDigger ranked it 597th of 1,331 elementary schools, at the 55th percentile with three stars.
Changes over time vary by grade and course, rather than showing a uniform rise or fall. At Highlands, third-grade ELA improved 22 points from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, while fourth-grade ELA fell 26 points; fifth-grade math dropped 24 points, but sixth-grade math rose 12. Henry Hudson’s seventh-grade math gained 13 points, while ninth-grade ELA fell 25 and 11th-grade science fell 16. Marine Academy’s ninth-grade ELA and 11th-grade science were nearly unchanged, but Algebra II fell 41 points. For 2024–2025, free/reduced lunch eligible rates were 43% at Highlands, 30% at Henry Hudson and 1% at Marine Academy; student-teacher ratios were 8.3, 7.3 and 10.2, respectively. These figures offer context, not an explanation for the different results. Because the schools serve different grades and offer different courses, comparisons are most useful where they share a grade and subject.
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