Schools in Zip Code 07830

Five public schools serve ZIP code 07830, covering grades PK–8; three are labeled elementary and two middle schools, with enrollments ranging from 94 to 272 students. In 2025–26, the available school results averaged about 10 points above state rates in ELA and 7 points above in math. But results differ considerably by grade, and the most important finding is the wide divide in middle-school math, especially in grades 6 and 7.

Old Turnpike School stood out among the middle-grade schools, leading Woodglen School in ELA grades 6–8 and math grades 5–7; it also ranked 112th of 743 schools statewide on SchoolDigger, at the 85th percentile. The biggest math gaps were in grade 6, where Old Turnpike had 66% proficiency and Califon Public School had 17%, a 49-point spread, and grade 7, where Old Turnpike’s 65% was 34 points above Woodglen’s 30%. Elementary leads split by grade: Tewksbury Elementary School led grade 3 ELA and math, while Valley View School led grade 4 in both. Califon had the strongest grade 5 ELA result at 73%, but its grade 5 and 6 math results were 27% and 17%, both below the state.

Results have shifted, so recent scores do not tell a consistent year-to-year story: Old Turnpike’s ELA proficiency fell by 11–31 points across grades 5–8, while its Algebra I results rose by 13 points. SchoolDigger’s three-year percentile ranking rose 7 points for Valley View, but fell 12 for Tewksbury and 7 for Califon; Old Turnpike remained high, slipping 1 point to 85. School characteristics offer context, not an explanation: 2024–25 free/reduced lunch eligible shares were 3% at Old Turnpike, 14% at Woodglen, 4% at Tewksbury and 18% at Valley View; Califon reported 4% for 2022–23. Student-teacher ratios were 9.0 at Old Turnpike and 7.7 at Woodglen, while Tewksbury and Valley View had similar enrollments but different grade-level leaders.