Summary:
Zip code 07844 has one elementary school, Hope Township School, serving prekindergarten through grade 5 and enrolling 124 students, so families have no other school in this list to compare it with. Its latest reported results show a clear subject difference: in 2025–2026, its average proficiency in grades 3–4 was 60% in English language arts (ELA), 13 percentage points above the state average, while its 45% math average was 3 points below the state. The most important finding is that Hope’s latest reported ELA results were notably stronger relative to the state than its math results.
There is no separate top- or bottom-ranked school in this one-school area; the clearest standouts are grade-level results at Hope. In 2025–2026 ELA, grade 3 was strongest at 64% proficient versus 48% statewide, a 16-point advantage; grade 4 was 56% versus 46%, a 9-point advantage. In 2024–2025, the strongest in-span result was grade 3 math at 56% versus 50% statewide, while the weakest comparisons were grade 4 ELA at 27% versus 54% (26 points lower) and grade 3 ELA at 28% versus 45% (17 points lower). The record also lists grade 6–7 scores despite the school’s stated prekindergarten–grade 5 span, so those results are not included here as in-span performance.
Hope’s reported ELA results rose substantially from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026: grade 3 increased by 36 points, from 28% to 64%, and grade 4 by 28 points, from 27% to 56%; the state grade 3 result rose 3 points, while grade 4 fell 7 points. Math did not show a similar gain: Hope’s grade 3–4 average was 1 point lower year over year, and its latest average remained 3 points below the state. SchoolDigger’s ranking improved from 851st of 1,347 schools (37th percentile) in 2024–2025 to 579th of 1,331 (56th percentile) in 2025–2026. Other context: the student–teacher ratio was 8.1, 10% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025, and chronic absenteeism was 11%, 3 points below the state’s 14%. These figures describe the school but do not show what similar schools achieve.
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