Summary:
Zip code 07848 has one listed elementary school, Lafayette Township School, serving prekindergarten through eighth grade and enrolling 232 students. Its 2025–2026 results are mixed: the unweighted ELA average was 53%, 2 points above the state; math averaged 26%, 15 points below; and science averaged 18%, 6 points below. The most important concern is math: the school’s average fell from 44% in 2024–2025 to 26%, while the state remained near 40%.
Results vary sharply by grade, so no single grade-level comparison describes the whole school. In ELA, eighth grade was the strongest result, with 73% proficient versus 53% statewide, or 19 points higher; fifth grade was 36% versus 52%, or 16 points lower. Math was strongest relative to the state in seventh grade, at 43% versus 38%, but fifth grade was 12% versus 46%, a 34-point shortfall; eighth grade had the lowest school math score, at 11%. Science also differed by grade: eighth grade’s 27% was 8 points above the state, while fifth grade’s 8% was 19 points below. Because there is only one listed school, families cannot compare schools with one another in this zip code.
Over time, ELA improved while math weakened, and the overall school results conceal important exceptions. The ELA average rose from 47% to 53% between 2024–2025 and 2025–2026, even as the state average fell from 54% to 51%; ELA rose in five of six grades, but eighth grade declined from 85% to 73%. The math average dropped 18 points, from 44% to 26%, with especially steep declines in third and fifth grades. SchoolDigger’s statewide standing also fell, from the 39th percentile and two stars in 2023–2024 to the 29th percentile and one star in 2025–2026. For context, the school reported an 8.5 student–teacher ratio and 6% free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025; chronic absenteeism was 15% that year, compared with 14% statewide.
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