Best Public Schools in Zip Code 07851

Summary:

The 07851 zip code is home to a single elementary school, Sandyston Walpack Consolidated School, which serves grades PK-6 with a total enrollment of 128 students. The school is part of the Sandyston-Walpack Consolidated School District, which is ranked 333 out of 609 districts in New Jersey and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Sandyston Walpack Consolidated School has shown a mix of academic performance, with some grades and subjects performing above the state average on the NJSLA exams, while others fall below. The school's 4th and 6th-grade students performed significantly better than the state average in English Language Arts, but the 3rd-grade students struggled in Mathematics, and the 5th-grade students performed poorly in Science. The school's chronic absenteeism rate of 14.9% is a concern, but it has a relatively low percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch at 13.28%.

Despite the school's mixed academic performance, it appears to be well-resourced, with a higher-than-average per-student spending of $17,437 and a low student-teacher ratio of 9.7 to 1. These resources suggest the district is committed to supporting the school's educational program, but the effectiveness of these resources may need further examination to address the areas of underperformance. Overall, Sandyston Walpack Consolidated School is a small, well-resourced elementary school with both strengths and areas for improvement in its academic performance.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				NJSLA-S Science (2025)	NJSLA English Language Arts (2025)				NJSLA Mathematics (2025)				Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	NJSLA-S Science 5th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 3rd Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 4th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 5th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 6th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 3rd Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 4th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 5th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 6th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Sandyston Walpack Consolidated School	Public	PK, KG-6	100 Route 560	Layton	07851	Sussex County	Sandyston-Walpack Consolidated School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 948-4450	130	13	10.3	23.1%	107 (82.3%)	4 (3.1%)	10 (7.7%)	2 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (5.4%)	53.3	636^th of 1347 public elementary schools	52.8%		60.6	536^th of 1338 public elementary schools	59.9%	100	19.0	46.4	64.2	54.5	69.2	39.3	50.0	50.0	69.2	$17,437	$514	$16,923

Cities Near Zip Code 07851

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Layton	1.19 mi	1	310^th
Montague	6.32 mi	1	289^th
Branchville	6.7 mi	1	268^th
Newton	7.46 mi	9	273^rd
Sussex	9.94 mi	2	335^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the New Jersey Department of Education.

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