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Best Elementary Schools in Zip Code 07856

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153

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Summary:

ZIP code 07856 has one elementary school: Edith M. Decker Elementary School, which serves prekindergarten through grade 2, enrolls 153 students, and is part of the Mount Arlington Public School District. Its clearest favorable result is attendance: in 2024–2025, chronic absenteeism was 12%, compared with 14.2% for the district and 14.4% statewide—2.2 percentage points below the district and 2.4 points below the state. This is the most important available comparison for families.

There is no school-to-school top or bottom in this ZIP code because the list includes only Edith M. Decker Elementary School. It does, however, compare favorably with district and state attendance rates, by the amounts noted above. SchoolDigger reports a ranking for the district, not the school: the district is ranked 232nd of 607, in the 62nd percentile, and has 3 stars.

The available figures do not show whether results are improving or declining over time: no earlier-year results or test scores are provided. For a snapshot of the school, the student-teacher ratio was 11.4 in 2024–2025, and spending was $21,342 per student. The reported low-income measure was 25% eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024–2025; no comparable school, district, or state figure was supplied. These figures offer context about the school, but there is no second local school to compare them with.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking ()				Ranking ()				Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
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/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score ()	Statewide Rank ()	State Percentile ()	SchoolDigger Rating ()	Average Standard Score ()	Statewide Rank ()	State Percentile ()	Rank Change from Previous Year	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Edith M. Decker Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-2	446 Howard Boulevard	Mount Arlington	07856	Morris County	Mount Arlington Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 398-6400	153	13	11.4	24.8%	65 (42.5%)	13 (8.5%)	51 (33.3%)	21 (13.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.0%)								(n/a)	$21,342	$158	$21,184

Cities Near Zip Code 07856

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Mount Arlington	0.55 mi	2	175^th
Landing	1.21 mi	1	436^th
Hopatcong	1.72 mi	4	453^rd
Lake Hopatcong	2.07 mi	1
Stanhope	3.3 mi	4	214^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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