Summary:
ZIP code 07860 includes nine public schools—five elementary, two middle and two high schools—serving grades from pre-K through 12 across several districts. Results vary sharply by school and grade: in 2025–2026, third-grade proficiency ranged by 60 percentage points in ELA and 60 points in math, while fourth-grade math ranged by 56 points. The most important takeaway is that this ZIP code does not have a single, consistent pattern of school performance; results can differ substantially depending on the school and grade.
Long Pond School stands out in middle grades: it led the three schools with seventh-grade ELA results at 71%, and in eighth grade reached 79% in ELA and 77% in math. Its eighth-grade results were 26 points above the state in ELA and 54 points above in math. At the elementary level, Marian E. McKeown Elementary School led third grade with 75% in ELA and 71% in math, but its fourth-grade math was 24%, 23 points below the state. Merriam Avenue School had the lowest third-grade results—15% in ELA and 11% in math—and fourth-grade math was also 11%; that was 56 points below the 67% at Frelinghuysen Township Elementary School. Among high schools, Kittatinny Regional High School had 92% proficiency in ninth-grade Geometry, compared with 49% at Newton High School.
Elementary averages moved down between the two years supplied: across grades 3–6, ELA fell from 62% to 48%, while the comparable state average fell from 52% to 49%; the area moved from an 11-point advantage to a 1-point deficit. Math fell from 46% to 39% locally. Changes were not uniform: Long Pond’s fifth-grade math rose 23 points, while Fredon Township School’s sixth-grade ELA fell 50 points. SchoolDigger’s statewide percentile ranking rose from 42 to 55 for Newton and fell from 32 to 4 for Merriam. As context, all nine schools reported free/reduced lunch eligible for sy 2024–2025, with rates from 12% at Frelinghuysen to 56% at Merriam; these figures do not explain achievement.
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