Schools in Zip Code 07874

Four schools in ZIP code 07874 serve 1,802 students across grades PK–12: Byram Lakes Elementary School (PK–4), Byram Intermediate School (5–8), Valley Road School (PK–8), and Lenape Valley Regional High School (9–12). Across the available 2025–26 results, average proficiency was above state results by 13 points in ELA, 8 points in mathematics, and 9 points in science. The clearest caution for families is that results vary substantially by grade and subject, particularly in eighth-grade math.

Valley Road led the available comparisons in ELA in grades 4–6 and math in grades 5–6, including 76% proficiency in sixth-grade ELA and 72% in fifth-grade math; however, just 12% were proficient in eighth-grade math, versus 46% at Byram Intermediate and 23% statewide. Byram Intermediate also led in seventh-grade ELA and math and eighth-grade ELA, and reported 100% proficiency in eighth-grade Algebra I. Lenape Valley stands out at the high-school level, with 62% proficiency in ninth-grade ELA, 88% on the grade 11 NJGPA ELA, and a 95% graduation rate. Byram Lakes had the lowest SchoolDigger ranking among the four, at the 56th percentile, and its third-grade math result of 49% was just below the state’s 49%.

Matched results moved farther above state results on average from 2024–25 to 2025–26, by 4 points in ELA and 4 points in grades 3–8 math, but grade-level changes went in different directions. For example, sixth-grade ELA rose 21 points at Valley Road, while fourth-grade ELA fell 17 points there; at Byram Intermediate, fifth-grade math rose 22 points while sixth-grade ELA fell 13 points. SchoolDigger’s rankings rose over the three supplied years at every school, reaching the 82nd percentile at Byram Intermediate and Lenape Valley, 71st at Valley Road, and 56th at Byram Lakes. In 2024–25, free/reduced lunch eligible figures ranged from 9% at Byram Intermediate to 24% at Valley Road; ratios ranged from 10.1 to 12.6 students per teacher. These are context measures, not explanations for test results, and the available comparisons do not cover every grade at every school.