Summary:
ZIP code 07922 has six schools in the Berkeley Heights School District: four elementary schools, one middle school and one high school, serving grades from preschool through 12; enrollment ranges from 224 to 849, averaging 390 students per school. Mary Kay McMillin Early Childhood Center and William Woodruff School have no test results in the supplied data. The clearest area-wide finding is that every reported 2025–2026 ELA, regular math and science result at the other four schools exceeded the state result for the same grade and subject; average school-to-state advantages were 30 points in regular math and 25 points in both ELA and science.
Columbia Middle School and Thomas P. Hughes School stand out in their school-level comparisons: Columbia’s ELA proficiency ranged from 77% to 83%, and SchoolDigger ranked it 32nd of 743 state middle schools, at the 96th percentile; Hughes ranked 114th of 1,331 elementary schools, at the 91st percentile. In grades 3–5, Hughes usually edges Mountain Park School: it led in all three ELA grades by 1–3 points, and in grade 4 and 5 math by 1 and 5 points. Mountain Park led grade 3 math by just 0.1 point. At Governor Livingston High School, high grade 11 NJGPA math proficiency (90% versus 61% statewide) contrasts with grade 9 Algebra I, where 12% were proficient versus 22% statewide.
Recent changes were mixed rather than uniformly upward: across matched school-grade results, the average ELA advantage over the state widened by 7 points and the regular math advantage by 2, while the science advantage narrowed by 1 point. Columbia’s SchoolDigger rank also improved from 135th of 752 schools in 2024–2025 to 32nd of 743 in 2025–2026, though its score changes varied by grade and subject. Other measures offer context, not a simple way to predict results: in 2024–2025, free/reduced lunch eligible shares ranged from 1% to 5%, and student-teacher ratios ranged from 9.3 to 14.0. Chronic absenteeism averaged 5%, compared with 14% statewide.
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