Summary:
ZIP code 07922 has one middle school, Columbia Middle School, serving grades 6–8 with 523 students in the Berkeley Heights School District. Because it is the only school listed, there is no local school-to-school comparison. The clearest finding is that in 2025–2026 Columbia was above state proficiency rates in every available subject-and-grade comparison.
Columbia’s strongest state-relative result was Algebra I End of Course: 97% proficient compared with 40% statewide, a 57-point advantage. Its average math margin across grades 6–8 was 35 points, and its average ELA margin was 27 points; grade 8 science was 26 points above the state. The closest comparison was grade 7 Algebra I, where all Columbia students were proficient versus 93% statewide, a 7-point lead. There is no lower-performing local school to identify, and these results do not establish a local school ranking.
Results and rankings improved in several comparisons. From 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, the average ELA gap over the state grew from 23 to 27 points; for math grades 6 and 7, it widened from 26 to 33 points. Grade 8 science proficiency rose from 39% to 45%, while the state remained at 19%. Algebra I End of Course rose from 62% to 97%, and grade 8 Algebra I from 57% to 95%; grade 7 Algebra I stayed at 100% in both years. SchoolDigger ranked Columbia 32nd of 743 schools (96th percentile) in 2025–2026, up from 135th of 752 (82nd percentile) the year before. Context figures include a 10:1 student-teacher ratio and 3% free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025; chronic absenteeism that year was 6%, compared with 5% in the district and 14% statewide.
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