Summary:
ZIP code 07924 has three public schools serving prekindergarten through grade 12: Marion T. Bedwell Elementary School (PK–4), Bernardsville Middle School (5–8), and Bernards High School (9–12). Together, they enroll 1,605 students, from 419 at the middle school to 751 at the high school. The clearest overall finding is that every one of the 23 reported 2025–2026 school test results was above its corresponding state result.
Bernards High School has the largest average margin over the state, at about 25 points across its reported results; Bernardsville Middle School follows at about 21 points. The high school’s Geometry results were especially strong: grade 9 was 88% versus 50% statewide, and End-of-Course Geometry was 86% versus 50%. The middle school’s standout was Algebra I End of Course, at 88% versus 40% statewide, a 48-point advantage. Bedwell Elementary has the smallest average margin, about 11 points, though all four of its reported results were above the state; its margins ranged from 6 points in grade 3 math to 17 points in grade 4 ELA.
Recent trends differ by grade span: the high school’s state-relative margins widened by an average of 13 points across comparable results, while the middle school’s narrowed by an average of 3 points and Bedwell’s were essentially unchanged. SchoolDigger rankings also rose from 2023–2024 to 2025–2026 at the high school, from the 83rd to the 88th percentile, and at the middle school, from the 87th to the 90th; Bedwell fell from the 74th to the 68th percentile. Student–teacher ratios are 10.9 at the high school, 9.7 at the middle school, and 9.3 at Bedwell. In 2024–2025, free/reduced lunch eligible shares were 18%, 18%, and 24%, respectively. These figures describe different school contexts, not a direct same-grade comparison among schools.
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