Summary:
Zip code 07976 has one listed elementary school, Harding Township School, serving pre-K through grade 8 and enrolling 291 students. Its 2025–2026 results are above state rates in every reported subject and grade: the advantage ranges from 17 percentage points in grade 7 ELA to 60 points in Algebra I end-of-course results. The most important finding is that Harding’s above-state performance is broad, although results vary considerably by grade.
Because Harding is the only school in the list, it is both the highest- and lowest-scoring listed school by default; the clearest comparisons are with state results and across its grades. Its strongest 2025–2026 results include 100% proficiency in both reported Algebra I categories, 97% in grade 4 math, and 92% in grade 5 ELA. The lowest result was 46% in grade 8 math, still 24 points above the state’s 23%. Across grades 3–8, Harding’s equal-grade math average was 78%, 38 points above the state average; its ELA average was 81%, 30 points above the state.
Recent results show different trends by subject: the equal-grade ELA average fell from 85% in 2024–2025 to 81% in 2025–2026, while math was nearly unchanged at 78% in both years. Science improved, with its average across grades 5 and 8 rising from 42% to 56%; the school’s average advantage over the state grew from 17 to 33 points. SchoolDigger ranked Harding 53rd of 1,331 schools, in the 96th percentile, in 2025–2026, compared with 44th of 1,347 and the 97th percentile the prior year. Other context: the student-teacher ratio was 6.7, and 3% were free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025. With only one school listed, the data cannot support a comparison with local peer schools.
Thank you for your feedback!