Schools in Zip Code 08043

ZIP code 08043 has six schools: four elementary schools, one middle school and one high school, with results spanning elementary grades through high school. In the latest comparable elementary results, the four schools averaged 66%, compared with 45% for the state; their school averages ranged from 58% to 70%. The clearest overall finding is that elementary results were well above state averages, though performance varies meaningfully from school to school.

Kresson School and Signal Hill School led on the seven matched elementary results, averaging 70% each; Edward T. Hamilton averaged 64%, and Osage School was lowest at 58%, still 13 points above the matched state average. Kresson led in grade 5 mathematics, with 91% versus 46% statewide, while Signal Hill led in grade 3 ELA, grade 5 ELA, grade 3 mathematics and grade 5 science. Voorhees Middle School also stood out: its grade 7 mathematics result was 66% versus 38% statewide, and SchoolDigger ranked it at the 90th statewide percentile. The high school’s results were more mixed: ninth-grade ELA was 59% versus 51% statewide, while End-of-Course Algebra I was 35% versus 40%.

Elementary results were nearly flat overall from 2024–25 to 2025–26, while the matched state average fell by 1 point. Signal Hill’s seven-result average rose by 4 points and Kresson’s by 1; Hamilton fell by 4 and Osage by 1. SchoolDigger’s statewide percentiles were 88 for Signal Hill, 86 for Kresson, 79 for Hamilton, 70 for Osage, 90 for Voorhees Middle and 74 for the high school; Signal Hill rose from 80 in 2023–24 to 88 in 2025–26. Context measures also differ: 2024–25 free/reduced lunch eligible shares ranged from 9% at Signal Hill to 30% at Osage, and student–teacher ratios ranged from 9.1 at Kresson to 13.4 at Hamilton. These are observations, not explanations of test results; schools serve different grades and test groups, so comparisons are most useful when they match.