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Best Public Schools in Zip Code 08066

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At a glance

Schools

2,030

Students

Districts

Top rankedWest Deptford Middle School325^th of 743 New Jersey middle schools

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Biggest riser

Loudenslager Elementary School up 31 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Paulsboro Junior High School 7.3 students per teacher

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Summary:

Schools in ZIP code 08066 include five schools serving pre-K through grade 12, with 2,030 students enrolled across the West Deptford Township School District and Paulsboro School District. School sizes range from 155 students at Paulsboro Junior High School to 859 at West Deptford Middle School. Results vary substantially by school and grade, and West Deptford is the clearest standout among schools with overlapping tested grades.

West Deptford Middle led the other listed schools in every same-grade ELA and math comparison for grades 5–8 in 2025–2026, as well as both same-grade science comparisons. In grade 8 ELA, it scored 57%, compared with 15% at Paulsboro Junior High, a 42-point gap; in grade 8 math, the results were 18% and 1%, respectively. Paulsboro High School also had large gaps with the state in its 2025–2026 results: Algebra II end-of-course proficiency was 0% versus 52% statewide, and grade 11 math NJGPA proficiency was 19% versus 61%. Billingsport Elementary School has no test-score results in the supplied data.

Results have shifted, but gains at some schools have not erased large differences. West Deptford Middle’s average ELA proficiency across grades 5–8 fell from 64% in 2024–2025 to 52% in 2025–2026, while Paulsboro High improved in several measures, including grade 9 ELA, which rose 11 points to 21%. SchoolDigger’s 2025–2026 statewide ranking percentiles were 56 for West Deptford, 7 for Paulsboro High, 6 for Loudenslager Elementary School and 3 for Paulsboro Junior High. As context, 2024–2025 free/reduced lunch eligible shares were 37% at West Deptford and 82% at Paulsboro Junior High; these figures describe student circumstances, not what caused test results.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				NJGPA English Language Arts (2026)	NJGPA Mathematics (2026)	NJSLA-S Science (2026)			NJSLA English Language Arts (2026)							NJSLA Mathematics (2026)						NJSLA Algebra I (2026)					NJSLA Geometry (2026)				NJSLA Algebra II (2026)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	NJGPA English Language Arts 11th Grade	NJGPA Mathematics 11th Grade	NJSLA-S Science 5th Grade	NJSLA-S Science 8th Grade	NJSLA-S Science 11th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 3rd Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 4th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 5th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 6th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 7th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 8th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 9th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 3rd Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 4th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 5th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 6th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 7th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 8th Grade	NJSLA Algebra I 7th Grade	NJSLA Algebra I 8th Grade	NJSLA Algebra I 9th Grade	NJSLA Algebra I 10th Grade	NJSLA Algebra I End of Course	NJSLA Geometry 8th Grade	NJSLA Geometry 9th Grade	NJSLA Geometry 10th Grade	NJSLA Geometry End of Course	NJSLA Algebra II 10th Grade	NJSLA Algebra II End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Paulsboro High School	Public	9-12	670 N Delaware St	Paulsboro	08066	Gloucester County	Paulsboro School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 423-2222	390	31	12.7	65.6%	92 (23.6%)	175 (44.9%)	105 (26.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	16 (4.1%)	10.5	402^nd of 434 public high schools	7.4%		8.2	424^th of 434 public high schools	2.3%	22	45.2	19.4			12.9							20.5									7.0		6.8		5.3	0.0	1.2	0.0	0.0	$27,846	$2,238	$25,608
Billingsport Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-2	441 Nassau Ave	Paulsboro	08066	Gloucester County	Paulsboro School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 423-2226	296	29	10.1	77.0%	57 (19.3%)	114 (38.5%)	92 (31.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (11.1%)								(n/a)																														$21,907	$1,061	$20,846
Loudenslager Elementary School	Public	3-6	100 Baird Ave	Paulsboro	08066	Gloucester County	Paulsboro School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 423-2228	330	32	10.3	81.2%	56 (17.0%)	134 (40.6%)	96 (29.1%)	2 (0.6%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (12.1%)	9.4	1245^th of 1331 public elementary schools	6.5%		8.5	1276^th of 1347 public elementary schools	5.3%	31			7.6			20.3	19.5	22.8	23.4				16.3	19.5	10.2	7.5														$17,831	$929	$16,902
Paulsboro Junior High School	Public	7-8	670 N Delaware Street	Paulsboro	08066	Gloucester County	Paulsboro School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 423-2222	155	21	7.3	81.9%	28 (18.1%)	73 (47.1%)	45 (29.0%)	2 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (4.5%)	7.7	722^nd of 743 public middle schools	2.8%		7.7	738^th of 752 public middle schools	1.9%	16				1.2						18.1	14.7						2.9	1.2												$31,014	$1,963	$29,051
West Deptford Middle School	Public	4-8	675 Grove Rd	West Deptford	08066	Gloucester County	West Deptford Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(856) 848-1200	859	77	11.1	36.7%	566 (65.9%)	96 (11.2%)	134 (15.6%)	20 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	42 (4.9%)	53	325^th of 743 public middle schools	56.3%		60.8	268^th of 752 public middle schools	64.4%	57			16.9	15.6				45.3	51.3	56.7	56.5				43.4	48.7	30.3	18.3	100.0	96.9			97.9	92.3			92.3			$17,686	$647	$17,039

Cities Near Zip Code 08066

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
West Deptford	1.1 mi	5	308^th
Paulsboro	1.54 mi	4	534^th
Woodbury	2.32 mi	5	467^th
Gibbstown	3.01 mi	2	373^rd
Mickleton	3.05 mi	2	186^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the New Jersey Department of Education.

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