Summary:
Zip code 08071 has two elementary schools: Memorial Elementary School, serving PK–1, and Pitman Elementary School, serving grades 2–6. The supplied achievement results cover grades 3–6 at Pitman; its 2025–2026 average was 58% proficient in ELA, 9 points above the state, and 47% in math, 1 point above the state. The most important takeaway is that results vary sharply by grade, especially in math.
Pitman Elementary School had its strongest 2025–2026 result in grade 3 math: 75% proficient, 26 points above the state’s 49%. Its clearest weak spot was grade 6 math, where 14% were proficient, 26 points below the state’s 40% and 61 points below Pitman’s grade 3 result. ELA was above the state in grades 3–5, but 2 points below in grade 6. Grade 5 science was also a bright spot at 31%, 4 points above the state. Memorial has no test results in the supplied data, so achievement cannot be compared fairly between the schools.
Pitman’s average advantage over the state grew in ELA, from 3 points in 2024–2025 to 9 points in 2025–2026; in math, it shifted from 3 points below the state to 1 point above. Those averages hide grade 6 declines: its ELA result fell 5 points and its math result fell 17 points, while grades 3–5 math improved. Grade 5 science rose 6 points, moving from 4 points below the state to 4 points above. SchoolDigger lists Pitman at the 48th percentile in 2024–2025 and 56th in 2025–2026, an 8-point increase; Memorial’s older history rose from the 43rd to 60th percentile between 2016–2017 and 2018–2019. In 2024–2025, free/reduced lunch eligible students were 27% at Pitman and 25% at Memorial; student-teacher ratios were 13.1 and 11.2, respectively.
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