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Best Public Schools in Zip Code 08079


At a glance
6
Schools
1,710
Students
4
Districts
Top rankedMannington Township Elementary School312th of 1,347 New Jersey elementary schools
Biggest riser
Mannington Township Elementary School up 37 spots statewide this year
Smallest classes
Elsinboro Township School 6.4 students per teacher
SchoolDigger ratings
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1 school without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)
Summary:

The 08079 zip code area in New Jersey is home to 6 schools, including 4 elementary schools, 1 middle school, and 1 high school, spanning across 4 different school districts: Salem City School District, The Lower Alloways Creek School District, Mannington Township School District, and Elsinboro Township School District.

Within this area, Mannington Township Elementary School and Lower Alloways Creek Elementary School stand out as top performers, consistently ranking among the best elementary schools in New Jersey. These schools boast strong test scores, low chronic absenteeism rates, and small student-teacher ratios. In contrast, schools like Salem Middle School and Salem High School struggle, with test scores well below the state average.

The data suggests a potential correlation between a school's socioeconomic status, as measured by free/reduced lunch rates, and its academic performance. Schools with higher rates of economic disadvantage, such as John Fenwick Academy, tend to have lower test scores. Additionally, the schools with the smallest class sizes, like Elsinboro Township School, appear to be performing better academically, highlighting the potential importance of small student-teacher ratios.

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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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