Summary:
Elementary Schools in ZIP code 08083 include one school, Somerdale Park School, serving prekindergarten through grade 8 and enrolling 447 students. In 2025–2026, its unweighted average proficiency was 53% in ELA and 42% in math, compared with 51% and 40% statewide; science averaged 21%, versus 23% statewide. The most important takeaway is that the school’s overall ELA and math averages were slightly above state averages, but its results varied sharply by grade.
Grade 4 was the clearest bright spot, while grade 5 and especially grade 8 math were the main concerns. In 2025–2026, grade 4 ELA proficiency was 63% compared with 46% statewide, and math was 67% compared with 47%—advantages of 17 and 20 percentage points. In grade 5, math was 34% versus 46% statewide, a 12-point gap, and ELA was 47% versus 52%, a 5-point gap. Grade 8 math was 5% compared with 23% statewide, 18 points lower. Grade 5 science was also below the state, at 21% versus 27%, while grade 8 science was slightly above it, at 20% versus 19%. Because this is the only school listed, there is no meaningful school-to-school ranking.
Results improved overall between the two reported years, though not in every grade. The school’s ELA average rose by 9 points, from 45% in 2024–2025 to 53% in 2025–2026, while the state average fell by 3 points; math rose by 8 points, from 34% to 42%, moving from 6 points below the state to 1 point above. These averages mask exceptions: grade 5 math declined, and grade 8 math remained far below the state. SchoolDigger’s ranking also improved over three years, from 1,024th of 1,338 schools (23rd percentile) in 2023–2024 to 642nd of 1,331 (52nd percentile) in 2025–2026. The student-teacher ratio was 10.3 in 2024–2025. That year, 56% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible, and chronic absenteeism was 5%, compared with 14% statewide; these measures offer context, not an explanation of test results.
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