Summary:
ZIP code 08107 has four elementary schools—Woodlynne Boro Public School, Oaklyn Public School, Thomas Sharp Elementary School, and Clyde S. Jennings Elementary School—with results for grades 3–5; Woodlynne also serves grades 6–8. In 2025–26, the four schools’ grade 3–5 averages were 47% in ELA, just 1 point below the state average, and 43% in math, 5 points below. Those group figures mask substantial differences: ELA averages ranged from 24% to 63%, and math averages from 31% to 58%. The clearest takeaway is that school-level results vary much more than a single ZIP-code average suggests.
Clyde S. Jennings had the strongest overall results: its grade 3–5 averages were 63% in ELA and 58% in math, 14 and 11 points above state averages. At the other end, Woodlynne Boro averaged 24% in ELA and 34% in math, 25 and 13 points below the state. Oaklyn had a notable single-grade result: 77% of fifth graders were proficient in ELA, 26 points above the state. Thomas Sharp led local fourth-grade math at 46%, though its overall math average was the lowest, at 31%.
From 2024–25 to 2025–26, Jennings and Oaklyn improved most across grades 3–5: Jennings rose 11 points in ELA and 10 in math, while Oaklyn rose 9 and 10 points. Thomas Sharp gained 1 point in ELA and 3 in math; Woodlynne’s ELA average fell 12 points while its math average increased 3. Fifth-grade science also weakened overall, falling from 31% to 24%, while the state average declined from 30% to 27%. As context, in 2024–25, free/reduced lunch eligible shares were 21% at Jennings, 30% at Oaklyn, 44% at Thomas Sharp, and 80% at Woodlynne; student-teacher ratios ranged from 9.5 at Oaklyn and Woodlynne to 11.3 at Jennings. These are observations about the schools, not explanations for their results; Woodlynne is the only school with grades 6–8 results.
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