Summary:
ZIP code 08232 has six listed schools: four elementary schools serving pre-K through grade 5—Leeds Avenue Elementary School, South Main Street Elementary School, Washington Avenue Elementary School, and North Main Street Elementary School—plus Pleasantville Middle School for grades 6–8 and Pleasantville High School for grades 9–12. The clearest area-wide concern is that elementary proficiency is well below state averages in every tested subject: the four-school averages trail the state by 20 points in ELA, 23 points in math, and 18 points in grade 5 science.
Leeds Avenue stands out most often among the elementary schools, leading five of seven grade-and-subject comparisons; North Main leads grade 4 math at 37%, 12 points above the next-highest school. At the other end, Washington Avenue has the lowest unweighted average across the seven results, 20%, compared with 28% at Leeds Avenue. Pleasantville Middle has a striking exception to its otherwise low scores: end-of-course Algebra I proficiency is 54%, 14 points above the state, even as its grades 6–8 math average is 5%. Pleasantville High also has low reported results, including 12% in grade 9 ELA and 17% in grade 11 NJGPA math.
Recent results are mixed: elementary averages were nearly flat overall, but Leeds Avenue rose 5 points across its seven matched results while South Main fell 6; Pleasantville High’s six matched results fell an average of 2 points, compared with no average change for the state. SchoolDigger’s percentile rank improved for Leeds Avenue, from 10 to 22, and Washington Avenue, from 6 to 11, but declined for the middle and high schools. The elementary schools’ 2024–2025 free/reduced lunch eligible rates were similar, ranging from 83% to 88%; North Main had the smallest student-teacher ratio at 8.4, but the figures do not establish why schools’ results differ. High school attendance and completion are also concerns: its 2024–2025 graduation rate was 19 points below the state, while chronic absenteeism was 28 points above it.
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