Summary:
Zip code 08270 has two schools serving different grade spans: Upper Township Middle School serves grades 6–8 and has 419 students, while Woodbine Elementary School serves PK–8 and has 247. Both report results for grades 6–8, making those grades the clearest basis for comparison. The most important finding is a pronounced divide: in 2025–2026, Upper Township led Woodbine in every shared grade in both English language arts (ELA) and math.
Upper Township is the standout in the shared grades, averaging 63% proficient in ELA and 55% in math, compared with state averages of 53% and 34%. Its results were above the state in all six shared-grade subject comparisons. The school’s 8th-grade Algebra I result was especially high: 97% proficient, 22 percentage points above the state. Woodbine is the lower performer in the shared grades, averaging 30% in ELA and 10% in math; its results were below the state in every shared-grade ELA and math comparison. Grade-by-grade gaps between the schools ranged from 28 to 42 points in ELA and 36 to 51 points in math. Eighth-grade science was weak at both schools: 17% at Upper Township and 12% at Woodbine, versus 19% statewide.
Results changed in different ways over time. Upper Township’s average ELA proficiency across grades 6–8 fell 12 points from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, while its math average rose 1 point; 8th-grade math improved 17 points even as 6th-grade math fell 11 points. Woodbine’s averages across its reported grades fell 7 points in ELA and 6 points in math, although some individual grades improved. SchoolDigger ranks Upper Township at the 75th percentile statewide (184 of 743) and Woodbine at the 2nd percentile (1,302 of 1,331). For 2024–2025, student-teacher ratios were 12.4 and 7.4, respectively, and 19% of Upper Township students versus 81% of Woodbine students were free/reduced lunch eligible. These figures describe differences between the schools, but do not establish why results differ.
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