Summary:
Zip code 08349 has one listed school, Commercial Township School, serving prekindergarten through grade 8 and enrolling 505 students. The school’s 2025–2026 test results cover English language arts (ELA) and mathematics in grades 3–8, and science in grades 5 and 8. Its SchoolDigger ranking was at the 20th percentile, up from the 21st percentile in 2024–2025 and 11th percentile in 2023–2024. The most important finding is that every reported grade-level result in ELA, mathematics, and science was below the corresponding state result in 2025–2026.
There is no local school leader or trailer to compare: Commercial Township School is the only listed school. Within it, grade 5 was the strongest result in both ELA, at 47%, and mathematics, at 37%; grade 5 science was also higher than grade 8 science, 21% versus 2%. The biggest gaps from state results were in grade 6 ELA, where the school was 35 percentage points lower, and grade 3 mathematics, 30 points lower. In grade 8 science, the school was 17 points below the state. Across grades 3–8, the school’s average was 29% in ELA versus 51% statewide, and 21% in mathematics versus 40%.
Results changed differently by subject: the school’s ELA average fell 11 percentage points from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, while its mathematics average rose 2 points and science rose 1 point. The state ELA average fell 3 points, so the ELA gap widened; the mathematics gap narrowed by 2 points. There were earlier exceptions: 2024–2025 grade 8 ELA was 60%, compared with 57% statewide, and Algebra I proficiency was 47% versus 38%; the school’s latest Algebra I result is suppressed. In 2024–2025, the student–teacher ratio was 12.3, 55% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible, and chronic absenteeism was 33%, compared with 14% statewide. These are context measures, not explanations for test results.
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