Summary:
ZIP code 08721 has one high school, Central Regional High School, serving grades 9–12 with 1,489 students, so the figures describe one school rather than a choice among local high schools. The most important concern is Algebra I: in 2025–26, proficiency was 10% for the end-of-course comparison, versus 40% statewide, a 30-point gap; the grade 9 result was 10% versus 22%, a 12-point gap. The school’s 2024–25 graduation rate was also below the state rate: 78% compared with 89%, an 11-point gap.
Geometry is the school’s clearest relative strength, though its results remained just below state levels in 2025–26: 48% proficiency versus 50% for grade 9, and 48% versus 52% for the end-of-course comparison. By contrast, other results were further behind: ELA grade 9 was 30% versus 51% statewide, science grade 11 was 14% versus 29%, and NJGPA mathematics was 42% versus 61%. These results show that performance varies considerably by subject; Geometry is closest to the state, while Algebra I is furthest behind.
Recent changes were mixed, and gains did not always mean the school was catching up. Across eight matched test comparisons, school proficiency rose in five and fell in three, while the gap with the state narrowed in three and widened in five. Geometry improved by 10 points in both comparisons as state results fell; NJGPA mathematics fell by 6 points at the school while rising by 3 statewide. SchoolDigger ranked Central Regional High School 352nd of 434 schools, in the 19th percentile, with one star in 2025–26; its percentile was 26 in 2023–24, a decline of 7 points. Other context includes a 12.9 student–teacher ratio and 37% free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–25. Chronic absenteeism was 29% in 2024–25, compared with 14% statewide, a 15-point difference.
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