Summary:
Zip code 08809 has one elementary school, Clinton Public School, serving students in prekindergarten through grade 8, with 521 students. There are no local school-to-school comparisons to make; the clearest performance signal is that Clinton’s 2025–2026 English and math results were above New Jersey’s in all 12 comparable grades.
Clinton’s strongest results include Algebra I: its End-of-Course score was 96%, compared with 40% statewide, a 56-point advantage; in grade 8, it scored 96% versus 75% statewide, a 21-point advantage. In math, grade 3 was the school’s highest result at 75%, while grade 8 was its lowest at 35%; both exceeded state results by 26 and 12 points, respectively. ELA ranged from 76% in grade 8 to 52% in grade 4, also above the state in both grades. Science was closer to the state: grade 5 was 32% versus 27%, and grade 8 was 20% versus 19%. Clinton is the only school in this list, so these grade-by-grade standouts do not identify a top or bottom school locally; its grade 7 Algebra I result is suppressed.
Results changed unevenly over time: the six-grade math average rose from 45% in 2024–2025 to 59% in 2025–2026, while science fell from 40% to 26%, narrowing Clinton’s average science advantage over the state from 16 to 3 points. Math improved in five grades, but grade 5 declined by 9 points. SchoolDigger’s overall ranking improved from 507th of 1,338 schools, in the 62nd percentile with 3 stars, in 2023–2024 to 321st of 1,331, in the 76th percentile with 4 stars, in 2025–2026. For context, in 2024–2025 Clinton had a 10.2 student-teacher ratio, 19% free/reduced lunch eligible, and 8% chronic absenteeism, compared with 14% statewide.
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