Summary:
ZIP code 08816 has 13 schools—nine elementary, two middle and two high schools—with 9,498 students enrolled, or about 731 per school, and schooling options from elementary through high school. In 2025–2026, the nine elementary schools averaged 67% in grades 3–4 ELA, compared with 47% statewide, and 70% in math, compared with 48% statewide. But results varied widely: school-to-school ranges were 33 to 47 percentage points across those grade-and-subject comparisons. The most important finding for families is that strong ZIP-wide averages mask substantial differences between individual schools.
Hatikvah International Academy Charter School led all nine elementary schools in grades 3 and 4 ELA and math, with results of 83%, 83%, 84% and 92%; its leads over the other schools’ averages were 18, 20, 19 and 24 points. It ranked 15th of 1,331 elementary schools on SchoolDigger, at the 99th percentile. Among district elementary schools, Frost Elementary School led in all four comparisons and ranked 56th of 1,331, at the 96th percentile. At the other end, Chittick Elementary School had the lowest grade 4 results: 45% in ELA and 46% in math, about 2 and 1 points below state results. High-school results are mixed: East Brunswick High School led grade 11 math and science, while East Brunswick Magnet School led ELA.
Elementary results eased overall from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026: the average across four grade 3–4 tests fell from 71% to 68%, a 2-point decline, while the average school advantage over the state narrowed by about 1 point. Some schools moved in the other direction: Frost’s four-test average rose 5 points and Memorial Elementary School’s rose 4, while Lawrence Brook Elementary School fell 10 points. SchoolDigger percentiles also rose for Frost, from 79 to 96, and fell for Warnsdorfer Elementary School, from 90 to 77. Context measures do not show a simple pattern: Frost’s free/reduced lunch eligible share was 15% in school year 2024–2025, while Irwin Elementary School had a 31% share and averaged 81% in grades 3–4 math. Chittick’s student-teacher ratio was 8.3, compared with 14.1 at Hatikvah. Year-to-year test comparisons involve different tested grade groups, not the same students.
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