Summary:
ZIP code 08837 has three public schools serving kindergarten through grade 12: James Monroe Elementary (K–5), Herbert Hoover Middle (6–8), and Edison Academy Magnet (9–12), with 1,770 students combined. Their different grade spans mean their test results are not a like-for-like basis for ranking the schools overall. The most important takeaway is that results vary sharply by subject and grade, especially at Hoover, where ELA is above state results while middle-grade general math is far below.
Edison Academy stands out among the reported high-school results: 100% of students were proficient in grade 9 ELA, 49 points above the state, and 93% in Algebra II, 41 points above the state. Monroe was at or above state results across all seven reported elementary tests; its strongest gaps were 13 points above the state in grade 5 ELA and math. Hoover was 1 to 5 points above the state in ELA across grades 6–8, but its general math results were 21 points below the state in grade 7 and 20 points below in grade 8. These results make Hoover’s math performance its clearest concern, while its advanced-course results are much stronger: Geometry was 38 points above the state.
Recent results and SchoolDigger rankings tell different stories across the schools. Academy’s Algebra II score fell 7 points year over year, but its lead over the state grew from 20 to 41 points as the state score dropped more. SchoolDigger ranked Academy 8th of 434 schools, at the 98th percentile with 5 stars, up from 57th and the 87th percentile the prior year; Monroe was 531st of 1,331, at the 60th percentile with 3 stars, and Hoover was 379th of 743, at the 49th percentile with 2 stars. School context also varies: 2024–2025 free/reduced lunch eligible shares were 44% at Hoover, 35% at Monroe, and 2% at Academy; student-teacher ratios ranged from 11.5 at Monroe to 13.8 at Academy.
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