Summary:
The supplied materials list eight schools in ZIP code 08859: five elementary schools, one middle school, one high school and an alternative school serving PK–12; six schools have test scores. The materials differ on whether seven or eight school records were used, so the comparisons below follow the analysis’s reported results. The central takeaway is a mixed picture: elementary ELA and math averages were above matched state averages by 7 and 5 points, while middle-school averages were below by 4 and 5 points, and high-school results varied by exam.
Harry S. Truman Elementary School and Madison Park Elementary School stand out in third grade: Truman led in math at 68%, 19 points above the state, while Madison Park led in ELA at 66%, 18 points above the state. At the lower end, Emma Arleth Elementary School had the lowest third-grade results: 48% in ELA and 44% in math, with math 6 points below the state. The middle school shows sharp contrasts: Sayreville Middle School had 8th-grade math proficiency of 9%, versus 23% statewide, but 8th-grade Geometry was 91%, 5 points above the state. At Sayreville War Memorial High School, grade 9 Algebra II was 64%, 12 points above the state, while Algebra I and Geometry were 18 and 20 points below.
Recent changes were mixed, too. Elementary averages slipped by about 1 point in both ELA and math from 2024–25 to 2025–26; middle-school ELA fell 5 points, while math rose 3. SchoolDigger’s statewide ranking for Truman climbed from the 54th to the 72nd percentile between 2023–24 and 2025–26, while the high school moved from the 49th to the 43rd percentile. Reported free/reduced lunch eligible shares for 2024–25 were similar at Truman (46%) and Arleth (47%), despite their very different third-grade math results; Madison Park reported 39%. These figures offer context, not an explanation of outcomes.
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