Summary:
Zip code 08902 has four PK–4 elementary schools, all in North Brunswick Township School District, serving 2,208 students; enrollment ranges from 494 to 587 per school. In 2025–26, the schools averaged 41% proficiency across the four tested grade-and-subject results, compared with 48% for the state. Results vary considerably from school to school, and Parsons is the clearest concern: it ranked last in all four comparisons, scoring 26% to 31%, and was 15 to 21 percentage points below the state in those results.
Arthur M. Judd had the strongest overall results, averaging 48% across the four tests—the same as the average of the matching state benchmarks. Its 53% in grade 3 ELA was 5 points above the state, though its grade 4 math score was 4 points below. John Adams stood out in grade 4, especially math: its 52% was the highest result among these schools, 13 points above the other three schools’ average and 5 points above the state. Adams averaged 45% overall, while Livingston Park averaged 41% and Parsons 29%. Judd’s overall average was 19 points above Parsons’, but the top performer varied by grade and subject.
Average scores improved modestly from 2024–25 to 2025–26: the four-school average rose from 39% to 41%, while the state benchmark average fell by 1 point; the local gap narrowed by about 3 points. The pattern was uneven: grade 4 ELA fell 7 points on average, while grade 3 ELA rose 7 points and grade 4 math rose 5 points. SchoolDigger rankings improved at all four schools; Livingston Park had the largest percentile gain, moving from the 27th to the 38th percentile, while Parsons remained lowest, at the 18th percentile. Context measures also differ: for 2024–25, free/reduced lunch eligible was 71% at Parsons and 43% at Adams; student-teacher ratios ranged from 7.9 at Livingston Park to 10.4 at Adams. These measures describe school context and do not explain test results.
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