Best Public Schools in Zip Code 08872

Summary:

The 08872 zip code in New Jersey is home to a single elementary school, Woodrow Wilson Elementary School, which serves students from pre-kindergarten through 3rd grade. The school is part of the Sayreville School District.

Woodrow Wilson Elementary School's performance has been somewhat inconsistent in recent years, with its statewide ranking fluctuating between 318 out of 1,342 New Jersey elementary schools in 2022-2023 and 704 out of 1,338 in 2023-2024. The school's 3rd-grade proficiency rates on the NJSLA (New Jersey Student Learning Assessments) have also varied, with 62% in English Language Arts and 59.8% in Mathematics in 2022-2023, but dropping to 45.1% and 43.9%, respectively, in 2023-2024. However, the school's 3rd-grade proficiency rates in 2022-2023 were higher than the Sayreville School District's averages.

Woodrow Wilson Elementary School serves a population with a relatively high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, at 39.94% in the 2022-2023 school year. The school's student-teacher ratio of 11.6 is lower than the state average, and its per-student spending for the 2018-2019 school year was $7,702. These factors suggest that the school may face challenges related to socioeconomic status, but its smaller class sizes and higher spending per student could be potential strengths.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2024)				Ranking (2023)				NJSLA English Language Arts (2024)	NJSLA Mathematics (2024)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Statewide Rank (2023)	State Percentile (2023)	Rank Change from Previous Year	NJSLA English Language Arts 3rd Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 3rd Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Woodrow Wilson Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-3	65 Dane Street	Sayreville	08872	Middlesex County	Sayreville School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 525-5240	396	31	12.9	46.0%	167 (42.2%)	71 (17.9%)	71 (17.9%)	62 (15.7%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	23 (5.8%)	47.6	704^th of 1338 public elementary schools	47.4%		77	318^th of 1342 public elementary schools	76.3%	386	45.1	43.9	$7,702	$136	$7,566

Cities Near Zip Code 08872

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Sayreville	0.58 mi	1	341^st
Parlin	1.26 mi	8	310^th
South River	2.41 mi	4	479^th
East Brunswick	2.97 mi	13	126^th
Edison	3.17 mi	20	171^st

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the New Jersey Department of Education.

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